[Ord. No. 562, 9-2-2025]
When a fine is assessed for violation of an ordinance, it shall be within the discretion of the Judge assessing the fine to provide for the payment of the fine on an installment basis under such terms and conditions as he/she may deem appropriate.
[Ord. No. 460, 12-4-2018; Ord. No. 562, 9-2-2025]
A. 
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Judge in any case filed for the Kimberling City Municipal Division of the 39th Judicial Circuit Court, and in addition to all other fees authorized or required by law, there shall be assessed as costs the following:
B. 
1. 
Court Fees. Court fees in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) as set forth in Section 479.260, RSMo., and limited by Section 488.012, RSMo .
2. 
Police Officer Training Fee. A fee of three dollars ($3.00) is hereby established and assessed as additional Court costs in each Court proceeding, except that no such fee shall be collected when the proceedings against the defendant have been dismissed.
a. 
Two dollars ($2.00) of each such Court cost shall be transmitted monthly to the Treasurer of the City and used to pay for Police Officer training as provided by Sections 590.100 to 590.180, RSMo. The City shall not retain for training purposes more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) of such funds for each certified Law Enforcement Officer or candidate for certification employed by the City. Any excess funds shall be transmitted quarterly to the City's General Fund.
b. 
One dollar ($1.00) of each such Court cost shall be sent to the State Treasury to the credit of the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission Fund created by Section 590.178, RSMo.
3. 
Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. An additional sum of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) shall be assessed and added to the basic Court costs, provided that no such cost shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the Court. All sums collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be paid at least monthly as follows:
a. 
Ninety-five percent (95%) of such fees shall be paid to the Director of Revenue of the State of Missouri for deposit as provided in Section 595.045.5, RSMo.
b. 
Five percent (5%) shall be paid to the City Treasury.
4. 
There may also be assessed a cost of up to four dollars ($4.00) per case for each criminal case, including violations of any County or Municipal ordinance, for the purpose of providing operating expenses for shelters for battered persons as set out in Section 488.607, RSMo.
5. 
Statewide Court Automation Fund Surcharge. In addition to any cost which may be assessed by the Municipal Division pursuant to statute, ordinance, or court rule, in every proceeding filed in the Municipal Division for violation of an ordinance when the Statewide Court Automation Case Management System is in operation, a surcharge of seven dollars ($7.00) shall be assessed. Such surcharge shall also be assessed in cases in which pleas of guilty are processed in the Violation's Bureau.
6. 
Alcohol-Related Traffic Offense Cost Recoupment. The actual and reasonable costs incurred by the City as determined by the Municipal Judge for costs associated with the arrest for violation of any City ordinance involving alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses, including the cost of any chemical test to determine the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood, and the costs of processing, charging set forth in Section 488.5334, RSMo.
C. 
Court Costs Prohibited When. Court costs shall not be assessed when the case is dismissed or when costs are to be paid by the State, County, or City.
D. 
Judicial Waiver Of Court Costs. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the authority of the Judge to waive fees, miscellaneous charges and surcharges imposed in a particular case in whole or in part.
[R.O. 2012 § 125.290; Ord. No. 60 §§ 1 — 3, 7-6-1976; Ord. No. 264, 2-5-2002]
A. 
Labor On Public Works. In accordance with Section 71.220, RSMo., 1969, the Judge is hereby authorized and empowered to cause any persons who have been convicted and sentenced for violation of an ordinance of Kimberling City, whether punishment be by fine or imprisonment, or by both, to be put to work and perform labor on the public streets, highways and alleys or other public works or buildings of Kimberling City for such purposes as said City may deem necessary or to volunteer at a local 501C nonprofit. The Police Chief, Street Commissioner, or other proper officer of said City shall have power and be authorized and required to have or cause all such prisoners, as may be directed by the Judge, to work out the full number of days for which they may have been sentenced at breaking rock or at working on such public streets and highways or alleys or other public works or buildings of Kimberling City as may have been designated. And it shall be deemed a part of the judgment and sentence of the Court that such prisoner may be worked as herein provided.
B. 
Installment Payment Of Fines. When fine is assessed for violation of an ordinance, it shall be within the direction of the Judge assessing the fine to provide for the payment of the fine on an installment basis under such terms and conditions as may be deemed appropriate.
C. 
Defensive Driving School. The Judge shall also have the power, when a person has been found guilty of violating any municipal ordinance involving the operation of a motor vehicle, to suspend sentencing pending the successful completion by the convicted person of a course of educational training designed to improve the safety habits of drivers or may order the convicted person to attend such a course in lieu of or in addition to penalty otherwise provided by law for the offense.
D. 
The Judge shall have the power, when a person has been found guilty of violating any municipal ordinance involving the operation of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol content of eight-hundredths of one percent (0.08%) or more by weight, to assign such person to attend the ten-hour course comprised of four (4) two and one-half (2 1/2) hour sessions a week apart, set up by Alcohol Safety Education Course in accordance with rules established by the Court and Traffic Law Systems, Missouri Division of Highway Safety.