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HomeMy WebLinkAbout178 - 01/06/2015 - AMENDING SECTION 2-606 OF CITY CODE AND SETTING THE SALARY OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE ORDINANCE NO. 178, 2014 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 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 that 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 $109,365, effective January 5, 2015, so that the total compensation of the Municipal Judge for 2015 will be $133,760. 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 one hundred nine thousand three hundred sixty-five dollars ($109,365.) 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 5, 2015, to be paid retroactively within a reasonable period of time after this Ordinance becomes final. - 1 - Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of December, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of January, A.D. 2015. ATTEST: 'n �O ;r DO y City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of January, A.D. 2015. %yor ATTEST: G`Ty oFF :o City Clerk �O' •;5C - 2 -