Legal Review Committee Agenda and Packet 2016 05 04

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CITY OF LOUISVILLE ANNOUNCEMENT MUNICIPAL JUDGE APPOINTMENT The City of Louisville, Colorado is accepting applications for the position of Municipal Judge. Candidates shall be admitted to, and currently licensed in, the practice of law in the State of Colorado. 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 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 for the Police Department and Court staff to assess fines 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 2.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code. COURT SCHEDULE — The Court has six sessions per month, schedule negotiable Arraignments Twice monthly 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month 1:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. The number of cases heard at each arraignment averages 45 - 50 per day. Trials Court To Court: 1St and 3rd Thursdays 1:00 — 4:00 p.m. 4 -6 Trials per month Jury Trials Scheduled as needed — approximately 2 per year (Traffic decriminalized — very few traffic cases go to Jury Trial) 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month, 10:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Overflow: established as needed OTHER DUTIES: Swearing in of City Council members Swearing in of police officers