HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/06/2011 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 181, 2011, AMENDINGDATE: December 6, 2011
STAFF: Janet Miller
Amy Sharkey
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 38
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 181, 2011, 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 9, 2011, to conduct the performance review of Municipal Judge
Kathleen Lane. Ordinance No. 181, 2011, establishes the 2012 salary of the Municipal Judge.
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 2011, the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge included the following:
2011 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary (0.8 FTE)
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
ICMA (457)
ICMA (401)
$ 93,045
8,400
552
164
339
2,791
9,305
Vacation (26 days per year)
Holidays (11 days per year)
Total Monetary Compensation $ 114,596
Resolution 2006-124, 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 2012 salary.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
ORDINANCE NO. 181, 2011
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 has determined that the base salary of the Municipal Judge
should be established at the amount of $ , effective January 9, 2012, so that the total
compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2012 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-three thousand forty-five dollars ($93,045 )
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 9, 2012.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
December, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D.
2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk