§ 16-3. Duties and powers of municipal judge.

(a)

The municipal judge shall be a conservator of the peace. The judge shall keep a docket in which he/she shall enter every case commenced before him/her and the proceeding therein, and he/she shall keep such other records as required. Such docket and records shall be records of the Adair County Circuit Court.

(b)

The municipal judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her and may fine or imprison for contempt committed before such judge while holding court, in the same manner and to the same extent as a circuit judge.

(c)

The municipal judge shall make and adopt such rules of practice and procedure as are necessary to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter, and make and adopt such rules of practice and procedure as are necessary to hear and decide matters pending before the municipal court and implement and carry out the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts. Any and all rules made or adopted under this chapter may be annulled or amended by an ordinance limited to such purpose; provided that such ordinance does not violate, or conflict with, the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts, or state statutes.

(d)

The municipal judge shall have such other powers, duties and privileges as are or may be prescribed by the laws of this Code or other ordinances of this city.

(e)

The municipal judge shall cause to be prepared within the first ten (10) days of every month a report indicating the following:

A list of all cases heard and tried before the court during the preceding month, giving in each case the name of the defendant, the fine imposed if any, the amount of cost, the names of the defendants committed, and the cases where there was an application for trial de novo, respectively. The same shall be prepared under oath by the municipal court clerk or the municipal judge. This report will be filed with the city clerk, who shall thereafter forward the same to the city council of the city for examination at its first session thereafter. The municipal court shall within the ten (10) days after the first of the month, pay to the municipal finance department the full amount of all fines collected during the preceding months, if they have not previously been paid.

(Ord. No. 11171, § 3, 1-23-95)