Legal Review Committee Agenda and Packet 2019 12 02

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CITY OF LOUISVILLE ANNOUNCEMENT PRESIDING MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND DEPUTY MUNICIPAL JUDGE APPOINTMENTS The City of Louisville, Colorado is accepting applications for the position of Presiding Municipal Judge and Deputy Municipal Judge. Candidates shall be admitted to the practice of law in the State of Colorado, and currently licensed members of the Colorado bar in good standing. Description of the Court: • The Louisville Municipal Court is a qualified court of record as defined under C.R.S. 13-10-102. • The types of cases heard in the Municipal Court are traffic and municipal code and charter violations. • The City Council has decriminalized some traffic cases. Municipal Code violations are generally criminal in nature. • The City offers mail -in plea bargains on decriminalized traffic cases. Minor code violations (first offense) are payable by mail. • There is an established schedule of fines to assess for mail -in violations. • There is an established schedule of bond amounts for various criminal cases. • The Court utilizes default judgment on failures to appear in decriminalized traffic offenses and bench warrants for failures to appear on all criminal cases. • Further details may be found in Section 9.3 of the Louisville Home Rule Charter. COURT SCHEDULE — The Court has two sessions per month, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays; schedule negotiable Arraignments 9:00 — 11:00 am adults both Tuesday sessions 3:00 — 5:00 pm juveniles 2nd Tuesday session The number of cases heard at each arraignment averages 45 - 50 per day. Pre -Trials & Trials to Court 1:00 — 3:30 pm 1st Tuesday session 1:00 — 2:30 pm 2nd Tuesday Session 1-2 Trials per month Jury Trials Scheduled as needed — approximately 2 per year (Traffic decriminalized — very few traffic cases go to Jury Trial) Overflow: established as needed 5