HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/03/2015 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 039, 2015, AMENDINGAgenda Item 21
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 3, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Janet Miller, Human Resources Director
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 039, 2015, Amending Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and
Setting the Salary of the City Attorney.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to amend Section 2-581 of the City Code to describe the base salary of the City
Attorney.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Following the unexpected death of City Attorney Steve Roy in July 2014, Deputy City Attorney Carrie Daggett
was appointed by the Council to serve as the Interim City Attorney. The process for recruiting Mr. Roy's
replacement was established by Council and recruitment efforts began in October 2014. The process resulted
in the receipt of 23 applications. That pool was narrowed to a group of 3 finalists who were interviewed by
Counci,l as well as community and staff members, in January and February. On February 17, 2015, Council
identified Carrie Daggett as the leading candidate. Mayor Karen Weitkunat and Councilmember Gerry Horak
were appointed by Council to begin negotiations regarding the terms and conditions of employment for the City
Attorney position with Ms. Daggett.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Powerpoint presentation (PDF)
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SETTING THE SALARY OF
THE CITY ATTORNEY
March 3, 2015
ATTACHMENT 1
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Executive Compensation
• Philosophy
– Competitive, market-based pay
– Attract and retain quality, high-performing
employees
• Methodology
– Average of individual salaries paid in other
public organizations
– Average total compensation
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Market and City Attorney Salary
Market Data – October 2014
Carrie Daggett, Interim City Attorney
Current Salary $151,908
Market
Average
Annual Salary
Average
Total Comp
Colorado $179,831 $204,742
National Western
Region $184,098 $219,063
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ORDINANCE NO. 039, 2015
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 SALARY 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 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, members of the City Council and the City Attorney have discussed terms
and conditions of the City Attorney’s employment, including the base salary to be paid to the
City Attorney; 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 believes that the base salary of the City Attorney 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 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 interim City Attorney shall be one hundred fifty-
one thousand nine hundred nine _____________ dollars ($151,909_______.) 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 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be March 30, 2015.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
March, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of March, A.D. 2015.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of March, A.D. 2015.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk