HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/20/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 211, 2001, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 33
DATE: November 20, 2001
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 211,2001, 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 November 13,2001 to conduct the performance appraisal
of Municipal Judge Kathleen M.Lane. This Ordinance establishes the 2002 salary of the Municipal
Judge.
CKGROUND:
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 2001, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge include following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUA ON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 87,5 8 Vacation (25 days per year)
Life Insurance 2 Holidays (I I days per year)
Medical Insurance 6,504
Dental Insurance 384
Long Term Disability 560
FICA Max 4,985
FICA 1.45% 1,396
Pension - ICMA 401(a) and 457 (13%) 11,379
Total Monetary Compensation $ 112,959
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DATE: November 20,2001 2 ITEM NUMBER: 33
The process established for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney, and
Municipal Judge,adopted by the Council via Resolution 2001-123 on October 17,2000 and further
amended by the adoption of Resolution 2001-18 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.
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ORDINANCE NO. 211, 2001
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 7, 2002, so that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2002 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
thatisand five httndred twenty four dollars($87,524) —dollars
($ 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 7, 2002.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
November, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A.D.
2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of December, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk