HomeMy WebLinkAbout008 - 01/16/2018 - AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND SETTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE C ORDINANCE NO. 008, 2018
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 is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner that is fair,
competitive and understandable; 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
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WHEREAS,the City Council met with the City Attorney to conduct a review and establish
goals for her performance; and
WHEREAS, the City's philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds
expectations; and
WHEREAS,the City Council believes the base salary of the City Attorney for 2018 should
be established at the amount of$194,259 effective January 1, 2018, so that the total compensation
of the City Attorney in 2018 will be $232,770.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. 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 ninety four
thousand two hundred fifty-nine dollars ($194,259) 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 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 1, 2018, to
be paid retroactively within a reasonable period of time after this Ordinance becomes final.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passa e on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018.
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