§ 2-10-11. PRESIDING JUDGE.

(A)

The Council shall appoint a municipal court judge to serve as the presiding judge.

(B)

The presiding judge shall:

(1)

maintain administrative control and oversight of municipal court judges;

(2)

adopt rules for the orderly trial of a case in the municipal court;

(3)

maintain a central docket for the cases within the municipal court's jurisdiction;

(4)

distribute cases from the central docket to the municipal judges to equalize the workload of each judge;

(5)

set the work hours for each judge;

(6)

schedule and approve vacation, sick leave, and other absences for each judge;

(7)

assign the duties of each judge;

(8)

assign municipal judges to exchange benches and to act for each other in a pending proceeding;

(9)

if necessary, assign a substitute judge to act in a judge's absence;

(10)

at least twice during each term, evaluate the performance of each judge on criteria other than a decision made in a judicial proceeding and forward the evaluation to the Council Judicial Committee; and

(11)

perform the other duties of the presiding judge under Chapter 30 ( Municipal Courts of Record ) of the Texas Government Code.

Source: 1992 Code Sections 2-5-10(A) and (B); Ord. 031204-9; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. No. 20150129-026, Pt. 10, 2-9-15 ; Ord. No. 20170216-014 , Pt. 5, 2-27-17; Ord. No. 20171012-014 , Pt. 2, 10-12-17.