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OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF AN AD HOC COUNCIL
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE
WHEREAS,the City Council recognizes that the City's compensation and benefits practices
constitute a substantial portion of the City's operating budget; and
WHEREAS, the rate of inflation for employee benefits continues to exceed budgetary
projections; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary, in order to help maintain the economic health of the
City, to freeze labor market adjustments for City employees in 2003, and to also freeze City
employees' salaries for 2004 and 2005; and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2003, the Council approved Resolution 2003-118 adopting
amendments to the City's Financial Management Policies, except for the section on compensation
and benefits, which was to be further considered at a later date; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes it would be in the best interests of the City to hire one or
more outside benefits and compensation consultant (the "Consultant(s)") to review and make
recommendations to the Council regarding employee benefits and compensation; and
WHEREAS, the Council further desires to appoint an ad hoc committee of Council to
participate in the process of selecting the Consultant(s), and to work with the Consultant(s) to
produce a final report to the Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Council hereby appoints Councilmembers Kurt Kastein and Eric Hamrick to
serve as an ad hoc Compensation and Benefits Committee for the following purposes:
1) To work with City staff on the creation of a scope of work and request for proposals
for the Consultant(s);
2) To participate in the selection process for choosing such Consultant(s);
3) To bring back to the Council for its approval a final recommendation as to the party
or parties to whom the Consultant contract should be awarded in accordance with the
competitive sealed proposal process described in Section 8-158 of the City Code;
(4) After the hiring of the Consultant(s), to work with the Consultant(s) and City staff
to generate a final report to the Council regarding employee compensation and
benefits in adequate time to process the recommendations for the 2005 exception
process.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
16th day of December, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk