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ORDINANCE NO. 208, 2025
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 CHIEF JUDGE
A. Pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the Chief Judge.
B. The City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner which is
fair, competitive and understandable.
C. 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.
D. The City Council supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees
a competitive salary and sets the salary of the Chief Judge based on established market
data.
E. The City Council met with the Chief Judge on November 25, 2025, to
conduct a review and establish goals for her performance.
F. The City Council believes the annual base salary of the Chief Judge for
2026 should be established at the amount of $________ effective January 5, 2026.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows
Section 1. 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 shall be two hundred eighteen
thousand one hundred forty one dollars ($218,141) _________________
($_______) per annum, payable in biweekly installments, which sum shall be
charged to general government expense.
Section 2. The effective date of the salary adjustment shall be January 5, 2026.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on December 16, 2025, and
approved on second reading for final passage on January 6, 2026.
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
Effective Date: January 16, 2026
Approving Attorney: Jenny Lopez Filkins
Exhibit: None