Sec. 50-36. Assessment of costs and witness fees; payment of jury and witness fees.
Each of the municipal judges shall be empowered to assess court costs and witness fees, as set forth in this section. The court administrator shall also supervise the payment of the fees to the jurors and witnesses by the clerk of the municipal court. Such costs and fees shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) The court may assess against every defendant who fails to appear for trial an additional $5.00 for each witness who appeared for such trial and who was entitled to receive a fee pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
(2) The court may assess against every defendant who fails to appear for trial an additional $35.00 for each interpreter paid for by the City or city employee who appeared for such trial, which appearance arises from that performance of a municipal government function by that city employee.
(3) Reserved.
(4) Court costs of up to $35.00 may be assessed against every defendant who is found guilty in a trial to the court or who has pled guilty or no contest to any ordinance of Charter violation.
(5) Every person who fails to appear before the municipal court as required by the issuance of a summons and complaint or by other order of the court, notice of which was duly served or delivered upon such person, may be assessed $25.00 for each such failure to appear. Such costs shall be in addition to all other costs, fees, and penalties imposed by the court, if such person is a defendant and has been found guilty or pleads guilty or no contest to any violation of this Code.
(6) The forfeiture of any jury demand fee, together with additional court costs not to exceed $45.00, may be assessed against every defendant who is found guilty of an ordinance or Charter violation in a trial to a jury.
(7) Reserved.
(8) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this section, the city attorney is vested with the authority to enter into a plea bargain with a defendant on the date of the defendant's trial. Such plea bargain may include an assessment of additional costs against the defendant, not to exceed $40.00 for each and every police officer subpoenaed to attend a trial of the defendant, and the court is granted the authority to approve and assess against the defendant such additional costs. (Code 1979, § 25-13; Ord. No. 2010-61, § 1, 1-10-2011; Ord. No. 2007-78, § 1, 11-26-2007; Ord. No. 2005-12, § 73, 4-11-2005)