HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0044) 2022_ORDINANCE_ESTABLISHING_PAY_ADJUSTMENT_FOR_MC_JUDGESORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PAY RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR MUNICIPAL
COURT JUDGES HIM M. CATALANO, LAURA E. GANOZA, FAYE R. HARDEN,
JOSEPH F. HENDERSON, CARLA G. KELMAN AND NANCY A. MAGEE;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 30.00006 (h) of the Texas Government Code provides that the
governing body of the municipality shall determine the salary of the municipal judges;
WHEREAS, Section 10-2 of the City Code states that the Ad Hoc Municipal Court
Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the city council on all matters relating to
the municipal court judges; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Affairs Committee recommended that the Substitute
Municipal Judges listed below receive a 13.71 % pay rate increase for Fiscal Year 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Municipal Judges Kim M. Catalano, Laura E. Ganoza, Faye R. Harden, Joseph F.
Henderson, Carla G. Kelman and Nancy A. Magee receive a 13.71 % pay rate adjustment for
Fiscal Year 2022, with a new pay rate set at: $50.00 per hour.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where provisions of this ordinance are in
direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and Code, in which event such conflicting
provisions of such ordinances and Code are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such
ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by
the City Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
The pay adjustment provided under this ordinance shall take effect April 1, 2022.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
Benjamin Sampract, Senior Assistant City Attorney
DATE:
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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