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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 6, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Teresa Roche, Chief Human Resources Officer
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 135, 2016, Amending Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and
Setting the Compensation of the City Attorney.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to establish the 2017 salary of the City Attorney. City Council met in executive
session on November 29, 2016, to conduct the performance review of Carrie Daggett, City Attorney. This
Ordinance sets the 2017 compensation of the City Attorney.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
None.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
City Council is committed to compensating employees in a manner which is market based, competitive and
understandable. The goal as an employer is to attract and retain quality employees and to recognize and
reward outstanding performance. In order to accomplish this goal the City Council and the City Attorney meet
twice a year to discuss performance and set goals for the coming year.
In 2016, the total compensation including benefits provided to the City Attorney is as follows:
2016 Salary and Benefits Annual
Salary $180,841
Medical Insurance $ 9,930
Dental Insurance $ 564
Life Insurance $ 315
Long Term Disability $ 835
ICMA (457) $ 5,425
ICMA (401) $ 18,084
Total Monetary Compensation $215,995
Non-Monetary Benefits
Vacation (30 days per year)
Holidays (9 days per year)
In addition, the City Attorney cashed out 120 hours of accrued and unused vacation totaling $10,432.
Resolution 2014-096 establishes the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City
Attorney, and Municipal Judge. It states that any change in compensation for these employees will be adopted
by the Council by Ordinance in sufficient time for the change to take effect the first day of the first full pay
period of the ensuing year. This Ordinance will amend the City Code to reflect the City Attorney’s 2017 salary.
Agenda Item 13
Item # 13 Page 2
ATTACHMENTS
1. Powerpoint presentation (PDF)
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Establishing Compensation of the City Attorney
Teresa Roche
December 6, 2016
ATTACHMENT 1
Compensation Philosophy
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Data driven and transparent
Based on established market
Competitive
Based on performance
Methodology
3
Market
• Two data groups
– National - 9 Western region peer cities (Anaheim, CA vacancy)
– Colorado – 11 Front Range cities (Lakewood uses independent
contractor)
• Benchmark data
– Annual salary
– Retirement
– Longevity Pay
– Car allowance
City Attorney – Market Analysis
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City
Employee
Data
NATIONAL
Market
Data
NATIONAL
Ahead /
(Behind)
COLORADO
Market
Data
COLORADO
Ahead /
(Behind)
Salary $180,841 $186,775 (3.18%) $185,181 (2.34%)
Retirement $23,509 $27,421 (14.27%) $19,877 18.28%
Total Comp $204,350 $217,849 (6.2%) $208,554 (2.02%)
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ORDINANCE NO. 135, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AND SETTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner that is
fair, competitive and understandable; 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
Attorney to bring that salary more in line with the appropriate market data; and
WHEREAS, the City Council met with the City Attorney to conduct a review and
establish goals for her performance; and
WHEREAS, the City’s philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds
expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes the base salary of the City Attorney for 2017
should be established at the amount of $___________ per annum.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-581. Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be one hundred eighty thousand
eight hundred forty on dollars ($180,841) __________________ ($______) per annum,
payable in biweekly installments. Sixty (60) percent of such sum shall be charged to
general government expense, twenty (20) percent to the City water utility and twenty (20)
percent to the City electric utility.
Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January ___, 2017.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
December, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D.
2016.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2016.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk