HomeMy WebLinkAbout147 - 12/18/2007 - AMENDING SECTION 2-606 OF THE CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE 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$86,958, effective January 14, 2008, so
that the total compensation paid to the Municipal Judge in 2008 will be in the amount of
$109,040.
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:
See. 2-606. Salary of the Municipal Judge.
The base salary to be paid to the Municipal Judge for working 0.8 FTE shall be
eighty-six thousand nine hundred fifty-eight dollars ($86,958) 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.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of mber, A.D. 2007.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk