The Municipal Court is hereby created and established pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq., and by Rule 7:1 et seq. The Municipal
Court shall be presided over by the Judge of the Municipal Court.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the "Municipal Court
of the Township of Alexandria in the County of Hunterdon."
The Municipal Court shall have an official seal which shall
bear the impress of the name of the Court.
There shall be one Judge of the Municipal Court, who shall be
appointed by the Township Committee for a term of three years from
the date of appointment and until their successors are appointed and
qualified as determined by the applicable shared service agreement.
In the event that the Judge of the Municipal Court is unable
to perform his/her duties, due to either illness, absence or physical
and/or mental disability, the Court Administrator shall select a Municipal
Court Judge from a list established by the Assignment Judge to serve
as a Temporary Acting Judge of the Municipal Court during the period
of incapacity of the Judge.
The Municipal Court and the Municipal Judges thereof shall have,
possess, and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction
which are or may be conferred by general law and the applicable rules
of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
There shall be a Municipal Court Administrator who shall be
appointed by the Township Committee or as determined by the applicable
shared service agreement. They shall perform such functions and duties
as shall be prescribed by law, the rules applicable to Municipal Courts
of the State of New Jersey and by the Judge of the Municipal Court
(N.J.S.A. 2B:12-10 et seq.).
There shall be a Municipal Court Public Defender who shall be
appointed by the Township Committee for a term of one year. They shall
perform such functions and duties as shall be prescribed by law, the
rules applicable to Municipal Courts of the State of New Jersey (N.J.S.A.
2B:24-1 et seq.). In the event that the Municipal Defender is unavailable
or unable to represent one or more individuals, the Township Committee
may appoint one or more attorneys to serve as Alternate Municipal
Public Defender, or as otherwise provided by the applicable shared
service agreement. Compensation for any Alternate Municipal Public
Defender shall be as provided by the shared service agreement with
the shared municipal court.
There shall be a Municipal Court Prosecutor who shall be appointed
by the Township Committee for a term of one year. They shall perform
such functions and duties as shall be prescribed by law, the rules
applicable to Municipal Courts of the State of New Jersey (N.J.S.A.
2B:25-1 et seq). In the event that the Municipal Prosecutor is unavailable
or unable to represent one or more individuals, the Township Committee
may appoint one or more attorneys to serve as Alternate Municipal
Prosecutor, or as otherwise provided by the applicable shared service
agreement. Compensation for any Alternate Municipal Prosecutor shall
be as provided by the shared services agreement with the shared municipal
court.
The Municipal Court shall be held at the Raritan Township Municipal
Court Building or other agreed-upon location per the applicable shared
services agreement. The Municipal Judges shall sit at such times as
the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules of the
New Jersey Supreme Court applicable to municipal courts.