HomeMy WebLinkAbout146 - 12/18/2012 - AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER ORDINANCE NO. 146, 2012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; 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 City Council met with the City Manager to conduct a review and establish
next year's goals; 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 Manager
to bring that salary more in line with the appropriate market data; and
WHEREAS, the City's philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds
expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Manager should be
established at the amount of$207,063 effective January 7,2013, so that the total compensation paid
to the City Manager in 2013 will be in the amount of$252,592.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
See. 2-596. Salary of the City Manager.
The base salary to be paid the City Manager shall be two hundred seven
thousand sixty-three dollars ($207,063.) per annum, payable in biweekly
installments. Forty (40) percent of such sum shall be charged to the city electric
utility, twenty (20) percent to the city water utility and forty (40)percent to general
government expense.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 7, 2013.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
December, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A.D.
2012.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of December, A.D. 2012.
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