HomeMy WebLinkAbout013 - 02/21/2012 - AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS,the City 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 City Council met with the City Attorney 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 Attorney
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, in lieu of additional market adjustments or merit increases,the City is making
one-time performance awards to employees who meet or exceed performance expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Attorney should be
established at the amount of$165,691 effective January 9,2012,so that the total compensation paid
to the City Attorney in 2012 will be in the amount of$198,569.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-581. Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be one hundred sixty-five
thousand six hundred ninety-one dollars($165,691.)per annum,payable in biweekly
installments. Sixty(60)percent of such sum shall be charged to general government
expense, twenty(20)percent to the city water utility and twenty(20)percent to the
city electric utility.
Section 2. The City Attorney shall receive a one-time performance incentive award for
2011 performance in the amount of$1,125.
Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment and one-time performance
incentive award shall be January 9, 2012.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
February,A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of February, A.D. 2012.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of February, A.D. 2012.
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