HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/07/1999 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 189, 1999, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 37
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: December 7, 1999
STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 189, 1999,Amending Section 2-606 of the City Code and Setting
the Compensation of the Municipal Judge.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
City Council met in Executive Session on November 9, 1999 to conduct the performance appraisal of
Municipal Judge Kathleen M.Lane. This Ordinance establishes the 2000 salary and compensation of
the Municipal Judge.
i sACKGROUND:
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.
In 1999, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY
BENEFITS
Salary $ 75,063 Vacation(25 days per year)
Life Insurance 176 Holidays (11 days per year)
Medical Insurance 5,182
Dental Insurance 303
Long Term Disability 232
FICA Max 4,501
FICA 1.45% 1,088
Pension- ICMA 401(a) and 457 (13%) 9,758
Total Monetary Compensation $ 96,303
ORDINANCE NO. 189, 1999
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 COMPENSATION OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section I 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 10,2000,so that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2000 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 Vaid the Judge of the Municipal Court shall be seventy five
thottsa rd-sim.T-three dollars($45-,063111M 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 10, 2000.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of r ,
December,A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of January,A.D. 2000.
Mayor.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
'Passed ands:"tin final reading this 4th day of January,A.D. 2000.
✓ Mayor
ATTEST: Y<:-
Coy Clerk