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HomeMy WebLinkAbout169 - 12/21/2021 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO ADOPTION OF THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES PAY PLAN (POSTPONED INDEFINITEOrdinance Postponed Indefinitely on Second Reading  December 21, 2021  ORDINANCE NO. 169, 2021 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS PERTAINING TO ADOPTION OF THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES PAY PLAN WHEREAS, Section 2-566 of the City Code requires that the pay plan for all classified employees of the City shall be established by ordinance of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the electors of the City approved at a special City election an ordinance that contains a comprehensive scheme for collective bargaining between the City and certain employees of its Police Services (the “Ordinance”); and WHEREAS, the Ordinance amended the City Code by adding a new Division 7 to Article VII Chapter 2 of the Code entitled “Public Safety Administration Cooperative Agreement; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Northern Colorado Lodge #3, Colorado Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP”) was selected as the designated bargaining agent for those employees of Police Services who are members of the bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, the members of the collective bargaining unit include all full-time sworn police officers at the rank of lieutenant and below, and community service officers and dispatchers equivalent to the rank of lieutenant and below, all City classified positions (“CBU Members”); and WHEREAS, in 2006, the City and the FOP entered into a collective bargaining agreement for 2006-2007 and, since that time, the parties have approved and executed subsequent agreements for each ensuing two-year period except for a one-year period for the year 2018 and a three-year period for 2018 through 2021; and WHEREAS, the latest such agreement will expire on December 31, 2021; and WHEREAS, the City and the FOP have, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, again engaged in negotiations regarding the terms and conditions of a new collective bargaining agreement for a three-year term to begin in 2022 (the “Agreement”); and WHEREAS, the salary article of the Agreement requires the City to collect market salary data no later than January 5 of each year from several comparable jurisdictions and the Agreement allows analysis and pay adjustments for the CBU Members as late as the first pay period of February; and WHEREAS, in December of each year since 2016, City staff brought the classified employee pay plan to the City Council for consideration and approval for the upcoming year setting salary ranges for classified positions who are not CBU Members; and Ordinance Postponed Indefinitely on Second Reading  December 21, 2021  WHEREAS, early in the new payroll year, City staff brought an amended pay plan with salary data for CBU Members’ positions to the City Council after collecting and analyzing data in January; and WHEREAS, City staff recommends amending the City Code to allow for an exception for the pay plan approval requirement only for CBU Member positions because the Agreement, which must be considered and approved for execution by the City Council, sets out the criteria to be used in establishing the pay for CBU Members; and WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Council desires to amend City Code Section 2-566 to make an exception to the pay plan approval requirement only for CBU Member positions because City Council approves the Agreement setting out the criteria for establishing CBU Members’ pay. 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. Section 2. That Section 2-566 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2-566. – Compensation of employees. The pay plan for all classified employees of the City shall be established by ordinance of the City Council, except that the pay plan for classified police employees as defined in §2-618 will be established in accordance with any collective bargaining agreement reached with an employee organization selected by such police employees and approved by the City Council. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of December, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of December, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk Ordinance Postponed Indefinitely on Second Reading  December 21, 2021  Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of December, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk