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FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: December 19, 2000
FROM: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to the Reappointment and Salary of the Municipal Judge.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Resolution 2000-156 Reappointing Kathleen M. Lane as Municipal Judge.
Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter provides that the Municipal Judge is to be appointed for
a term of two years. Kathleen M. Lane was first appointed to serve as the City's Municipal Judge
for a two-year term commencing July 1, 1989. This Resolution reappoints Judge Lane for another
two-year term commencing on January 1, 2001 and ending on December 31, 2002, and authorizes
the Mayor to execute an addendum to Judge Lane's Employment Agreement.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 196, 2000, Amending Section 2-606 of the City Code and
Setting the Salary of the Municipal Judge.
City Council met in Executive Session on November 14,2000 to conduct the performance appraisal
of Municipal Judge Kathleen M.Lane. This Ordinance establishes the 2001 salary of the Municipal
Judge.
BACKGROUND:
City Council is committed to compensating employees in a manner which is fair, competitive and
understandable. The goal as an employer is to attract and retain quality employees and to recognize
and reward quality performance.
In order to accomplish this goal the City Council and the Municipal Judge meet once a year to
discuss last year's performance and set goals for the coming year.
DATE: December 19, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 44 A-B
In 2000, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 79,567 Vacation (25 days per year)
Life Insurance 187 Holidays (11 days per year)
Medical Insurance 5,808
Dental Insurance 336
Long Term Disability 340
FICA Max 4,501
FICA 1.45% 1,304
Pension - ICMA 401(a) and 457 (13%) 10,344
Total Monetary Compensation $ 102,387
RESOLUTION 2000-156
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REAPPOINTING KATHLEEN M. LANE
AS MUNICIPAL JUDGE
WHEREAS,Article VII, Section 1 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins(the"Charter")
provides that the City Council shall appoint a Municipal Judge for a two (2) year term; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Judge Kathleen M. Lane was first appointed to the position of
Municipal Court Judge of the City of Fort Collins for a two-year term commencing July 1, 1989;and
WHEREAS,by adoption of Resolution 98-162 on December 8, 1998,Judge Lane was most
recently reappointed by the Council for another two-year term which will end on December 31,
2000; and
WHEREAS, Council wishes to reappoint Judge Lane for another two-year term.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Kathleen M.Lane,be,and hereby is,reappointed as Municipal Judge for
the City of Fort Collins for a two-year term commencing January 1, 2001 and ending December 31,
2002.
Section 2. That the Mayor be, and hereby is authorized to execute an addendum to the
existing Employment Agreement between the City and Kathleen M.Lane extending said Agreement
for a term as stated in Section 1 above, with all other terms and conditions of said Agreement
remaining the same, pending any further modification of said Agreement.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
19th day of December, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
December, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of January,A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
• ORDINANCE NO. 196, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-606 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the Municipal Judge; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to compensating its employees in a
manner which is fair, competitive and understandable; and
WHEREAS, the City's pay philosophy is based on total compensation, which includes not
only base salary but also deferred compensation payments,vacation and holiday leave,and amounts
paid by the City for medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; and
WHEREAS,each year the Council conducts a review of the past year's performance and the
next year's goals of the Municipal Judge; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes, based upon the performance review of the Municipal
Judge,that the base salary of the Municipal Judge should be established at the amount of$
effective January 8, 2001, so that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2001 will
be in the amount of$
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-606 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-606. Salary of the Municipal Judge.
The base salary to be paid the Judge of the Municipal Court shall be seventy-nine
thousand five handre,
dollars
per annum,payable in biweekly installments,which sum shall be
charged to general government expense.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 above
shall be January 8, 2001.
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