Supes might appoint new local judge tomorrow — but still undecided

Pinal County Board of Supervisors tomorrow will discuss and possibly appoint a District 4 Justice of the Peace to serve Maricopa and Western Pinal County until the Nov. 5 general election. 

A selection committee the supervisors set up to find a temporary justice of the peace turned up no recommended appointee as of today. The committee was given until tomorrow to make a recommendation. 

An amended agenda stated the supervisors will further discuss the appointment tomorrow. The supervisors’ agenda did not state if the board would make a final decision then. 

The supervisors accepted Justice of the Peace Lyle Riggs’ resignation Jan. 2. He served the Maricopa court since 2014. 

The supervisors are scheduled to meet on the topic during their 9:30 a.m. meeting tomorrow in their hearing room, 135 N. Pinal St. in Florence. The recommended appointee will be named Tuesday during the posting of the amended agenda. 

Maricopa-area District 4 Constable Glenn Morrison filed early to run for justice of the peace in the November general election. 

Morrison, 64 and a Maricopa resident since 2009, said he is one of the applicants for the temporary justice position. 

A Rancho El Dorado resident, Morrison filed his interest statement with Pinal County Elections Department to run as a Republican in the Aug. 6 primary. He is the only candidate in the running for the District 4 justice of the peace position so far. 

“I’m happy to say I had a significant amount of support from the community,” Morrison said in a recent interview, adding that many called and urged him to run for the office. 

Maricopa attorney Monica Sochacki, the only Democrat to file a statement of interest, said Monday she was “no longer running for Justice of the Peace position.” 

She declined to elaborate why she pulled out of the running.