HomeMy WebLinkAbout171 - 12/19/2000 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION ORDINANCE NO. 171, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-575
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION
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 compensation of Councilmembers, except the Mayor, shall be five hundred dollars
($500)per month and the compensation of the Mayor shall be seven hundred fifty dollars($750)per
month; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 3 of the City Charter also provides that 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, in December 1998, Council adopted Ordinance No. 233, 1998 which added a
section to the City Code relating to Council compensation and which, after applying the foregoing
inflation factor, set the amount of compensation for the Mayor for 1999 at seven hundred seventy
dollars ($770) per month, and for other Councilmembers, five hundred fifteen dollars ($515) per
month; and
WHEREAS, in December 1999, Council adopted Ordinance No 180, 1999, setting the
amount of compensation for the Mayor for 2000 at Seven Hundred Ninety dollars($790)per month,
and for other Councilmembers at Five Hundred Twenty-Five dollars ($525) per month; and
WHEREAS,after again applying the foregoing inflation factor for the year 2001,the amount
of compensation for the Mayor for 2001 should be Eight Hundred Twenty-five dollars ($825) per
month, and for other Councilmembers, Five Hundred Fifty dollars ($550) per month.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-575 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and hereby is, amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2-575. Compensation of City Council members.
Commencing January 1,2001,the compensation for all Councilmembers except
the Mayor shall be five hundred fifty dollars($550.)per month and the compensation
of the Mayor shall be eight hundred twenty-five dollars ($825.) per month. These
amounts shall be adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the
Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21 st day of
November, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the th day of December, A.D.
2000. '
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of December, A.D. 2000.
Mayor �—
ATTEST:
City Clerk