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>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: GOOD AFTERNOON -- NOT MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY WE WILL INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR AND DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS OF FULL-TIME JUDGES BUT FIRST WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 27, 2024 MEETING TO APPROVE. ACTUALLY, CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND
CALLING THE ROLL? >> CLERK: WILL DO.
>> CLERK: CHAIR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO FIRST I WILL ENTERTAIN APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 27 MEETING MINUTES. WONDERFUL. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MARCH 27, 2024 MEETING MINUTES. GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT ITEM IS THE INTERVIEW OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE APPLICANTS. WE HAVE TEN FULL-TIME JUDGE POSITIONS TO FILL. ALL CURRENT JUDGES REAPPLIED FOR APPOINTMENT AND ATTORNEYS ALSO SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE 17 CANDIDATES FOR FULL-TIME JUDGE.
DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE'LL SEEK TO ESTABLISH THAT THE APPLICANTS MEET THE STATUTORY AND CHARTER QUALIFCATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. ALL CURRENT JUDGES' TERMS EXPIRE APRIL 30, 2024 AND THEY WILL SERVE IN A HOLDOVER CAPACITY UNTIL THE APPOINTMENTS ARE BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL. THE TERMS WILL COMMENCE MAY 1, 2024.
FOLLOWING AN INTERVIEW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND ACT IN AN UPCOMING A SESSION. THE TIME IS 2:05 P.M., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024. THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS RECESSING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR AND DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF FULL-TIME MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES PURSUANT TO 551.074 AND DISCUSS RELATED MATTERS 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THE TIME IS FOW 4:50 P.M. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DO WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT WE GOT TO INTERVIEW ALL 10 OF OUR EXISTING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES, THE FULL-TIME ONES, AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THIS TIME OR WHAT HAS BEEN REAFFIRMED IS THAT WE HAVE JUDGES WHO ARE LEADING WITH -- PEOPLE WITH SO LITTLE SPOTS, WE WERE SO THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED, BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT I THINK GUIDED OUR DECISION MAKING.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR RECOMMENDATION OF
APPOINTMENT. >> CASTILLO: I MOVE TO REAPPOINT JUDGE KENNETH BELL, JUDGE MELANIE CASTILLO, JUDGE CLARISSA, JUDGE YVONNE GOMEZ, LISA GONZALES, JUDGE DAN KAY SAN, JUDGE MARGARITA POLE, JUDGE RAMOS AND
JUDGE PETER ZAMORA. >> I'LL SECOND. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?
(AYES.) >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SORRY. THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS, THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS MADE THE AFOREMENTION RECOMMENDATIONS AS FULL-TIME JUDGES FOR THE REMAINDER OF UNEXPIRED TERMS ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2026. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. THIS
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