There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Charlack Municipal Division of the St. Louis 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 Charlack Municipal
Division of the 21st Judicial Circuit Court and may be required to
be present at the Charlack 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 Charlack Municipal
Division of the 21st 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 St. Louis 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
($10,000.00) 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.
