The Judge of the City Court shall designate
the specified offenses under the traffic ordinances of this City and
the state traffic laws in respect to which payments of fines may be
accepted by the City Clerk/Treasurer in satisfaction thereof and shall
specify by suitable schedules the amount of such fines.
The following duties are hereby imposed upon
the City Clerk/Treasurer in reference to traffic offenses:
A. He or she shall accept designated fines, issue receipts
and represent in Court such violators as are permitted and desire
to plead guilty, waive Court appearance and give power of attorney.
B. He or she shall receive and issue receipts for cash
bail from the persons who must or wish to be heard in Court and, in
coordination with the Clerk of the City Court and office of the Corporation
Counsel, enter the time of their appearance on the Court docket and
notify the arresting officer and witnesses, if any are present. He
or she shall keep an easily accessible record of all violations of
which each person has been guilty during the preceding 12 months,
whether such guilt was established in Court or by payment of the fine
at the City Clerk/Treasurer's office.
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall keep records
of all notices issued and arrests made for violations of the traffic
laws and ordinances in this City and of all the fines collected and
of the final disposition or present status of every case of violation
of the provisions of such laws and ordinances. Such records shall
be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the totals
of each. Such records shall be public record.
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall follow such procedure
as may be prescribed by the traffic ordinances of this City or as
may be required by any laws of this state.