HomeMy WebLinkAbout188 - 12/17/2024 - AMENDING SECTION 2-606 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CHIEF JORDINANCE NO. 188, 2024
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
A.Pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the Chief Judge.
B.The City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner which is
fair, competitive and understandable.
C.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.
D.Members of the City Council, with the assistance of City staff, and the Chief
Judge have discussed terms and conditions of the presumed Chief Judge's employment,
including the base salary to be paid to the Chief Judge.
E.The City Council supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees
a competitive salary and is setting the salary of the Chief Judge based on established
market data.
F.The City Council met with the Chief Judge on November 26, 2024, to
conduct a review and establish goals for her performance.
G.The City Council believes the annual base salary of the Chief Judge for
2025 should be established at the amount of $218,141 effective January 6, 2025
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. 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 two hundred eighteen
thousand one hundred forty one dollars ($218,141) per annum, payable in
biweekly installments, which sum shall be charged to general government
expense.
Section 2. The effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 6, 2025.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on December 3, 2024, and
approved on second reading for final passage on December 17, 2024.
ATTEST:
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Effective Date: December 27, 2024
Approving Attorney: Aaron Guin
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