HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/06/2011 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 180, 2011, AMENDINGDATE: December 6, 2011
STAFF: Janet Miller
Amy Sharkey
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 37
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 180, 2011, Amending Section 2-596 of the City Code and Setting the Salary of the City
Manager.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in executive session on November 9, 2011, to conduct the performance review of City Manager Darin
Atteberry. Ordinance No. 180, 2011, establishes the salary of the City Manager.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
City Council is committed to compensating employees in a manner which is fair, competitive and understandable.
The goal as an employer is to attract and retain quality employees and to recognize and reward quality performance.
In order to accomplish this goal the City Council and the City Manager meet twice a year to discuss performance and
set goals for the coming year.
In 2011, the total compensation paid to the City Manager included the following:
2011 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
ICMA (457)
ICMA (401)
Car Allowance
$ 190,571
8,400
552
332
696
5,717
19,057
9,000
Vacation (30 days per year)
Holidays (11 days per year)
Total Monetary Compensation $ 234,325
Resolution 2006-124, which establishes the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney,
and Municipal Judge states that any change in compensation for the City Manager, City Attorney and Municipal Judge
will be adopted by the Council by ordinance in sufficient time for the change in compensation to take effect as of the
first full pay period of the ensuing year. The Ordinance will amend the City Code to reflect City Manager Darin
Atteberry’s 2012 salary.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
ORDINANCE NO. 180, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner which is fair,
competitive and understandable; and
WHEREAS, the City’s pay philosophy is based on total compensation, which includes not
only base salary but also deferred compensation payments, vacation and holiday leave, and amounts
paid by the City for medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council met with the City Manager to conduct a review and establish
next year’s goals; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Manager should be
established at the amount of $ effective January 9, 2012, so that the total
compensation paid to the City Manager in 2012 will be in the amount of $ .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-596. Salary of the City Manager.
The base salary to be paid the City Manager shall be one hundred ninety thousand
five hundred seventy-one dollars ($190,571
.) per annum, payable in biweekly installments. Forty (40) percent of such
sum shall be charged to the city electric utility, twenty (20) percent to the city water
utility and forty (40) percent to general government expense.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 above
shall be January 9, 2012.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
December, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D.
2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk