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HomeMy WebLinkAbout160 - 12/15/2015 - AMENDING SECTION 2-606 OF CITY CODE AND SETTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE ORDINANCE NO. 160, 2015 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 COMPENSATION 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 $113,740 effective January 4, 2016, so that the total compensation of the Municipal Judge for 2016 will be $139,719. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. 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 one hundred thirteen thousand seven hundred forty dollars ($113,740) per annum, payable in biweekly installments, which. sum shall be charged to general government expense. Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 4, 2016. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of December, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of December, A.D. 2016. Fc2" GL o� %s Mayor ATTEST: J coLoe`� l/y City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of December, A.D. 2015. T cp�� - o:< :2N Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk