The municipal judge shall exercise jurisdiction with powers and duties as provided in the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts, as set out at K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq.

(Code 1987)

All costs and fines collected by the municipal judge shall be paid to the city clerk, and reported to the council as provided by K.S.A. 14-818.

(Ord. 682, Sec. 3)

The compensation of the municipal judge shall be determined by the council and appear in the pay and salary ordinance for all municipal employees and appointed officers.

(Code 1987)

(a)   The governing body of the city is hereby authorized pursuant to K.S.A. 12-4116 to assess as court costs for the municipal court of the city a sum in an amount not to exceed $1 where there is finding of guilty or plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, forfeiture of bond or a diversion to be assessed for the training, testing and continuing judicial education of municipal judge’s as provided in K.S.A. 12-4114 and amendments thereto. For the purpose of determining the amount to be assessed according to this section, if more than one complaint is filed against one individual arising out of the same incident, all such complaints shall be considered as one case. For the purpose of this section, parking violations shall not be considered as cases.

(b)   The governing body of the city is hereby authorized pursuant to Section 10 of Chapter 315 of the 1992 Session Laws of Kansas to have assessed as court costs in the municipal court of the city a sum in an amount of $5 in each case filed in the municipal court of the city charging a criminal or public offense or charging an offense defined to be a moving violation by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 8-249 and amendments thereto or there is a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, forfeiture of bond or diversion. For the purposes of determining the amount to be assessed according to this section, if more than one complaint is filed in the municipal court of the city against one individual arising out of the same incident, all such complaints shall be considered as one case.

(c)   For a warrant issued to an individual charged in City of Yates Center Municipal Court for failure to appear for court, an additional $100 will be charged to that individual to assist in the recovery of costs associated with law enforcement serving in enforcing the warrant.

(d)   For a notice to appear issued to an individual charged in City of Yates Center Municipal Court, an additional $25 will be charged to that individual to assist in the recovery of costs associated with enforcing the notice to appear.

(e)   Any individual who was incarcerated in a county jail for a conviction from the City of Yates Center Municipal Court will have the costs of that incarceration, if paid by the City of Yates Center, charged as an additional fee for the conviction.

(f)   The governing body of the city shall be authorized to provide the charging of court costs in the municipal court of the city a sum in addition to the other sums set forth above as may be determined by the governing body of the city upon a motion duly made and passed. All such court costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the treasury of the city.

(g)   The governing body of the city may from time to time upon motion duly made and passed increase or decrease any or all of the court costs provided for above and as may be required by statute.

(h)   For an individual incarcerated in a county jail because of a contempt finding from the Municipal Judge of the City of Yates Center Municipal Court, that individual will have the costs of that incarceration charged as additional fees to their underlying case to which the contempt was born of.

(C.O. No. 13; Ord. 1099; Ord. 1107; Code 2021)