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Colorado Judicial Branch
Mary J. Mullarkey, Chief Justice
Gerald Marroney, State Court Administrator
March 5, 2004
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18th J.D. Judge James S. Miller announces resignation from Douglas County court
Commission sets date to select nominees
The Eighteenth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet on Tuesday, April 6, 2004, to select nominees for appointment by the Governor to the office of county judge for Douglas County. The vacancy will be created by the resignation of the Honorable James S. Miller. The vacancy will occur on March 31, 2004.
To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of Douglas County and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado. The annual salary for this position is $100,137. The initial term of office of a county judge is a provisional term of two years; thereafter, the incumbent county judge, if approved by the voters, has a term of four years.
Application forms are available from the office of the Ex-Officio Chair of the Nominating Commission, Justice Nathan B. Coats, 2 East 14th Ave., Denver, CO 80203; the office of the District Administrator, Rick Lewis, Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac St., Englewood, CO 80112; and the office of the Clerk of Douglas County Court, Cheryl Layne, 4000 Justice Way, No. 2009, Castle Rock, CO 80109. Applications are also available on the court’s home page at http:www.courts.state.co.us/exec/media/vacancy.htm.
The original and seven copies of the application must be filed with the ex-officio chair no later than 3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 25, 2004. Late applications will not be considered. Any person wishing to suggest a candidate to fill the vacancy may do so by letter to be submitted to any member of the nominating commission, with a copy to the ex-officio chair, no later than March 18, 2004.
Applications will be kept confidential, except that the nominating commission shall disclose the names, work addresses, and work telephone numbers of those nominees submitted to the Governor. The members of the nominating commission for the Eighteenth Judicial District are: Carol Beam, Kiowa; Tom Blickensderfer, Jim Carpenter, and Gary Reiff, all of Englewood; Marla Kauerz, Littleton; and Karlene Holmstedt, Limon.
Editor’s Note: Contact information for the nominating commission members
· Carol Beam, 10362 County Road 120, Kiowa, CO 80117
· Tom Blickensderfer, 9 Parkway Dr., Englewood, CO 80110
· Jim Carpenter, 10849 E. Crestridge Circle, Englewood, CO 80111
· Marla Kauerz, 7698 S. Williams St., Littleton, CO 80122
· Gary Reiff, 410 17th St., 22nd Floor, Denver, CO 80202
· Karlene Holmstedt, P.O. Box 262, Limon, CO 80828
This commission currently has one vacancy.
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