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Aspen council approves city attorney job posting and authorizes salary range from packet
Summary
Council approved the city attorney job description and authorized staff to post the position with the salary range included in the packet; staff cited market comparables and a compensation consultant in preparing the range.
The Aspen City Council on Jan. 7 approved a draft job description for the city attorney and authorized staff to post the position with the salary range presented in the packet. Alyssa Farrell, Administrative Services Director, told council staff worked with a compensation consultant and compared regional data to develop the salary-range proposal.
Farrell explained the difference between a hiring range (typically the minimum to the first quartile) and the full salary range (minimum to midpoint to maximum) and said the packet pulls from competitive-market data to set the range. She told council that, depending on the candidate's qualifications, hires may begin at the lower quartile and progress across the range with tenure and performance. "We did work with a Compensation Consultant for our our pay plan for 2025," Farrell said.
Councilors asked clarifying questions about charter language that uses gendered pronouns and about the methodology for the salary figures. Council voted to approve the job description and include the salary range as presented; staff said it planned to post the job within 24 to 48 hours. The precise numeric figures in the meeting transcript were not consistently legible; the council record and the posted job packet will contain the official salary-range numbers.
