HomeMy WebLinkAbout159 - 12/16/2008 - AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER ORDINANCE NO. 159, 2008
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 SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to compensating its employees in a
manner which 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 Council met with the City Manager to conduct a review and establish next
year's goals; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that the base salary of the City Manager should be
established atthe amount of$190,571 effective January 12,2009,so that the total compensation paid
to the City Manager in 2009 will be in the amount of$236,241.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. 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 one hundred ninety thousand
five hundred seventy-one dollars ($190,571.) 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.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 above
shall be January 12, 2009.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
December, A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of December, A.D.
2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of in er, A.D. 2008.
ayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk