§ 16-6. Court clerk; appointment; duties; compensation; assistants; deputy clerk, etc.

(a)

Court clerk; appointment. The city manager, with the consent of the municipal judge, shall appoint a municipal court clerk. The term of the municipal court clerk shall continue from the date of appointment for an indefinite period of time or until his/her employment is terminated by the city manager.

(b)

Court clerk duties. The municipal court clerk shall, among other duties, prepare and post or supervise the preparation of the permanent docket book for all traffic and other misdemeanors handled in the municipal court. He/she shall safely and properly keep all journals, records, books and documents belonging or pertaining to the municipal court.

The municipal court clerk shall attend court sessions to record events, receive monies and schedule reappearances and accept affidavits and appeal bonds for cases appealed from municipal court. He/she shall, whenever required, receive and issue receipts for all monies paid to the municipal court and transmit all monies to the City of Kirksville.

The municipal court clerk shall coordinate the issuance, recording and processing of uniform traffic and illegal parking tickets with city police officers. He/she shall receive traffic tickets issued by police officers; record and process same for the municipal court and when required, collect fines and report convictions to the State of Missouri.

(c)

Compensation of court clerk. Compensation for the municipal court clerk shall be determined by his/her initial placement in the city's compensation classification pay plan and subsequently by annual performance evaluations.

(d)

Assistants. The city manager may appoint clerical assistants for the court clerk; such positions shall be authorized by the city council.

(e)

When court clerk absent. During any period in which the City of Kirksville is without a municipal court clerk or deputy court clerk, the city manager shall have the responsibility to assign the court clerk's duties to the employee(s) of his/her choice.

(f)

Deputy court clerk; appointment. The city manager may, as is necessary, appoint a deputy court clerk to act for and on behalf of the court clerk if the court clerk is unavailable.

(g)

Duration of appointments. The duration of appointments shall be for an appropriate period of time for the performance and function of each office.

(Ord. No. 11171, § 6, 1-23-95)