(a) A department of municipal court services is hereby established. It shall embrace all personnel and activities of the municipal court system except:
(1) The judges who are directly under the cognizance of the city council;
(2) The assistant city attorneys assigned duties as prosecutors who are members of the department of law and under the cognizance of the city attorney;
(3) The official court reporter or reporters who are under the cognizance of the chief judge;
(4) The director of the teen court program who shall be under the cognizance of the chief judge; and
(5) Such other court or system functionaries who are or may be members of other departments and are either temporarily or permanently assigned duties within or in support of the municipal court.
(b) There is hereby created the position of director of municipal court services. The director of municipal court services shall be the head and supervisor of the department of municipal court services; shall be subject to appointment and removal by the city manager; and shall be paid a salary established in accordance with the compensation plan of the city.
(c) The director of municipal court services, subject to the provisions of this section, shall have the power to appoint, employ and remove such officers, assistants, employees and personnel as such director may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the department of municipal court services and to prescribe and fix their duties, scope of authority and qualifications.
(d) The director of municipal court services shall be responsible for the administrative functions of the municipal court system, which shall include responsibility to assure the system functions within and in consonance with personnel and other procedures governing the operation of all other city departments generally as promulgated by the city manager and shall specifically include all of the fiscal affairs of the municipal courts. The director of municipal court services shall submit annually to the city manager a budget estimate of the revenues of the municipal courts and the expenses of conducting the affairs thereof for the ensuing fiscal year.
(e) Within the municipal court system and under the general supervision of the director of municipal court services there is hereby created the office of clerk of the municipal courts. The clerk of the municipal courts shall be appointed by the city manager with the consent of the city council and shall perform all duties in accordance with state statutes, the City Charter and city ordinances.
(Ord. 9509, § 1, passed 11-5-1985; Ord. 11942, § 1, passed 5-9-1995)