HomeMy WebLinkAbout033402 ORD - 07/16/2024Ordinance ending Presiding Judge Jacqueline Del Llano Chapa's current
term and reappointing Jacqueline Del Llano Chapa as Presiding Judge for a
two-year term of office beginning August 1, 2024, and ending August 1, 2026,
effectively staggering the Presiding Judge term from Full-time and Part-time
Municipal Court Judges' terms.
WHEREAS, the City Council shall appoint its municipal judges by ordinance pursuant to
Texas Government Code §30.00006, City Charter Art. II, Sec.26, and Corpus Christi Code Sec.
29-4;
WHEREAS, the current term of the Presiding Judge; Full -Time Judges, and Part-time
Judges starts March 28, 2023, and ends March 28, 2025;
WHEREAS, ending the Presiding Judge's current term and reappointing for two years
effectively staggers the appointment date of the Presiding Judge from the Full -Time Judges and
Part-time Municipal Court Judges;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following appointee meets the qualifications for
Presiding Municipal Court judge pursuant to Corpus Christi Code and State law; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance does not constitute an employment contract, and appointees
are not employees but are public officers authorized by law to independently exercise functions
subject to revision and correction only according to the standing laws of this state.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Jacqueline Del Llano Chapa's judicial term, beginning March 28, 2023, and ending
March 28, 2025, is terminated effective August 1, 2024, to allow for a staggering of the term for
the Presiding Judge.
SECTION 2. Jacqueline Del Llano Chapa is appointed as Presiding Judge of the Municipal
Court of Record in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, to serve full-time for a definite term of two
years, unless sooner removed effective August 1, 2024. The term begins August 1, 2024, and
ends August 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. The presiding judge shall receive a fixed salary of $158,324.47.
SECTION 4. This ordinance takes effect immediately upon passage on second reading.
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and APPROVED on the 161'N day of -.t , 2024.
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Paulette Guajardo, Mayor v Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
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