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The Clerk-Treasurer of the Town shall maintain records and books necessary for keeping a full and complete record and account of all transactions in connection with the Lowell Sewage Works and Waterworks, and as prescribed by the laws of the state.
('80 Code, § 2.04.010)
Cross-reference:
Clerk-Treasurer as officer of Council, see § 30.17
Clerk-Treasurer to be Violations Clerk, see § 33.15
Statutory reference:
Powers and duties of the Clerk-Treasurer, see IC 36-5-6-6, 36-5-6-5, and 36-5-2-8
(A) The Clerk-Treasurer shall make a financial report to the Town Council at the first regular meeting of each month to account for receipts and expenditures of the Lowell Waterworks and Sewage Works. Delinquent accounts and other information will be provided monthly.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Clerk-Treasurer to keep a true record of each meter in use, and annually make a return of the number of feet of water main in service and perform such other duties in connection therewith as the Town Council may direct.
('80 Code, § 2.04.020)
The Town Clerk-Treasurer shall grant no extension to patrons in the payment of utility bills, but shall require a strict compliance with Chapter 52 of this code, and shall make available to the Town Council, complete and concise records detailing any violations of the provisions of Chapter 52, especially payment of bills, turning off of water, securing permits, and illegal use of water.
('80 Code, § 2.04.040)
Cross-reference:
Waterworks, see Ch. 52
TOWN COURT
Pursuant to IC 33-10.1-1-3, the Town Court is hereby established for and in the town of Lowell. The office of Judge of the Town Court is hereby created and this shall be an elected office. The term of office for Town Court Judge shall be for four years beginning January 1, 2000 and candidates for said office shall be nominated in the primary election of 1999 and stand for election in the general election of 1999 and every four years thereafter as provided by state law. The Judge of the Town Court shall have the powers and jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters as may be granted by the state to town courts.
(Ord. 1998-21, passed 11-23-98)
Editor’s note:
IC 33-10.1 was repealed by P.L. 98-2004, Sec. 164.
The compensation for the office of Judge shall be fixed each year by the Town Council in the annual elected officials salary ordinance. The Town Judge shall take and subscribe to the same oath of office as judges of the circuit courts and shall post the bond required by state law before beginning the duties of office. The Town Court shall have jurisdiction over all violations of town ordinances, infractions and misdemeanors. The Town Court Judge shall hold sessions of the Town Court as the business of the Court may demand at the Town Hall or such other facilities as may be provided.
(Ord. 1998-21, passed 11-23-98)
(A) Establishment of fund. Pursuant to IC 33-19-6-1.5 there is hereby established a Clerk's Record Perpetual Fund into which the Clerk-Treasurer shall deposit all license reinstatement fees received by the Town Court for transmitting documents by facsimile machine to any person or agency.
(B) License reinstatement fee. The Clerk of the Town Court shall collect a fee of $5 from each person requesting a driver's license reinstatement resulting from a driver's license suspension caused by any person's failure to timely appear in court or pay of any fee, fee or other cost levied by the court as reimbursement for the costs associated with facsimile or other transmissions by the court to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(C) Deposit of funds. All revenues paid to or collected by the Clerk of the Town Court under this section shall be remitted to the Clerk-Treasurer on a monthly basis and deposited into the Clerk's Record Perpetual Fund.
(D) Use of revenues. Revenues deposited into the Clerk's Record Perpetual Fund shall only be expended for the expenses of court recordkeeping improvements and equipment after the approval of an appropriate purchase order by the Clerk- Treasurer and the approval of each claim by the Town Council.
(Ord. 2000-8, passed 4-10-00; Am. Ord. 2004-13, passed 5-10-04)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 11.007
Editor’s note:
IC 33-19 was repealed by P.L. 98-2004, Sec. 164.
(A) Establishment of fund. Pursuant to IC 35-38-2-1(f) a supplemental adult probation services fund is hereby established for the Lowell Town Court.
(B) Deposit of funds. All money collected by the probation department of the Town Court under this section shall be transferred to the Clerk- Treasurer and the Clerk-Treasurer shall deposit the money into the Supplemental Adult Probation Services Fund of the Town of Lowell. The Town Council shall appropriate money from the local Supplemental Adult Probation Services Fund to the Town Court for the court's use in providing probation services to adults or for the court's use for other purposes as may be appropriated by the fiscal body.
(C) Use of funds. The Supplemental Adult Probation Services Fund may be used only to supplement probation services and to increase salaries for probation officers and Supplemental Adult Probation Services Funds may not be used to replace other funding of probation services. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of the year does not revert to any other fund but continues in Supplemental Adult Probation Services Fund.
(Ord. 2000-18, passed 9-11-00)
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