HomeMy WebLinkAbout148 - 12/18/2012 - AMENDING SECTION 2-606 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE ORDINANCE NO. 148, 2012
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 I 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 $99,253, effective January 7, 2013, so that the total
compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2013 will be in the amount of$121,081.
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 January 7, 2013.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
December, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A.D.
2012.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of December, A.D. 2012.
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