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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 3, 2013
City Council
STAFF
Janet Miller, Human Resources Director
Tamara Vega, Compensation Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 176, 2013, Amending Section 2-606 of the City Code and Setting the
Salary of the Municipal Judge.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on November 12, 2013 to conduct the performance review of
Municipal Judge Kathleen Lane. This Ordinance establishes the 2014 salary of the Municipal Judge.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
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 twice a year to discuss
performance and set goals for the coming year.
In 2013, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
2013 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 99,253 Vacation (30 days per year)
Medical Insurance 7,800 Holidays (11 days per year)
Dental Insurance 492
Life Insurance 174
Long Term Disability 459
ICMA (457) 2,978
ICMA (401) 9,925
Total Monetary Compensation $ 121,081
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Resolution 2012-091, which establishes the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager,
City Attorney, and Municipal Judge, states 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. The Ordinance
will amend the City Code to reflect Judge Lane’s 2014 salary.
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ORDINANCE NO. 176, 2013
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 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 City Council conducts a review of the past year's performance
and the next year’s goals of the Municipal Judge; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees
a competitive salary based on established market data, and is adjusting the salary of the
Municipal Judge to bring that salary more in line with the appropriate market data; and
WHEREAS, the City’s philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds
expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the base salary of the Municipal Judge
should be established at the amount of $_________, effective _____________, 2014, so that the
total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2013 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 to the Municipal Judge for working 0.8 FTE shall be
ninety-nine thousand two hundred fifty-three dollars ($99,253.) ______________
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 shall be __________,
2014.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
December, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D.
2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of December, A.D. 2013.
_________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
City Clerk