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File #: 25-465    Version: 1
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/8/2025 Final action:
Title: Appointment of Abel Soriano as Municipal Judge Pro Tempore Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Safe Community
Attachments: 1. Abel Soriano Resume.pdf
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TO:                      Mayor and City Council   

THROUGH:                      Krishna Namburi , City Manager   

FROM:                      Eleanor Beatty, Municipal Judge   

                                          

SUBJECT:

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Appointment of Abel Soriano as Municipal Judge Pro Tempore    

 

Ward(s): All Wards    

Councilor(s): All Councilors    

Neighborhood(s):  All Neighborhoods    

Result Area(s): Safe Community 

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SUMMARY:

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Judge Eleanor Beatty, Municipal Judge is recommending appointment of Abel Soriano  as a municipal judge pro tempore for a term of two years.  Abel Soriano is experienced and meets the qualifications for municipal judge pro tempore in the Salem Revised Code.  Council approval will appoint Abel Soriano as Municipal Judge Pro Tempore for a two-year term.    

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ISSUE:

 

Shall the City Council appoint Abel Soriano as a Municipal Judge Pro Tempore for the Salem Municipal Court for a two-year term?   

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:

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Appoint Abel Soriano as a Municipal Judge Pro Tempore for the Salem Municipal Court for a two-year term.  

 

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FACTS AND FINDINGS:

 

Chapter V, Section 24 (7), of the 1996 Salem Charter, authorizes the City Council, upon recommendation of the municipal judge, to appoint municipal judges pro tempore.

 

Salem Revised Code (SRC) 4.015(b) sets the qualifications of municipal judges pro tempore.  SRC 4.202(b) provides for the term of the office for a municipal judge pro tempore.  A municipal judge pro tempore shall serve a term not to exceed two years and that the length of the term shall be recommended by the municipal judge and set by City Council for the time of the appointment.

 

Appointment of Abel Soriano will have no budgetary impact as the hours are already included in the Municipal Court budget.  

 

BACKGROUND:

 

Abel Soriano is a member in good standing of the Oregon State Bar Association since 2017.     

                     Deborah Ingledew     

                     Court Administrator    

 

Attachments:

1. Abel Soriano Resume