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Consider a memorandum/resolution appointing a Court Administrator.
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DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Eva Bark, Executive Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Appointment of Court Administrator
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On January 18, 2022, Luevada Posey submitted her letter of retirement as the Executive Director of Municipal Court, effective April 1, 2022. Upon Ms. Posey's retirement, the City Manager reorganized and moved Municipal Court under the Finance Department as a division in finance.
On February 16, 2022, Human Resources advertised the position on various outlets to include the City's website, the Texas Municipal League, Texas Municipal Court Education Center, and Texas Court Clerk Association websites. The City solicited twenty-two (22) candidates. Thirteen candidates met or exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position. In person interviews took place on March 17, 2022 with a panel of City leadership. A candidate was not selected. The City reposted the position and solicitated twenty (20) candidates. Five candidates met or exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position. On June 13, 2022, a candidate was interviewed in-person and Mr. Cagle extended a conditional job offer to Jaime Brew.
Ms. Brew has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University in College Station. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Ms. Brew has fourteen (14) years of municipal court experience. She began her Municipal Court experience with the City of Killeen in 2007 as a Compliance/Collections Manager, and within three years, she was promoted to Clerk of the Court (Municipal Court Administrator). She then worked as a Municipal Court Administrator for the City of Sugarland and promoted to Assistant Director of Finance. From the City of Sugarland, she became the Municipal Court Administrator for the City of Coppell and her most rec...
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