The Las Vegas City Council will appoint a caretaker judge to temporarily replace retiring Municipal Court Judge Susan Roger, who is stepping down next month, years before her elected term ends.

The interim judge won’t be allowed to run for Roger’s seat in next year’s election.

The council voted to assemble a panel — with each choosing one representative — to help narrow a list of candidates for the council, said Vincent Zamora, the city’s human resources director. A pared-down list will then be examined by the council before the top three are considered at the Dec. 3 City Council meeting, the city said.

That’s a day before the 30-day deadline to name a replacement expires, the city said

The municipal court is tasked with overseeing misdemeanor cases, including traffic infractions and l

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