HomeMy WebLinkAbout194 - 12/16/1997 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE NO. 194, 1997
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 (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins 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, each year the Council conducts a review of the past year's performance and the
next year's goals of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS,the Council believes,based upon the performance review of the City Attorney,
that the base salary of the City Attorney should be established at the amount of$96,317, effective
January 12, 1998, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 1998 will be in the
amount of$120,506.
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 Ninety-Six Thousand Three
Hundred Seventeen Dollars($96,317)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. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 above shall
be January 12, 1998.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
December, A.D. 1997, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of December, A _.
1997. '�
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of cember, A.D. 19 ''
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ATTEST:
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