Committee presses staff for transparency on judicial appointment panels
Committee members expressed concern about a proposed change that would send judicial appointments directly to City Council rather than through the prior ad hoc municipal court advisory process and asked staff to formalize how selection panels are composed and disclosed.
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The committee sought clarification of a staff proposal to move judicial-appointment recommendations directly to City Council rather than processing them through the prior ad hoc municipal court advisory committee. Several committee members raised transparency concerns: Chairman Crane and others asked what “broad representation” on selection panels would mean if the public-facing step at the committee level were removed.
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