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Amend Pay Ordinance S-42689 in Accordance with Phoenix City Code Sections 2-83.1(A) and 2-94(C) and (E) (Ordinance S-44208)
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Amend Pay Ordinance S-42689 in Accordance with Phoenix City Code Sections 2-83.1(A) and 2-94(C) and (E) (Ordinance S-44208)
Description
Request to amend Pay Ordinance S-42689 in accordance with Phoenix City Code Sections 2-83.1(A) and 2-94(C) and (E) following approval of House Bill 2695 regarding judicial salary increases.
Report
Summary
The aforementioned sections of the Phoenix City Code state that a Judge of the Phoenix City Court (e.g. Phoenix Municipal Court) is entitled to receive an annual salary that is 100 percent of the annual salary paid to a Judge of the Superior Court of Arizona, and that the salary of a Judge of the City Court shall change concurrently with any change to the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court. Additionally, the City Code states that Court Hearing Officers are entitled to receive an annual salary equal to 70 percent of the annual salary paid to a Judge of the Phoenix City Court, and the Presiding Court Hearing Officer is entitled to receive an annual salary equal to 85 percent of a Judge of the Phoenix City Court. The Court Hearing Officers' and Presiding Court Hearing Officer's salaries shall also change concurrently with any change to the salary of Judge of the Phoenix City Court.
Section 143 of House Bill 2695, approved by the Governor in May 2016, states that judicial salaries for Arizona Supreme Court Justices, Arizona Court of Appeals Judges and Superior Court Judges will be increased by one and one half percent effective Jan. 1, 2017, and increased an additional one and one half percent effective Jan. 1, 2018.
The Jan. 1, 2017, increase was approved by the City Council on Dec. 14, 2016. Staff is requesting approval to amend Pay Ordinance S-42689, as noted below, effective Jan. 1, 2018, to ensure compliance with the above noted State legislation and the Phoenix City Code:
Change the salary of City Judge (NC), Code 10570, Salary Plan 013, Grade 880, $147,174 to $149,382.
Change the salary of Presiding Court Hrng Off (NC), Code 10060, Salary Plan 001, Grade 086, $125,098 to $126,975.
Change the salary of Municipal Court Hrng Off (NC), Code 10050, Salary Plan 001, Grade 081, $103,022 to $104,568.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Acting Deputy City Manager Toni Maccarone and the Human Resources Department.