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A. Municipal judge Position 1 and municipal judge Position 2 shall each serve on a full-time basis, serving at least forty hours per week. The annual salary for a municipal judge shall be set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials. The municipal judges of the city of Everett shall be granted all items of nonsalary compensation granted to appointive officers as specified in Sections 2.74.010 through 2.74.050.

B. Any change from full-time to part-time for municipal judge Position 1 and/or municipal judge Position 2 shall be made by the city council after receiving a recommendation from the mayor.

C. For purposes of E2SSB 5454 (laws of 2005 legislative session), the city of Everett establishes by this section that a full-time municipal judge is compensated at a rate equivalent to at least ninety-five percent, but not more than one hundred percent, of a district court judge salary and a part-time municipal judge is compensated on a pro rata basis the same equivalent.

D. One municipal court judge shall be the presiding municipal court judge, without additional salary. The mayor will appoint the presiding municipal court judge. The appointment term shall be determined by the mayor, but shall not exceed the appointed judge’s remaining term of office. The mayor may appoint the same judge as presiding judge to multiple consecutive terms. If for any reason there is no appointed presiding judge, then the longest-serving municipal court judge is the presiding judge until the mayor makes a replacement appointment. (Ord. 3408-14 § 1, 2014; Ord. 2844-05 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2544-01 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2228-97 § 2, 1997; Ord. 1259-86 § 4, 1986.)