HomeMy WebLinkAbout136 - 12/20/2016 - AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF CITY CODE AND SETTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY MANAGERORDINANCE NO. 136, 2016
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$256,087 effective January 2, 2017, so that the total compensation
of the City Manager in 2017 will be $311,480.
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.
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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 two hundred fifty six
thousand eighty-seven dollars ($256,087) 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.
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Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 2, 2017.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
December, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D.
2016.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2016.
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