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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 16, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Amy Sharkey, Benefits & HRIS Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 180, 2014, Amending Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and
Setting the Salary of the City Manager.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to set the 2015 salary for the City Manager. City Council met in executive session
on November 12, 2014 to conduct the performance review of City Manager Darin Atteberry. This Ordinance
establishes the 2015 salary of the City Manager.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
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 2014, the total compensation paid to the City Manager included the following:
2014 Salary and Benefits Annual
Salary $237,708
Medical Insurance $ 8,316
Dental Insurance $ 516
Life Insurance $ 414
Long Term Disability $ 1,098
ICMA (457) $ 7,131
ICMA (401) $ 23,771
Car Allowance $ 9,000
Total Monetary Compensation $287,955
Non-Monetary Benefits
Vacation (30 days per year)
Holidays (11 days per year)
Resolution 2014-096, 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
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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 2015 salary.
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ORDINANCE NO. 180, 2014
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 that 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 supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees
a competitive salary based on established market data, and is adjusting the salary of the City
Manager to bring that salary more in line with the appropriate market data; and
WHEREAS, the City’s philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds
expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Manager should be
established at the amount of $_____________ effective January 5, 2015, so that the total
compensation of the City Manager in 2015 will be $____________.
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 two hundred thirty
seven thousand seven hundred eight dollars ($237,708.) ___________________
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 shall be January 5, 2015,
to be paid retroactively within a reasonable period of time after this Ordinance becomes final.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
December, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of January, A.D.
2015.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of January, A.D. 2015.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk