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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/02/2020 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2020, AMENDINAgenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 2, 2020 City Council STAFF Teresa Roche, Chief Human Resources Officer Jenny Lopez Filkins, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2020, Amending Section 2-606 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Setting the Salary of the Chief Judge. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item meets the following COVID-19 emergency priorities for being on the Council agenda: • Priority 5 - Items that must move forward based on a Council directed timeline, i.e., completion of a pilot project or the end of a moratorium. • Priority 6 - Items that relate to funding, operation and business activities that the City must continue despite of the current crisis. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 19, 2020, sets the base salary of the Chief Judge at $165,000 effective July 6, 2020. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, May 19, 2020 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 075, 2020 (PDF) Agenda Item 19 Item # 19 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 19, 2020 City Council STAFF Teresa Roche, Chief Human Resources Officer Jenny Lopez Filkins, Legal SUBJECT Items Relating to the Appointment, Salary, Oath of Office and Employment Contract of the Chief Judge. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Resolution 2020-049 Appointing Jill Hueser as Chief Judge, Approving the Chief Judge’s Employment Agreement and Direction Regarding Administration of Oath of Office for the Chief Judge. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2020, Amending Section 2-606 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Setting the Salary of the Chief Judge. This item meets the following COVID-19 emergency priorities for being on the Council agenda:  Priority 5 - Items that must move forward based on a Council directed timeline, i.e., completion of a pilot project or the end of a moratorium.  Priority 6 - Items that relate to funding, operation and business activities that the City must continue despite of the current crisis. The purpose of the Resolution is to appoint Jill Hueser as the new Chief Judge effective July 6, 2020, and to approve the employment agreement of the Chief Judge. Another purpose is to direct the City Clerk to administer the Chief Judge oath of office to Jill Hueser on July 6, 2020. The Ordinance sets the salary of the Chief Judge effective July 6, 2020. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The City began a recruitment and selection process for the Chief Judge position in January 2020 with the support of the executive recruitment firm of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP. Council appointed three Councilmembers to an ad hoc committee to, among other tasks, conduct interviews with the top candidates and narrow the field for interviews with full Council. Baker-Tilley presented possible top candidates' resumes and credentials for consideration to the ad hoc committee. The ad hoc committee narrowed the field to three finalists after conducting interviews on April 20, 2020 and Council interviewed two finalists on April 22, 2020. On April 28, 2020, Council adopted Resolution 2020-039 authorizing Councilmembers Gorgol and Pignataro to discuss with staff and the named candidate, Jill Hueser, the terms and conditions of an employment agreement for the Chief Judge position, with such agreement to be presented for Council consideration on May 19, 2020. Chief Judge Kathleen Lane’s retirement is effective July 5, 2020. Because the City will employ only one chief judge, Jill Hueser’s appointment as Chief Judge will be effective July 6, 2020. City Clerk Delynn Coldiron will administer the oath of office to Jill Hueser on July 6, 2020. Ms. Hueser will transfer to judicial services on June 1, 2020 and serve as a judicial executive through July 5, 2020. This Resolution appoints Jill Hueser as the Chief Judge for the City effective July 6, 2020 and authorizes the Mayor to execute an employment contract with Ms. Hueser. Additionally, Ordinance No. 075, 2020 Amends Section 2-606 of the City Code to establish the initial base salary of the Chief Judge. Total compensation which ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 19 Item # 19 Page 2 includes health, life and disability insurance as well as retirement benefits is reflected in the attached 2020 Chief Judge Compensation Calculator (Attachment 1). ATTACHMENTS 1. Chief Judge Compensation Calculator (PDF) 2. Powerpoint Presentation (PDF) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2020 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 CHIEF JUDGE WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is responsible for fixing the compensation of the Chief Judge; and WHEREAS, the City 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, members of the City Council, with the assistance of City staff, and the presumed Chief Judge have discussed terms and conditions of the presumed Chief Judge’s employment, including the base salary to be paid to the presumed Chief Judge; and WHEREAS, the City Council supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees a competitive salary and is setting the salary of the presumed Chief Judge based on established market data; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the Chief Judge should be established at the amount of $165,000 per annum. 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 Chief Judge. The base salary to be paid to the Chief Judge shall be one hundred sixty five thousand dollars ($165,000) 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 July 6, 2020. -2- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of May, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of June, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of June, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk