HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/06/2016 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 136, 2016. AMENDINGAgenda Item 14
Item # 14 Page 1
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 6, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Teresa Roche, Chief Human Resources Officer
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 136, 2016. Amending Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and
Setting the Compensation of the City Manager.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to establish the 2017 compensation of the City Manager. City Council met in
executive session on November 29, 2016, to conduct the performance review of Darin Atteberry, City
Manager. This Ordinance sets the 2017 compensation of the City Manager.
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 Manager 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 Manager is as follows:
2016 Salary and Benefits Annual
Salary $ 249,841
Medical Insurance $ 9,930
Dental Insurance $ 564
Life Insurance $ 435
Long Term Disability $ 1,154
ICMA (457) $ 7,495
ICMA (401) $ 24,984
Car Allowance $ 9,000
Total Monetary Compensation $ 303,403
Non-Monetary Benefits
Vacation (30 days per year)
Holidays (9 days per year)
In addition, the City manager cashed out 120 hours of accrued and unused vacation totaling $14,413.
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 Manager’s 2017 salary.
Agenda Item 14
Item # 14 Page 2
ATTACHMENTS
1. Powerpoint presentation (PDF)
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Establishing Compensation of the City Manager
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 (Denton, TX Vacancy)
– Colorado – 10 Front Range cities
• Benchmark data
– Annual salary
– Retirement
– Car allowance
City Manager – Market Analysis
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City
Employee
Data
NATIONAL
Market
Data
NATIONAL
Ahead /
(Behind)
COLORADO
Market
Data
COLORADO
Ahead /
(Behind)
Salary $249,841 $244,328 2.26% $212,203 17.74%
Retirement $32,479 $48,792 (33.43%) $31,093 4.46%
Total Comp. $291,320 $297,921 (2.22%) $248,409 17.27%
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ORDINANCE NO. 136, 2016
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 COMPENSATION 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 __, 2017, so that the total
compensation of the City Manager in 2017 will be $ ________________.
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 2-596 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 two hundred forty nine
thousand eight hundred forty one dollars ($249,841) __________________
($___) 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.
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Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January __, 2017.
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