A. The Municipal Judge shall draw from the jury box 12 cards, or any greater number if he or she deems it necessary or if requested by the parties, until the names of 12 persons who are deemed able to attend at the time and place required are obtained. The Municipal Judge shall then make and sign a list of the 12 names thus drawn to be the jury panel.
B. If it appears to the Municipal Judge that a person whose name is drawn is deceased or resides outside the city, the card must be destroyed. If it appears to the Municipal Judge or if he or she has good reason to believe that a person whose name is drawn is temporarily absent from the city or is unwell or so engaged as to be unable to attend at the time and place required without great inconvenience, the card must be laid aside without the name thereon being entered on the list drawn and returned to the jury box when the drawing is completed.
C. When the drawing of the 12 names is completed, the Municipal Judge shall direct the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, to summon the persons whose names were drawn to appear for jury duty at a prescribed time and place, and the Chief of Police or his or her designee shall forthwith deliver to each of the persons whose name is drawn, or cause to be mailed by regular mail, an appropriate order signed by the Municipal Judge, which shall direct the person to appear as a juror before the Municipal Court at the designated time and place. The Chief of Police or his or her designee shall return immediately to the Municipal Judge a record of the persons to whom the summons for jury duty was served or mailed, and if, after a diligent search, the Chief of Police or his or her designee is unable to locate and serve any person with a summons for jury duty, the Municipal Judge shall draw another card from the jury box and issue an appropriate order for jury duty, and direct to the Chief of Police for service, and this process shall be continued until 12 persons have been selected from the jury box and service on them has been made requiring them to appear for duty in the cause then pending before the municipal court. Each trial juror shall be paid a fee of $10.