HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/19/2006 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 202, 2006, AMENDIN ITEM NUMBER: 15
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December 19, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wendy Williams
Amy Sharkey
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No.202,2006,Amending Section 2-606 ofthe City Code and Setting
the Salary of the Municipal Judge.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on November 14,2006 to conduct the performance appraisal
of Municipal Judge Kathleen M. Lane. Ordinance No. 202, 2006, unanimously adopted on First
Reading on December 5, 2006, establishes the 2007 salary of the Municipal Judge at $82,581.
ITEM NUMBER: 31 A-B
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December5, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wendy Williams
Amy Sharkey
SUBJECT COPY
Items Relating to the Reappointment, Contract, and Compensation of the Municipal Judge.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
None.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Resolution 2006-127 Reappointing Kathleen M. Lane as Municipal Judge and Authorizing
Certain Other Amendments to the Jud e's Em loymen(� eement,
B. First Reading of Ordin ce No. 2, 20 dinon 2-606 of the City Code and
Setting the Salary of th un' ip Ju
Article VII, Section 1 of the 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 term
commencing July 1, 1989. Resolution 2006-127 reappoints Judge Lane for another two-year term
commencing on January 1, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2008, and authorizes the Mayor to
execute an addendum to Judge Lane's Employment Agreement. The addendum will reflect the new
term and,pursuant to the request of the Judge,revise other terms and conditions relating to working
less than full-time, as set out in the salary ordinance, including a reduction in vacation benefits.
Ordinance No. 202, 2006, establishes the 2007 salary of the Municipal Judge.
BACKGROUND
City Council is committed to pensa gem o n a (uearlity
which is fair, competitive and
understandable. The goal as an 1 j e to a and retai 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 2006, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
December 5, 2006 -2- Item No. 31 A-B
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary 11ca"on (30 days per year)
Life Insurance P,704
olidays (I 1 days per year)
Medical InsuranceDental Insurance `
Long Term Disability 983
ICMA (457) 2,978
ICMA(401) 9,926
Total Monetary Compensation S 121,723
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.
Resolution 2006-127 authori the or fmb
ev th Addendum to the existing
Employment Agreement be the y an ge, a nding said Agreement for a term
commencing on January 1, 20 den o er 31 008, and revising other terms and
conditions of said Agreement so as to add provisions relating to working less than full-time, as set
out in the salary ordinance, including a reduction in vacation benefits.
ORDINANCE NO. 202, 2006
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 Municipal Judge has requested that, upon reappointment for a new term,
her hours be reduced by twenty percent, with a corresponding adjustment in salary; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that the base salary of the Municipal Judge for that
reduced position should be established at the amount of $82,581 effective January 1, 2007, so
that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2007 will be in the amount of
$103,376.
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 to the Municipal Judge for working 0.8 FTE shall be
eighty-two thousand five hundred eighty-one dollars ($82,581) 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 I
above shall be January 1, 2007.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
December, A.D. 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of December, A.D.
2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of December, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk