HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/20/2005 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 175, 2005, AMENDING ITEM NUMBER: 48
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December20, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 175, 2005, Amending Section 2-606 of the City Code and Setting
the Salary of the Municipal Judge.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on December 13,2005 to conduct the performance appraisal
of Municipal Judge Kathleen M.Lane. This Ordinance establishes the 2006 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.
In 2005, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 91,904 Vacation (30 days per year)
Life Insurance 320 Holidays (I I days per year)
Medical Insurance 8,904
Dental Insurance 540
Long Term Disability 910
ICMA(457) 2,757
ICMA (401) 9,190
Total Monetary Compensation $ 114,525
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The Judge's most recent salary increase took effect in January, 2002.
The process established for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney, and
Municipal Judge,adopted by the Council via Resolution 2000-123 on October 17,2000 and further
amended by the adoption of Resolution 2001-018 on February 6,2001,provides that any change in
compensation for the City Manager, City Attorney and Municipal Judge will be adopted by the
Council by ordinance in sufficient time for the change in compensation to take effect as of the first
full pay period of the ensuing year.
ORDINANCE NO. 1759 2005
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 2, 2006, so that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2006 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
thousand nine hundred dollars ($ 91 ,964 )
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 2, 2006 .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
December, A.D . 2005 , and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of January, A.D . 2006 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk