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File #: 21-306    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 5/27/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/22/2021 Final action: 6/22/2021
Title: Ordinance No. 21-50 repealing Ordinance no. 19-95 and amending Ordinance 14-20, section 3 prescribing the salary of the City Attorney Presenter: Mike Sullivan, Human Resources Director Mayor John Suthers
Attachments: 1. MasseyOrd (Mid Year)-final Revised, 2. Massey Ord (mid-year 2021) final, 3. Signed Ordinance 21-50

 

Title

Ordinance No. 21-50 repealing Ordinance no. 19-95 and amending Ordinance 14-20, section 3 prescribing the salary of the City Attorney

 

  Presenter: 

Mike Sullivan, Human Resources Director
Mayor John Suthers

 

Body

  Summary:

City Charter Article XIII, Section 13-80 requires City Council to prescribe the salary of the City Attorney by ordinance.

 

  Background: 

It is recommended that Wynetta Massey’s annual salary as City Attorney be increased to $212,757, representing a 3% increase effective June 27, 2021.  Ms. Massey has received only two pay increases since her April 8, 2014 appointment, on January 1, 2018 and December 28, 2019. The proposed salary is within the range established for City Attorney/Chief Legal Officer in the 2021 Salary Structure.

  Previous Council Action:

Wynetta Massey was appointed City Attorney on April 8, 2014, by Ordinance No. 14-20, at an annual salary of $192,276.  Ordinance No. 14-20 was amended by Ordinance 18-9, thereby prescribing the annual salary of the City Attorney at $196,723 effective January 1, 2018. Ordinance 19-95 repealed all prior ordinance setting the salary of the City Attorney and set such salary at $206,560 effective December 28, 2019.

 

  Financial Implications:

The salary increase is $6,197 annually.

 

  City Council Appointed Board/Commission/Committee Recommendation:

N/A

 

  Stakeholder Process:

N/A

 

  Alternatives:

N/A

 

Recommended Action

  Proposed Motion:

Move approval of an Ordinance, repealing Ordinance No. 19-95 and amending Ordinance 14-20, Section 3 and prescribing the salary of the City Attorney.

 

Summary of Ordinance Language

An Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 19-95 and amending Ordinance 14-20, Section 3 and prescribing the salary of the City Attorney.




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