Request for Council Action for Ordinance 2003-7 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION

ORDINANCE: O-2003-7

SUBJECT: Compensation for the Municipal Court Judges

RECOMMENDATION: Adoption of an Ordinance, which sets the salaries for the Presiding and Associate Municipal Judges.

SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER: Each year the Judges Salary Committee meets to make a recommendation on the annual compensation for the presiding and associate municipal judges in the Municipal Court. The Salary Committee has met and is recommending the following salaries: $106,369 for the presiding municipal judge and $101,837 for the municipal judges. The additional compensation for the presiding municipal judge covers the administrative duties assigned to that position. The committee also recommends $65 per hour for the associate municipal judges, the same as last year.

Last year's salaries were $104,283 for the presiding municipal judge and $99,840 for the associate municipal judges. The proposed salaries reflect a 2.0 percent increase for the judges. The salaries are effective March 30, 2003, the same date as other employees' salary adjustments take effect.

FUNDING SOURCE: Municipal Court budget

DATE OF FIRST READING: March 24, 2003

DATE OF SECOND READING: April 14, 2003

ORIGINATED BY: Judges' Salary Committee, Jean Saum - Chairperson

STAFF PERSON RESPONSIBLE: John Miller, Court Administrator, 303-987-7412

DOCUMENTS ATTACHED: Ordinance O-2003-7

SUBMITTED BY:
John Miller, Court Administrator

REVIEWED BY:
Joni Inman, Director, Mayor and City Manager's Office
Michael J. Rock, City Manager