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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/16/2018 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 009, 2018, AMENDINAgenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 16, 2018 City Council STAFF Jamie Heckman, Compensation and Technology Manager Jenny Lopez Filkins, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 009, 2018, Amending Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Setting the Compensation of the City Manager. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY City Council met in executive session on November 13, 2017, to conduct the performance review of Darin Atteberry, City Manager. This Ordinance sets the 2018 compensation of the City Manager at $262,489 and total compensation at $319,320. STAFF RECOMMENDATION None. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, January 2, 2018 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Salary Compensation Chart (PDF) 3. Ordinance No. 009, 2018 (PDF) Agenda Item 18 Item # 18 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 2, 2018 City Council STAFF Jamie Heckman, Compensation and Technology Manager Jenny Lopez Filkins, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 009, 2018, 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 2018 compensation of the City Manager. City Council met in executive session on November 13, 2017, to conduct the performance review of Darin Atteberry, City Manager. This Ordinance sets the 2018 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. 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 2017, the total compensation including benefits provided to the City Manager is as follows: 2017 Salary and Benefits Annual Salary $ 256,087 Medical Insurance $ 10,824 Dental Insurance $ 588 Life Insurance $ 447 Long Term Disability $ 1,242 ICMA (457) $ 7,683 ICMA (401) $ 25,609 Car Allowance $ 9,000 Total Monetary Compensation $ 311,481 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 $14,774. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 18 Item # 18 Page 2 Resolution 2014-096 establishes the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney, and Chief 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 2018 salary. ATTACHMENTS 1. Powerpoint presentation (PDF) Prepared by Human Resources December 19, 2017 City Manager Monetary Monetary % Increase 2.50% Base Salary $256,087 Base Salary $262,489 Medical Insurance 10,824 Medical Insurance 11,364 Dental Insurance 588 Dental Insurance 612 Life Insurance 447 Life Insurance 458 Long Term Disability 1,242 Long Term Disability 1,273 ICMA 457 7,683 ICMA 457 7,875 ICMA 401 25,609 ICMA 401 26,249 Car Allowance 9,000 Car Allowance 9,000 Non-Monetary Non-Monetary Vacation 30 days Vacation 30 days Holiday 9 days Holiday 9 days Total Compensation $311,481 Total Compensation $319,320 % Difference - Total Comp 2.5% $ Difference - Total Comp $7,839 2017 Projected 2018 ATTACHMENT 2 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 009, 2018 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 $262,489 effective January 1, 2018, so that the total compensation of the City Manager in 2018 will be $319,320. 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 be two hundred sixty two thousand, four hundred eighty-nine dollars ($262,489) 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. -2- Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 1, 2018, to be paid retroactively within a reasonable period of time after this Ordinance becomes final. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk