HomeMy WebLinkAbout107 - 09/20/2011 - REPEALING SECTION 2-575 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF COUNCILMEMBERS ORDINANCE NO. 107, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REPEALING SECTION 2-575 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF.COUNCILMEMBERS
WHEREAS,on April 8, 1997,the electorate of the City approved certain amendments to the
City Charter; and .
WHEREAS, one such amendment was an amendment to Article II, Section 3 of the City
Charter, pertaining to the compensation of Councilmembers; and
WHEREAS,Article II,Section 3 of the City Charter,as amended,provides that,commencing
in 1998,the amounts of compensation of the Mayor and Councilmembers shall be adjusted annually
for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index; and
WHEREAS, the adjustment of Council compensation, pursuant Article II, Section 3 of the
City Charter, is accomplished though administrative action of the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 1999,the Council adopted Ordinance No. 233, 1998, amending
the City Code by the addition of a new section relating to Council compensation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council periodically amends this section of the City Code so that it
accurately reflects the amount of compensation, adjusted for inflation, that is currently paid to
Councilmembers; and
WHEREAS, such amendments sometimes create the misimpression among members of the
public that the City Council is, by adopting the amending ordinance, increasing the compensation
of its members,whereas such increases actually occur automatically under the above-referenced City
Charter provision; and
WHEREAS, the current amount of Councilmember compensation is readily available to
members of the public through sources other than the City Code, such as the City's websi.te and
financial records of the City; and
WHEREAS,for these reasons,the City Council believes that it would be in the best interests
of the City to repeal Section 2-575 of the City Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-575 is repealed in its entirety.
r
t
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
September, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of September, A.D.
2011.
O�FORT C
Q,:'5���;2N yor
ATTEST:
COLORPO
CAU)
ity Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of September, A.D. 2011.
O�FORT CO
T Y
or
ATTEST:
Chief Deputy City Clerk
cOLORP�O