The City of Marion is accepting resumes for a municipal judge and a manager for its water and sewer departments, the city announced Thursday, Sept. 24, three days after the City Council voted to post the judge’s position and to outline its expectations for a department manager while it finishes the coming year’s budget.
The municipal judge will preside over municipal court, interpret and apply city ordinances and state law, issue rulings and judgments and work with the municipal prosecutor and the court clerk and magistrate, the posting says. Municipal court currently meets once a month in the council chambers at City Hall, according to the posting. Resumes are due Monday, Oct. 12.
The water and sewer department manager will oversee the daily operations of both departments, supervise and evaluate personnel, work with the water and sewer operators, oversee system maintenance and regulatory compliance, order parts and supplies and keep the departments’ inventory and records, the posting says.
Applicants should have water or wastewater experience, a valid Alabama driver’s license and the required certification or the ability to earn it within a year of hiring. Resumes are due Friday, Oct. 30.
Resumes and inquiries for either position go to lwhinton@cityofmarional.org.
The council voted Jan. 20 to advertise the positions of municipal court magistrate, municipal judge and municipal prosecutor, and on Feb. 2 to advertise them in the Times-Standard-Herald.
No advertising order followed, and the city posted the openings on its Facebook page in February. The court had reportedly not held sessions since longtime clerk and magistrate Kristi Milner resigned in October 2024 to become the county’s E-911 director, the Times-Standard-Herald reported in May, when Helen L. McRand of Grove Hill was sworn in as acting municipal court clerk.
The manager’s position came up at the council’s Sept. 21 meeting during a discussion of the need for a department manager to oversee the water department and City Hall.
Hinton suggested the council revisit the position when it sets the coming fiscal year’s budget, and after a 15-minute executive session the council voted to give itself time to outline the expectations for the position while it finalizes the budget. The council also voted that night to post the municipal judge opening.
