There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Vinita Park Municipal Division of the St. Louis County Circuit
Court.
The Court Clerk shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent
of a majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen to serve for
an unspecified term at the will of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
The Court Clerk shall attend all sessions of the Vinita Park
Municipal Division of the 21st Judicial Circuit Court and may be required
to be present at the Vinita Park City Hall to perform the duties of
the office at such additional times as the Mayor or Board of Aldermen
may specify. Compensation for the Court Clerk shall be established
by ordinance from time to time.
[CC 2000 §1-8-5(B — D, F — G); CC 1974 §15-25]
A.
The
Court Clerk's duties shall include the following:
1.
To prepare and maintain the Municipal Court docket;
2.
To log and file all tickets, information, complaints, summonses,
bonds, bond receipts and reports;
3.
To prepare all warrants, REGIS sheets, summonses, bonds, bond forfeitures
and notices pertaining to same;
4.
To receipt and account for all bonds, fines, costs or other monies
paid to the Municipal Court;
5.
To deliver monies collected in Court to the City Clerk for deposit
into appropriate City accounts;
6.
To maintain and respond to all correspondence directed to the Municipal
Court;
7.
To prepare and forward to the Director of Revenue all records of
moving violations as required by law;
8.
To report to City Finance Officer each month on the amount of Crime
Victims' Compensation (CVC) Fund and any other funds collected for
distribution to parties or entities other than the City in association
with Court proceedings;
9.
To serve as the Violations Clerk for the Vinita Park Municipal Division
of the 21st Judicial Circuit Court and receive entries of appearance,
waivers of appearance, pleas of guilty, and payments of fines and
costs in accord with the laws of the State of Missouri and the rules
of the Circuit Court for St. Louis County;
10.
To perform such other duties as may be directed by the Judge of the
Municipal Division;
11.
To take oaths and affirmations;
12.
To accept signed complaints and allow the same to be signed and sworn
or affirmed before him/her;
13.
To sign and issue subpoenas duces tecum;
14.
To maintain, properly certified by the City Clerk, a complete copy
of every ordinance of the City which shall constitute prima facie
evidence of such ordinance before the Court. Further, to maintain
a similar certified copy with the Clerk serving the Circuit Court
of the County; and
15.
To perform all other duties as provided for by ordinance, by rules
of practice and procedure adopted by the Municipal Judge and by the
Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic
Courts and by Statute.
Within fifteen (15) days after appointment and before entering
upon the discharge of the above-described duties of office, the Court
Clerk shall give bond to the City in the sum of a minimum fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000.00) conditioned upon the faithful performance of
said duties and the said Court Clerk will pay over all monies belonging
to the City, as provided by law, that may come into the Court Clerk's
hands.
