There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Strafford Municipal Division of the Greene 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 Strafford Municipal
Division of the 31st Judicial Circuit Court and may be required to
be present at the Strafford 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, 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 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 Strafford Municipal Division
of the 31st 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 Greene County; and
10.
To perform such other duties as may be directed by the Judge of the
Municipal Division.
[Ord. No. 846, 6-3-2019]
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 ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00) 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.
The Clerk shall be relieved of the obligation to give bond to the
City if it may be shown that satisfactory surety insurance or other
insurance that would afford coverage in the event of any applicable
loss(es) has been obtained and approved by the City.
