HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/04/2007 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 147, 2007, AMENDING ITEM NUMBER: 24
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December4, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Janet Miller
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 147, 2007, Amending Section 2-606 of the City Code and Setting
the Salary of the Municipal Judge.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
None.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance establishes the 2008 salary of the Municipal Judge.
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 effective
July 1, 1989. Resolution 2006-127 reappointed Judge Lane for another two-year term ending on
December 31, 2008.
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 2007, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 82,581 Vacation(26 days per year)
Medical Insurance 8,628 Holidays (I I days per year)
Dental Insurance 540
Life Insurance 289
Long Term Disability 653
ICMA (457) 2,477
ICMA (401) 8,258
Total Monetary Compensation $ 103,426
December 4, 2007 -2- Item No. 24
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, amended
by the adoption of Resolution 2001-018 on February 6, 2001, and further amended by the adoption
of Resolution 2006-124 on December 5,2006,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, 147, 2007
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 $ effective January 14, 2008, so
that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2008 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
cighty- - ,
thousand 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 14, 2008 .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
December, A.D . 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A.D .
2007 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of December, A.D . 2007 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk