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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IC 33-19 was repealed by P.L. 98-2004, Sec. 164.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)
The Town Court may collect outstanding fines, court costs and fees due on ordinance violations, infractions and criminal misdemeanors. The Town Court Judge may enter into a contract for collection services to collect the above-referenced amounts.
(Ord. 2012-21, passed 11-13-12)
TOWN MANAGER
The Town Council may, in its discretion, employ a Town Manager to serve at the pleasure of the Town Council or for a definite term not to exceed the longest remaining term in office of a member of the Town Council, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed and whose employment shall always be terminable for cause. In case of the absence or disability of the Town Manager, the Town Council may designate some qualified person to perform the duties of the office.
('80 Code, § 2.06.010) (Ord. 1984-4, passed - -84)
Statutory reference:
Town Manager, see IC 36-5-5-1 et seq.
The Town Manager shall execute a bond in favor of the town, for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum as may be fixed by the Council. The cost of the bond shall be paid by the town.
('80 Code, § 2.06.020) (Ord. 1984-4, passed - -84)
Statutory reference:
Bond to be provided by the Town Manager, see IC 36-5-5-5
(A) The Town Manager shall be responsible to the Town Council for the proper administration of all the affairs of the town which the Council has authority to control. The Town Manager shall be the administrative head of the town, except for the administration of those duties given the Clerk- Treasurer by state statute or ordinance of the Town Council. The Town Manager, in the performance of such administrative duties, and unless a written order or subsequent ordinance of the Town Council directs to the contrary, shall:
(1) Attend the meetings of the town and recommend actions he or she considers advisable;
(2) Hire town employees according to the pay schedules and standards fixed by ordinance or statute, subject to the approval of the Town Council;
(3) Suspend, discharge, remove, or transfer town employees, if necessary for the welfare of the town, subject to approval of the Town Council;
(4) Administer and enforce all ordinances, orders, and resolutions;
(5) See that all statutes that are required to be administered are faithfully administered;
(6) Prepare budget estimates and submit them to the legislative body when required;
(7) Execute contracts on behalf of the town for materials, supplies, services, or improvements, after the completion of the appropriations, notice, and competitive bidding required by statute; and
(8) Supervise and schedule maintenance of all public buildings and grounds other than parks, including snow removal. The Town Manager shall be responsible for the recommendation of future expansion and necessary improvements to maintain the quality of public services provided by the Town.
(B) The Town Council may enact such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to establish personnel policies of the town, including working conditions, employee conduct, benefits, employee evaluations, hiring and termination procedures, purchasing policies, grievance procedures, safety policies, and any other matter which might relate to the effective and efficient operation of the affairs of the town and the health, welfare and safety of the citizens of the town. The Town Manager shall have the duty of implementing and enforcing the rules and regulations as adopted by the Town Council and may suspend, discharge, remove or transfer any town employee pursuant to the procedure so established.
('80 Code, § 2.06.030) (Ord. 1984-4, passed - -84)
Statutory reference:
Duties of Town Manager, see IC 36-5-5-8
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