[Ord. No. 1110 §1, 9-6-1983]
There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Versailles Municipal Division of the Morgan 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 position of Court Clerk shall be a part-time position. The
Court Clerk shall attend all sessions of the Versailles Municipal
Division of the 26th Judicial Circuit Court and may be required to
be present at the Versailles 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.
[Ord. No. 1008 §2(130.250(2,
6, 7)), 11-7-1978]
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, 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 Treasurer 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 Versailles Municipal Division
of the 26th 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 Morgan 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.
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; and
13.
Maintain, properly certified by the City Clerk, a complete copy of
the ordinances of the City of the municipality which shall constitute
prima facie evidence of such ordinance before the Court. Further,
to maintain a similar certified copy on file with the Clerk serving
the Circuit Court of this County.
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 one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000.00) 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.
