The City Council hereby finds and declares:
A. Protecting accused criminal defendants' constitutional and legal rights is of paramount importance in the criminal justice system;
B. Providing accused defendants with all constitutional and legal rights they are owed is indispensable to the evenhanded pursuit of justice and essential to obtaining meaningful, fair and just criminal convictions to protect the public health, safety, and welfare;
C. The Yerington Municipal Court is vested with jurisdiction over all misdemeanor criminal offenses committed within the City of Yerington;
D. The Nevada Supreme Court has determined that trial by jury is constitutionally required in certain misdemeanor cases;
E. No applicable authority prohibits the Yerington Municipal Court from conducting a trial by jury in a misdemeanor case in which a defendant possesses a constitutional right to a trial by jury;
F. The Nevada Legislature has declared that the Yerington City Charter shall be liberally construed to provide for the orderly government of the City and the general welfare of its citizens;
G. The Nevada Legislature has declared that the City Council may exercise all powers necessary or proper to address matters of public health, safety and welfare within the City; and
H. Recognizing the authority of the Yerington Municipal Court to conduct trials by jury in those misdemeanor cases for which trial by jury is constitutionally or legally required promotes the public health, safety and welfare of all citizens and visitors in the City of Yerington. (Ord. 20-01, 5-26-2020)