There shall be a Municipal Court in the Township pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:8-1, as amended and supplemented, to be known as the "Municipal Court of the Township of Monroe, Middlesex County." The Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the impress of the name of the Court. The Court shall be held in the Township Hall, Prospect Plains, Monroe Township, or such other place as is designated from time to time by resolution and shall exercise all of the functions, powers, duties and jurisdictions conferred upon municipal courts by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:8-1, as amended and supplemented, or any other law.
There shall be a Municipal Judge of the Municipal Court, appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, who shall serve for a term of three years from the date of appointment and until a successor shall be qualified and appointed. The Municipal Judge shall have the functions, duties, powers and jurisdictions conferred by N.J.S.A. 2A:8-1 et seq., or by general law or ordinance. He shall sit at least once a week until the calendar is completed and at such other times as the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules applicable to municipal courts.
A.
There shall be a Clerk of the Municipal Court, appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Council. The Municipal Court Clerk shall serve for a term of two years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
B.
There shall be Deputy Court Clerks appointed by the Mayor, who shall perform the functions assigned to them by the Municipal Judge or Municipal Court Clerk.
C.
The duties of the Municipal Court Clerk shall include but shall not be limited to:
(1)
Carrying out the rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to the operation of the Court.
(2)
Interviewing and speaking to prospective complainants; receiving complaints and dispensing information relating to Court matters.
(3)
Maintaining the financial records of the Court.
(4)
Attending Court, taking minutes of the trials and entering them in the docket; arranging trial calendars; signing Court documents; preparing and issuing warrants and commitments.
(5)
Taking and preparing bail bonds and making inquiry as to their sufficiency and equity; receiving and accounting for fines and costs.
(6)
Interviewing persons on informal police court matters to determine if there is a basis for formal action, and, if necessary, issuing summonses requiring court appearances in this regard; maintaining and classifying records and files.
There may be a Violations Clerk of the Municipal Court, who shall be designated pursuant to the New Jersey Rules of Court and shall have the powers and duties prescribed thereunder.