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File #: 21-746    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 11/18/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/11/2022 Final action: 1/11/2022
Title: Ordinance No. 21-116 Repealing Ordinance Nos. 21-50 (An Ordinance Repealing Ordinance No. 19-95 and Amending Ordinance No. 14-20, Section 3, Prescribing the Salary of the City Attorney), Ordinance No. 21-51 (An Ordinance Amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. 21-06 and Prescribing the Salary of the City Auditor), and Ordinance No. 21-52 (An Ordinance Repealing Ordinance No. 21-07, and Amending Ordinance No. 18-120, Section 3, Prescribing the Salary of the City Council Administrator) and Prescribing the Salaries of the City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Council Administrator Presenter: Mike Sullivan, Human Resources Director Mayor John Suthers
Attachments: 1. 2022AppointeeSalaryOrd-2021-11-18, 2. Signed Ordinance 21-116

Title
Ordinance No. 21-116 Repealing Ordinance Nos. 21-50 (An Ordinance Repealing Ordinance No. 19-95 and Amending Ordinance No. 14-20, Section 3, Prescribing the Salary of the City Attorney), Ordinance No. 21-51 (An Ordinance Amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. 21-06 and Prescribing the Salary of the City Auditor), and Ordinance No. 21-52 (An Ordinance Repealing Ordinance No. 21-07, and Amending Ordinance No. 18-120, Section 3, Prescribing the Salary of the City Council Administrator) and Prescribing the Salaries of the City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Council Administrator

Presenter:
Mike Sullivan, Human Resources Director
Mayor John Suthers

Body
Summary:
The salary ranges for the City Attorney, the City Auditor, and the City Council Administrator positions are included in the annual salary schedule which is approved by ordinance. City Charter ? 13-80 and City Code ? 1.2.203 require the annual salary of the City Attorney be prescribed by ordinance, City Charter ? 3-10(e) and City Code ? 1.2.203 require the annual salary of the City Auditor be prescribed by ordinance, and City Charter ? 3-10(e) requires the annual salary of the City Council Administrator be prescribed by ordinance.

Going forward, City Council wishes to prescribe the annual salaries of the City Attorney, the City Auditor, and the City Council Administrator in a single ordinance, finding this to be a more efficient exercise of this administrative task pursuant to City Charter ? 3-10(b).

Background:
It is recommended that the salaries of the City Attorney, the City Auditor, and the City Council Administrator be prescribed as follows:
A. City Attorney - $219,138
B. City Auditor - $188,670
C. City Council Administrator - $125,715

Previous Council Action:
Ordinance Nos. 14-20 (An Ordinance Confirming the Mayor's Appointment of the City Attorney and Setting the Salary of the City Attorney) and 18-120 (An Ordinance Appointing the City Council Administrator and Setting the...

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