HomeMy WebLinkAbout135 - 12/20/2016 - AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF CITY CODE AND SETTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEYORDINANCE NO. 135, 2016
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 COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section` 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner that is
fair, competitive and understandable; 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 Council met with the City Attorney to conduct a review and
establish goals for her performance; and
WHEREAS, the City's philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds;
expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes the base salary of the City Attorney for 2017
should be established at the amount of $189,521, effective January 2, 2017, so that the total
compensation of the City Attorney in 2017 will be $$226,821.
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 2-581 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 eight-nine
thousand five hundred twenty-one dollars ($189,521) 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 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 2, 2017.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
December, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D.
2016.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2016.
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