There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Matthews Municipal Division of the New Madrid 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 position of Court Clerk shall be a part-time position. The
Court Clerk shall attend all sessions of the Matthews Municipal Division
of the 34th Judicial Circuit Court and may be required to be present
at the Matthews 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, 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 Matthews Municipal Division
of the 34th 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 New Madrid 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 ten thousand dollars
($10,000) 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.
