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ORDINANCE NO. 116, 2019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING A ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF ACCRUED, UNUSED 2018
PAID TIME OFF HOURS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY
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, 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, Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 2-596 sets the base salary to be paid to
the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 2-581 sets the base salary to be paid to
the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2018, the City Council approved Resolution 2018-098, which
says that any change in the compensation of the City Manager or City Attorney shall be approved
by Council by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, by the end of the 2018 leave-benefit year, the City Manager and City Attorney
vacation hour balances exceeded the carryover limit and each was unable to use several hours of
earned vacation; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and City Attorney also worked on several holidays and were
therefore unable to use paid holiday hours granted to them in the 2018 leave-benefit year; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and City Attorney’s terms and conditions of employment
are addressed in employment agreements approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, a one-time exception to the City Manager’s or City Attorney’s employment
agreement does not require either agreement to be amended; and
WHEREAS, the City Council appointed ad-hoc committee known as the Direct Reports
Compensation Committee recommended that the City Council consider a one-time payment to the
City Manager and City Attorney for accrued, unused 2018 paid time off hours; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes a one-time exception to each employee’s
employment agreement authorizing a payment to the City Manager and the City Attorney for
accrued, unused 2018 paid time off hours is appropriate.
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
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findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That notwithstanding the terms of the City Manager’s employment
agreement or the provisions of Resolution 2018-098, the City Council approves a one-time
payment to the City Manager for 115.79 accrued, unused vacation hours and 20.5 accrued, unused
holiday hours, to be calculated using the City Manager’s 2018 rate of pay.
Section 3. That notwithstanding the terms of the City Attorney’s employment
agreement or the provisions of Resolution 2018-098, the City Council approves a one-time
payment to the City Attorney for 101.90 accrued, unused vacation hours and 47 accrued, unused
holiday hours, to be calculated using the City Attorney’s 2018 rate of pay.
Section 4. That the date of the payment shall be within 14 days of the date this
ordinance becomes final.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
October, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of October, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of October, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk