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• RESOLUTION NO. 27 , SERIES OF 1978
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL COURT.
WHEREAS, over the past years an administrative
procedure has development whereby the Englewood Municipal
Court and its budget has been placed under the supervision
and control of the Department of Finance within the Executive
branch of the City government: and
WHEREAS, on February 2, 1978, Judge Louis Parkinson
of the Municipal Court by Memorandum to City Council set out
his objections to said procedure and reconmended subtative
changes and modifications thereto: and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the relation-
ship of the ~udicial branch to other branches of the Englewood
City government as set out in the Charter and Ordinances and
find that said procedure and practice above set out to be
inconsistent with and at variance with the express provisions
of sa i d Charter and Ordinances.
• NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL
. OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, as follows:
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1. That the Municipal Court is a separate and
indepe nde nt fun ction of City government co-equal with the
Ex e cu t ive and Legislative branches thereof.
2. Th a t th e Municipal Court budget shall henceforth
be s e parate and dis ti nct from the budget of any other department
or bra nch of City gove rnm e nt and shall be subject to approval
by the City Coun c il.
3. That the Municipal Judge is the head of the
Municipal Court system and shall preside over the same with
full authority to supervise and direct its operation and its
personnel subject to the Home Rule Provisions relating to
the Englewood Career Service System.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 20th day of March, 1978. --
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ex
officio City Clerk-Treasurer,
of the City of En glewo od , Colorado, do hereby certify that
bove and for0~oi n g is a t rue, accurate and complete
of Resolution No . 27 , Se ries of 1978.
~.e~ ex officio~k-Treasurer
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