Legal Review Committee Agenda and Packet 2018 10 30

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AG EMENT FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into effective the day of 2016, by and between the CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a Colorado home rule municipal corporation (the "City") and KRISTAN K. WHEELER, an individual. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9-3 of the Louisville Horne Rule Charter, the City has established the Louisville Municipal Court, and the City Council of the City is vested with the authority to appoint a presiding municipal judge; and WHEREAS, due to a vacancy in the office of presiding municipal judge, the City requires the personal services of a new presiding municipal judge for the unexpired term of the previous presiding municipal judge in accordance with Section 9-3(b) of the Louisville Home Rule Charter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9-3(b) of the Louisville Horne Rule Charter, any vacancy in the office of presiding municipal judge shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term; and WHEREAS, Kristan K. Wheeler is a duly licensed attorney in the State of Colorado who has held herself out to the City as having the requisite expertise and experience to perform the presiding municipal judge services sought by the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9-3(b) of the Louisville Home Rule Charter, the City Council of the City desires to appoint Kristan K. Wheeler as presiding municipal judge of the Louisville Municipal Court, for an initial term expiring January 2, 2018, the date on which the remainder of the unexpired term of the previous presiding judge ends; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Appointment. The City Council hereby appoints Kristan K. Wheeler as Presiding Municipal Judge for the Louisville Municipal Court (hereafter "Presiding Judge"), for the term specified in Section 2, below. 2. Term. The Presiding Judge is appointed for a term commencing on October 4, 2016. Pursuant to Section 9-3(b) of the Louisville Home Rule Charter, such term shall expire January 2, 2018. 3. Services. The Presiding Judge shall preside over the regularly -scheduled sessions of the Louisville Municipal Court (approximately six per month) and over such other Municipal Court sessions as may be necessary for the proper functioning of the Court. The Presiding Judge shall perform all such duties and exercise all such powers as are required of and vested in a