There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Pevely Municipal Division of the Jefferson County Circuit
Court.
[R.O. 2004 §140.210; Ord. No. 260 §2, 12-28-1976; Ord. No. 349 §§1
— 4, 9-29-1979; Ord. No. 508 §1, 6-8-1983]
A.
The
Court Clerk shall be an employee of the City and shall have ministerial
duties as are enjoined upon him/her by Statutes, by ordinance or by
the current Judge of Pevely Municipal Court and such duties shall
include, but be not limited to, the following:
The Court Clerk shall:
1.
Be responsible for the organizing, setting up and managing of the
Court office.
2.
Supervise the daily activities and operations of the Court office,
whether or not Court is in session.
3.
Keep all records of the Court including monetary accountability of
all Court revenues, as well as cash bonds.
4.
Be responsible for the operation of the Violations Bureau as established
by the Judge of the Municipal Court.
5.
Be solely responsible to the Judge for carrying out all instructions
and Court orders.
B.
The
Court Clerk shall be selected from the applicants by the Judge and
appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
Said Court Clerk will serve an indefinite term of office.
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 Pevely Municipal
Division of the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court and may be required to
be present at the Pevely 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.
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, subpoenas, 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 Pevely Municipal Division
of the 23rd 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 Jefferson County;
10.
To administer oaths and affirmations; and
11.
To perform such other duties as may be directed by the Judge of the
Municipal Division.
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 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.
