OR 2022-1583 Appoint Municipal Judge Sandra WhiteAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-1583
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
APPOINTING A PRESIDING MUNICIPAL JUDGE OF THE COPPELL
MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD NO. 1 OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the former Presiding Judge, Hon. Kristine Primrose, resigned effective
August 10, 2022, and
WHEREAS, the continuity of judicial operations at the Coppell Municipal Court of Record is
critical to serving all customers of the court; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to appoint the Hon. Sandra White as the new Presiding
Municipal Court Judge;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter and State law, the City
Council hereby appoints Hon. Sandra White to serve as the Presiding Judge. The Municipal Judge
appointed herein shall have and possess the authority, powers, rights, duties, and jurisdiction granted to
and imposed on municipal judges of the Courts of Record of the State of Texas by the provisions of State
law, City Charter and the ordinances of the City of Coppell.
SECTION 2. That the Municipal Judge appointed hereunder shall serve the remainder of the
current term of Presiding Judge ending September 30, 2022, and that, beginning October 1, 2022, Judge
White will serve as the Presiding Municipal Court Judge of the Coppell Municipal Court No. 1 for a full
term of two (2) years, set to conclude September 30, 2024, unless sooner terminated according to the
provisions of law.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager shall negotiate with the foregoing persons such contracts
and agreements as may be deemed necessary and appropriate and shall execute such contracts as the act
and deed of the City.
SECTION 4. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance or of
the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the
same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other
than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of the
Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication, as the law and charter in such cases provide.