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ORDINANCE No. 20051 AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE CITY'S PROCEDURES FDR APPGINTING AND EVALUATING A PRESIDING MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND/oR ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AND AMENDING SECTION 2.011 OF THE EUGENE CODE , 1971. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS Section 1. Subsections (9) and (10) of Section 2.011 of the Eugene Code. 1971, are amended to provide: 2. all Ci t Co nci 1 -- Ex uti ve ssi n , ~9} The presiding municipal judge and the associate municipal judge steal 1 be appointed i n the manner provided i n this section . t a } Prior to appointing the presiding muni ci pa1 judge, the counci 1 sha11 cause contract ~s } for the position to be prepared and advertised , and sot i ci t appl i cati ans far the position . The counci 1 steal 1 review the app1 i cati ons , and by majority vote determine which of the applicants steal 1 be referred to a screeni ng committee norm Hated by the mayor and appointed by the counci 1 for interview. The screening committee shall be composed of one person from each of the fol 1 owi ng : the University of aregon 1 aw school faculty; the Lane County public defender's office; the Lane County district attorney's affi ce; the city's department of public safety; the city's human rights commission ; the roster of 1 oval state or federal judges ; and the city's municipal court staff . At the time of referral , the counci 1 steal 1 indicate to the screening committee the number of fi na1 i sts to be referred for consi derati an by the caunci l . The screening committee shall interview the applicants and refer the fi na1 i sts to the council . The counci 1 steal 1 select the presiding mun i c i pa 1 judge from among those f i na 1 i sts . ~ b } Notwithstanding the pravi si ans of subparagraph ~ a } , the Counci 1 may re-appoint the incumbent presiding municipal court judge without first undertaking any of the actions specified i n subparagraph ~ a } . Cc } The associate municipal judge shall be nami Hated by the presiding municipal judge and appointed by the counci 1, ~ l0 } The performance of the presiding municipal judge and associate municipal judge steal 1 be evaluated: ~a } Through an informal self-evaluation submitted to the caunci 1 annually; t b } Through an informal eva1 uati on submitted to the counci 1 every two years; and aRD I NANC E - 1