HomeMy WebLinkAbout014 - 03/01/2022 - ADOPTING THE 2022 AMENDED CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES PAY PLAN TO UPDATE CLASSIFIED POSITIONS AS PROVIDED IORDINANCE NO. 014, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2022 AMENDED CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES PAY PLAN
TO UPDATE CLASSIFIED POSITIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
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, on December 21, 2021, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 168, 2021,
approving a pay plan for its classified employees for pay to go into effect the first pay period of
January 2022 (the "Pay Plan"); and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution 2021-114
approving a collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Northern Colorado Lodge
#3 of the Fraternal Order of Police ("CBA"); and
I IEREAS, the CBA contains a provision giving the City until January 12, 2022, to collect
market data from several identified benchmark agencies 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 amend the Pay Plan; and
WHEREAS, the amendments to the Pay Plan recommended by the Interim City Manager
are consistent with City Council objectives and the Council -approved CBA, including the practice
of establishing step levels by using pay range maximum salary data for benchmark positions, and
matching to the fourth highest salary ranking of the benchmark agencies, or matching the
percentage increase given to City employees not in the collective bargaining unit, whichever is
higher; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the adoption of the recommended, amended
pay plan is in the best interests of the City and further believes that the allocation of individual
salaries within the Pay Plan should be related to employee performance.
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 2022 Amended City of Fort Collins
Classified Employees Pay Plan (the "Amended Plan"), a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 3. That the effective date of the Amended Plan shall commence as of the
effective date of this Ordinance.
Section 4. That the Interim City Manager shall fix the compensation levels of all
classified employees within the pay levels established in the Amended 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 Interim 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 15th day of
February, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on he 1 st day of -March.. A.D. 2022.
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