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HomeMy WebLinkAbout474 07-20-1974ORDINANCE NO. 474 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL COURTS FOR THE CITY OF EULESS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL JUDGES FOR THE STAFFING OF SAME; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, because of increases in the population of the City of Euless, increasing traffic flow through, into and from such City, and an increase in the number of offenses over which the Municipal Court of the City of Euless has jurisdiction, an appreciable increase has occurred in the number of cases filed in the Euless Municipal Court, and WHEREAS, such increase in the number of cases has resulted correspondingly in a congestion of the docket of such Court, and WHEREAS, there appears to be a trend which evidences con- tinuing increases in the future which will even further congest the docket of such Court, and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Euless City Council to provide effective measure to assure the right of all citizens appearing before such Court to a fair and expeditious hearing, and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the need now exists and will continue in the future for an increase in the num- ber of courts and judicial personnel necessary to their proper conduct so as to alleviate docket congestion and assure to each citizen the unalienable right of a fair and expeditious determina- tion of any criminal charge pending against him: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL: I The Euless City Council shall have the right and authority from time to time, by appropriate resolution, to establish addi- tional Municipal Courts which courts, when so established, shall be courts of full stature and equal dignity with the present and existing Euless Municipal Court. II That the Euless City Council shall, by appropriate resolu- tion, have the authority from time to time to also name additional judges and /or associate judges to preside over and perform the judicial functions attendant each of the Municipal Courts of the City of Euless. III That each of such Municipal Judges and /or Associate Judges shall serve at the pleasure of the Euless City Council and may be removed, without cause shown, at any time and from time to time at the pleasure of the Euless City Council. That such Municipal Judges and any Associate Municipal Judges shall be appointed with- out term to serve as herein provided at the pleasure of the Euless City Council. IV That the Judges and Associate Judges of the Euless Munici- pal Courts shall be compensated in an amount and manner as same may from time to time be prescribed by the Euless City- Council. V That each of such Municipal Judges and Associate Judges shall have full authority and concurrent jurisdiction to preside in the court or courts primarily assigned one to the other and at any time and from time to time in the absence of the other. Each of such Judges and /or Associate.Judges shall be of equal stature and dignity with concurrent jurisdiction one with the other, each with full right, power and authority to perform each and every judicial function authorized by the Charter and Ordinances of said City, the statutes, Constitution and laws of the State of Texas. VI Should any section, article, provision or part of this Ordinance be declared to be unconstitutional or void by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall in no way affect the validity of any of the remaining parts of this Ordinance unless the part held unconstitutional or void is inseparable from and indispensdble to the operation of the remaining parts. The City Council hereby declares that it would not have passed those parts which may be unconstitutional at the time of the passage of this Ordinance. VII This Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after the day of its adoption and publication as by law provided. -2- VIII The fact that the enactment of this Ordinance is necessary to preserve the public business, peace, health, safety and general welfare, creates an urgency and an emergency in the immediate preservation of same. APPROVED AND ADOPTED on first and final reading on the 20th day of July , 1974, at a specially called meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas. ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED AS TO F City Attorney APPROVED: -3- ---J- 417 Mayor