HomeMy WebLinkAbout169 - 12/21/2021 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO ADOPTION OF THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES PAY PLAN (POSTPONED INDEFINITEOrdinance Postponed Indefinitely on Second Reading
December 21, 2021
ORDINANCE NO. 169, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS PERTAINING TO
ADOPTION OF THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES 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, the electors of the City approved at a special City election an ordinance that
contains a comprehensive scheme for collective bargaining between the City and certain
employees of its Police Services (the “Ordinance”); and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance amended the City Code by adding a new Division 7 to Article
VII Chapter 2 of the Code entitled “Public Safety Administration Cooperative Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Northern Colorado Lodge #3,
Colorado Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP”) was selected as the designated bargaining agent for
those employees of Police Services who are members of the bargaining unit; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, the members of the collective
bargaining unit include all full-time sworn police officers at the rank of lieutenant and below, and
community service officers and dispatchers equivalent to the rank of lieutenant and below, all City
classified positions (“CBU Members”); and
WHEREAS, in 2006, the City and the FOP entered into a collective bargaining agreement
for 2006-2007 and, since that time, the parties have approved and executed subsequent agreements
for each ensuing two-year period except for a one-year period for the year 2018 and a three-year
period for 2018 through 2021; and
WHEREAS, the latest such agreement will expire on December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City and the FOP have, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, again
engaged in negotiations regarding the terms and conditions of a new collective bargaining
agreement for a three-year term to begin in 2022 (the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the salary article of the Agreement requires the City to collect market salary
data no later than January 5 of each year from several comparable jurisdictions and the Agreement
allows analysis and pay adjustments for the CBU Members as late as the first pay period of
February; and
WHEREAS, in December of each year since 2016, City staff brought the classified
employee pay plan to the City Council for consideration and approval for the upcoming year
setting salary ranges for classified positions who are not CBU Members; and
Ordinance Postponed Indefinitely on Second Reading
December 21, 2021
WHEREAS, early in the new payroll year, City staff brought an amended pay plan with
salary data for CBU Members’ positions to the City Council after collecting and analyzing data in
January; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends amending the City Code to allow for an exception for
the pay plan approval requirement only for CBU Member positions because the Agreement, which
must be considered and approved for execution by the City Council, sets out the criteria to be used
in establishing the pay for CBU Members; and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Council desires to amend City Code Section
2-566 to make an exception to the pay plan approval requirement only for CBU Member positions
because City Council approves the Agreement setting out the criteria for establishing CBU
Members’ pay.
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 2-566 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-566. – Compensation of employees.
The pay plan for all classified employees of the City shall be established by ordinance of the City
Council, except that the pay plan for classified police employees as defined in §2-618 will be
established in accordance with any collective bargaining agreement reached with an employee
organization selected by such police employees and approved by the City Council.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
December, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of December, A.D.
2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk
Ordinance Postponed Indefinitely on Second Reading
December 21, 2021
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of December, A.D. 2021.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Interim City Clerk