Council appoints municipal judge; transcript shows inconsistent naming that requires verification

The council approved an ordinance to appoint a municipal judge and authorized the mayor to sign the agreement. The meeting packet and an ordinance read by staff named an appointee; later in the meeting staff said the appointee had texted that he was finishing a closed session with another municipality and was on his way.

Staff described the appointee as a licensed attorney who currently serves as city attorney for another nearby city and as an associate municipal judge elsewhere; the clerk recommended appointment given limited applicants. A council member moved to approve the ordinance and to authorize the mayor to sign; the council voted to approve the appointment and indicated the effective date would be the night of the appointment after signing.

Note on naming in the transcript: the ordinance text and subsequent staff remarks include different names in different places (the ordinance as read included the name that appears in the packet; later staff and speakers used another surname when describing the appointee). Because the transcript contains inconsistent name spellings and references, the official appointment should be verified against the signed ordinance and the judge’s executed appointment paperwork before publication beyond this meeting record.