Date: As needed Location: City Council Chambers (lower level) 57 E. First Street Meeting calendar
This seven-member board recommends to the City Council the best qualified persons to become City magistrates, and evaluates the performance of appointed magistrates and advises the City Council about retaining them. The board meets as needed in the Council Chambers, 57 E. First Street. The board consists of the Presiding Judge of the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County, or designee; one Arizona Appellate Court Judge to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; one active member of the State Bar of Arizona who resides in Mesa; one member of the Maricopa County Bar Association who resides in Mesa; and three Mesa electors who are not City employees, judges in any official capacity, retired judges nor members of the State Bar of Arizona. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years.
Call (480) 644-2382 for information.
Board
Judge David M. Talamante, Maricopa County Superior Court
Scott Rhodes, Attorney with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC
Stella Hunsaker, Educator/Counselor, Mesa Public Schools
Kate Ali'varius, Publisher/CEO, EduKate Publishing LLC
Marlon E. Branham, Attorney, Branham Law Offices
Michael B. Cowan, Administrator, Mesa Public Schools
Judge Daniel A. Barker, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One
