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ORDINANCE NO. 007, 2018
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 CHIEF JUDGE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the Chief 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 Chief 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 Chief 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 Chief Judge should
be established at the amount of$120,667 effective January 1, 2018, so that the total compensation
of the Chief Judge for 2018 will be $149,125.
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 Chief Judge.
The base salary to be paid to the Chief Judge for working 0.8 FTE shall be one
hundred twenty thousand six hundred sixty-seven ($120,667) per annum, payable
in biweekly installments, which sum shall be charged to general government
expense.
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Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 1, 2018, to be paid
retroactively within a reasonable period of time after this Ordinance becomes final.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018.
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