[R.O. 2008 §120.030; Ord. No. 411 §§1 — 3, 11-12-1991]
A. The Board of Aldermen for the City of Ironton, Missouri,
after first being fully advised in the premises, hereby formally declare,
conclude and find that it is in the best interest of the City of Ironton
and the Municipal Courts for the City of Ironton to authorize the
Municipal Judge to utilize the alternative form of sentencing associated
with free work for a public or charitable purpose and thereby to require
violators of any ordinance of the City of Ironton to perform community
service or free work for a public or charitable purpose, or purposes,
as determined by the Municipal Judge of the City of Ironton, Missouri.
Accordingly, the municipal judge for the City of Ironton, Missouri,
is hereby authorized to impose as an alternative form of sentencing
to be utilized in conjunction with a fine, incarceration, or fine
and incarceration, in the discretion of the Municipal Judge, the imposition
of a set number of hours of performance of free work for a public
or charitable purpose, or purposes, as determined by the Judge to
be appropriate in each individual case.
B. The sentencing provisions for all ordinances of the City
of Ironton which currently or in the future may provide for a fine
or incarceration or a combination of fine and incarceration, are hereby
amended by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Ironton, Missouri,
to additionally provide for the alternative of requiring the performance
of community service or of free work for a public or charitable purpose,
or purposes, as determined by the Municipal Judge.
C. The imposition or sentencing of any individual to perform
community service or free work for a public or charitable purpose
or purposes, as determined by the Municipal Judge, shall be in conjunction
with a term of probation, whether it be associated with a suspended
imposition of sentence or a suspended execution of sentence, which
said term of probation shall have as a specific condition of said
probation the successful performance by said individual of the community
service or of the free work for a public or charitable purpose, or
purposes. The term of probation shall extend for a sufficient period
of time to satisfy the requirement that the individual satisfactorily
complete a Court-ordered number of hours of community service or free
work.