There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the City of Bismarck Municipal Division of the St. Francois 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 Bismarck Municipal Division of the 24th Judicial Circuit Court and may be required to be present at the Bismarck 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.
[R.O. 1998 § 135.290]
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, summons, bonds, bond receipts and reports;
3.
To prepare all warrants, REGIS sheets, 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 the 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 Traffic Violations Clerk for the Bismarck Municipal Division of the 24th 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. Francois County; and
10.
To perform such other duties as may be directed by the Judge of the Municipal Division.
[Ord. No. 16-05, 6-20-2016]
A.
The Municipal Court Clerk salary shall be negotiable. However, it is the intent of the City of Bismarck to incentivize the Municipal Court Clerk to receive all training necessary to obtain a certification as a court administrator. As such, the City of Bismarck anticipates incorporating a progressively increasing salary scale which shall incentivize the Municipal Court Clerk to seek all training necessary so as to become a certified court administrator as soon as is reasonably possible.
B.
The salary and hours stated aforesaid are negotiable and may be amended and thereby increased and/or decreased by the Board of Aldermen at any time in the sole discretion of the Board. The purpose of Section is to encourage the Municipal Court Clerk to obtain the status of a certified court administrator at the earliest possible time.
C.
Verification. The Mayor shall be authorized to monitor and verify the Municipal Court Clerk's training and report to the Board of Aldermen upon the completion of each annual training and the need to adjust the Clerk's salary in accordance therewith. Currently, Municipal Court Clerk training takes place for a period of approximately one (1) week during the last week of May each year. Therefore, it is anticipated that the Mayor shall report to the Board of Aldermen at the June meeting as to the status of the Municipal Court Clerk's ongoing training.
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 fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) 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.