[Ord. No. 2302 §1, 5-7-2001; Ord. No. 2421 §§1 — 2, 3-18-2002]
There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the City of Pleasant Valley and the 7th Municipal Division of the Clay 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.
[Ord. No. 2121 §1, 10-11-1999; Ord. No. 2158 §1, 1-17-2000; Ord. No. 2318 §1, 6-4-2001; Ord. No. 2916 §1, 3-16-2009; Ord. No. 3023, 12-6-2010; Ord. No. 3096 §1, 5-20-2013; Ord. No. 3249, 3-20-2017; Ord. No. 3375, 5-18-2020]
The position of Court Administrator shall be a full-time position. The Court Administrator, and/or their designee, shall attend all sessions of the 7th Municipal Division Court. The Pleasant Valley Municipal Court office shall be open for transaction of Municipal Court business from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, except on legal holidays. The Court Administrator, or their designee, shall be available in person or by phone for at least thirty (30) hours per week; fifteen (15) hours may be electronic communication, and fifteen (15) hours must be in person, excluding weeks with legal holidays conflicting. Compensation for the Court Administrator shall be established by ordinance from time to time.
[Ord. No. 2302 §2, 5-7-2001; Ord. No. 2421 §3, 3-18-2002]
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, summons, bonds, bond receipts and reports;
3. 
To prepare all warrants, summonses, bonds, bond forfeitures and notices pertaining to same;
[Ord. No. 3248, 3-20-2017]
4. 
To receipt and account for all bonds, fines, costs or other moneys paid to the Municipal Court;
5. 
To deliver moneys 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 month end, annual and bi-annual reports due to all appropriate entities, including but not limited to the City Clerk, Board of Aldermen, Municipal Judge, Presiding Judge, Office of State Courts Administrator;
[Ord. No. 3248, 3-20-2017]
8. 
To report to City Treasurer each month on the amount of Crime Victims' Compensation (CVC) Funds and any other funds collected for distribution to parties or entities other than the City in association with Court proceedings; and
9. 
To serve as the Traffic Violations Clerk for the Pleasant Valley Municipal Division 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 Clay County; and
10. 
To perform such other duties as may be directed by the Judge of the Municipal Division and the Presiding Judge of Clay County.
[Ord. No. 3248, 3-20-2017]
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Editor’s Note: Former Section 120.310, Court Clerk Bond, was repealed 11-6-2017 by Ord. No. 3280.