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ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2013
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 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 City Council met with the City Attorney 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
Attorney 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 Attorney should be
established at the amount of$179,093 effective January 6, 2014, so that the total compensation
paid to the City Attorney in 2013 will be in the amount of$212,347.
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 One Hundred Seventy
Nine Thousand Ninety three dollars ($179,093.) 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 shall be January 6, 2014.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
December, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D.
2013.
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