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Item # F.
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| Town Council Regular Session |
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| Information |
| SUBJECT: |
| Appointment of Judges Pro Tempore for the Oro Valley Magistrate Court |
| RECOMMENDATION: |
| The Town Magistrate, Hon. George Dunscomb, recommends the following: that Hon. Jack Peyton and attorneys Melody Gilkey and Bobbi Berry be appointed as judges pro tempore of the Oro Valley Magistrate Court, and Kenneth Bowman, Kate Dawes, Hon. Maria Avilez and Nathan Parkey be re-appointed as judges pro tempore. |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: |
| All courts have a list of attorneys or other judges to sit in the court and hear cases when a judge has a conflict or is unavailable to preside. |
| BACKGROUND OR DETAILED INFORMATION: |
Hon. Jack Peyton is a sitting Justice of the Peace Judge in the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court. Melody Gilkey and Bobbi Berry are attorneys and members in good standing with the State Bar of Arizona and were interviewed by an interview panel consisting of Hon. George Dunscomb, Suzanne Bunnin and Lauri Seder. Ms. Gilkey and Ms. Berri were unanimously approved by the interview panel.
We are required to follow all EEOC mandates and must have an application and interview process. The Oro Valley Magistrate Court has not appointed new pro tem judges for some years, and we need to expand our list. The addition of these judges will increase our list from four to seven. |
| FISCAL IMPACT: |
| The Court has a designated line item in the budget to cover pro tem judges, and we only call one at a time. |
| SUGGESTED MOTION: |
| I MOVE to appoint Hon. Jack Peyton, Melody Gilkey and Bobbi Berry, and reappoint Hon. Maria Avilez, Ken Bowman, Kate Dawes and Nathan Parkey as Judges Pro Tempore for the Oro Valley Magistrate Court. |
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