HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2015-113 Appointments as temporary Magistrates Pro Tempore for the Marana Municipal CourtMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -113
RELATING- TO MUNICIPAL COURT; RATIFYING THE APPOINrFMENT OF MICHAEL
AARON, THOMAS BENAVIDEZ, BOBBI BERRY, IRATE DAWES, HARVEY
JURKOWITZ, AND ALFRED MCDONALD AS TEMPORARY MAGISTRATES PRO
TEMPORE FOR THE MARANA MUNICIPAL COURT
WHEREAS Section 5 -2 -1 of the Marana Town Code provides that the Town Council
may appoint special magistrates or acting magistrates, also known as magistrates pro tempore,
for the purposes of hearing a particular case or acting as the Town Magistrate in the Town Mag-
istrate's absence; and
WHEREAS consistent with Section 1 -305 of the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct the
Town Magistrate, the Honorable Laine Sklar, has adopted procedures for appointment of part -
time and temporary magistrates pro tempore of the Marana Municipal Court; and
WHEREAS those procedures allow for the temporary appointment part -time magistrates
pro tempore by the Town Magistrate, if the need arises, to serve on an as-needed basis until such
time as a formal recruitment can be completed; and
WHEREAS those procedures provide that temporary appointments shall be ratified by
the Town Council at the Council's next regularly scheduled meeting; and
WHEREAS the Town Magistrate has identified Michael Aaron, Thomas Benavidez,
Bobbi Berry, Irate Dawes, Harvey Jurkowitz, and Alfred McDonald as qualified to serve as tem-
porary magistrates pro tempore; and
WHEREAS on October 12, 2015, the Town Magistrate appointed Michael Aaron, Thom-
as Benavidez, Bobbi Berry, Irate Dawes, Harvey Jurkowitz, and Alfred McDonald as temporary
magistrates pro tempore, and
WHEREAS the Town Council finds that these individuals meet the qualifications im
posed by Arizona law and possess the requisite skill and character to perform as magistrates pro
tempore; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Town Council hereby ratifies the appointments of Michael Aaron,
Thomas Benavidez, Bobbi Berry, Date Dawes, Harvey Jurkowitz, and Alfred McDonald to serve
as temporary magistrates pro tempore on an as- needed basis until such time as a formal recruit-
ment can be completed.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Towle of Marana, Arizona,
this 20 day of Octob 2015.
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Mayor Ed onea
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM,
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