HomeMy WebLinkAbout018 - 02/02/2021 - ADOPTING THE 2021 CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN ORDINANCE NO. 018, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2021 CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN
WHEREAS, Section 2-566 of the City Code requires that the pay plan for all classified
employees of the City shall be established by ordinance of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, significant impacts to the City's budget caused by the economic downturn
resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic caused City staff to recommend not to budget for or award
merit increases for City employees,with the exception of those covered by a collective bargaining
agreement that requires consideration of pay increases; and
WHEREAS,on October 2,2018,the City Council adopted Resolution 2018-095 approving
a collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Northern Colorado Lodge #3 of the
Fraternal Order of Police ("CBA"); and
WHEREAS,the CBA contains a provision giving the City until January 5, 2021,to collect
market data from several identified benchmark municipalities for the classified positions in the
collective bargaining unit; and
WHEREAS, such market data has been collected and analyzed and the recommended
salary ranges for the bargaining unit classified employees are available to include in the pay plan;
and
WHEREAS, the CBA requires the pay adjustments to be implemented by the second pay
period of January in the applicable year; and
WHEREAS, the pay plan recommended by the City Manager is consistent with City
Council objectives, the Council-approved budget for 2021 and the Council-approved CBA; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the adoption of the recommended pay plan is
in the best interests of the City.
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 the City Council hereby adopts the 2021 City of Fort Collins Classified
Employee Pay Plan (the "Pay Plan"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 3. That the Pay Plan is retroactive to and shall be effective as of January 11,
2021, the first pay period of 2021.
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Section 4. That the City Manager shall fix the compensation levels of all classified
employees within the pay levels established in the Pay Plan except to the extent that the City
Manager determines, due to performance or other extraordinary circumstances, that the pay level
of a particular employee should remain below the minimum or be fixed above the maximum for
that employee's job title.
Section 5. That the City Manager shall fix the salary for newly created positions or
positions that are modified due to changes in job duties within the approved pay structure based
on results of an objective job analysis.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
January, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of February, A.D. 2021.
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