RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MARICOPA COUNTY LEAVE AND COMPENSATION POLICIES.PDF

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MARICOPA COUNTY LEAVE AND COMPENSATION POLICIES
WHEREAS, the justices of the peace, who make up the Maricopa County Justice Courts, are part of the
judicial branch of government, see Art. 6, § 1 of the Arizona Constitution, and Reinhold v. Navajo County,
139 Ariz. 227, 231 (App. 1984);
WHEREAS, the justices of the peace are responsible for managing their courts, subject to the
administrative supervision of the Arizona Supreme Court and, as delegated by the Chief Justice, the
orders and directives of the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court;
WHEREAS, the Arizona Supreme Court held in Collins v. Corbin, 160 Ariz. 165, 166-67 (1989), that
although justices of the peace are independent judicial officers that are part of the integrated judicial
branch, they are nevertheless county officers;
WHEREAS, while the Maricopa County Justice Courts, as part of the judicial branch, have the inherent
power to require personnel necessary to perform their functions, they also have the responsibility to
use reasonable, good faith efforts to cooperate with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, as part
of the executive branch, concerning the funding for such personnel, see Reinhold v. Navajo County, 139
Ariz. 227, 232 (App. 1984), and Maricopa County v. Dann, 157 Ariz. 396, 399 (1988);
WHEREAS, Maricopa County is responsible for the employee related expenditures of justices of the
peace, per A.R.S. § 22-117(D);
WHEREAS, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has authority to provide salary and wage plans
and paid leave to Maricopa County employees per A.R.S. §§ 11-251(38) and (51); and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable for the justices of the peace to cooperate with Maricopa County
with respect to policies directed toward compensation and paid leave for employees of the Maricopa
County Justice Courts;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the following County policies, as may be amended from time to time,
are hereby adopted and declared as policies of the Maricopa County Justice Courts:
• Maricopa County Internal Policy No. HR2415 (titled, “Employee Leave”)
• Maricopa County Internal Policy No. HR2470 (titled, “Compensation Policy”)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the justices of the peace reserve the right to raise exceptions to the
foregoing policies, as well as additional provisions, as may be necessary to carry out their judicial
functions.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on this _____ day of May 2021 at a regular open meeting of the
Justices of the Peace of Maricopa County, Arizona, at which meeting a quorum was present and voting.
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Hon. Keith E. Russell
Presiding Justice of the Peace