HomeMy WebLinkAbout158 - 12/16/2008 - AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE NO. 158, 2008
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 SALARY 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 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, the Council has determined that the base salary of the City Attorney
should be established at the amount of$161,650 effective as of the first pay period in January 2009
which begins on January 12, 2009, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2009
will be in the amount of$194,249.
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:
See. 2-581. Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be one hundred sixty-one
thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($161,650.) 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, 2009.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
December, A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passa o the 16th day of December, A.D.
2008.
I
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day ember, A.D. 2008.
May
ATTEST:
City Clerk