HomeMy WebLinkAbout014 - 02/21/2012 - AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2012
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 is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; 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 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, 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 Manager should be
established at the amount of$197,203 effective January 9, 2012, so that the total compensation
paid to the City Manager in 2012 will be in the amount of$243,365.
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-seven
thousand two hundred three dollars ($197,203.) 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. The City Manager 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.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of February, A.D. 2012.
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