Mableton preparing to vote on ordinance to create city municipal court
At Wednesday's council meeting, members read an ordinance to create a Mableton Municipal Court, which would be used for cases involving warrants, writs, fines, traffic violations, citations, bail and other offenses.
Should the proposed ordinance pass, and Mableton creates a municipal court, the city would have to secure a bailiff to serve the court, nominate court administrators and clerks, nominate a court solicitor, provide for the legal defense of indigent residents and nominate a chief judge and other judges to serve in one-year terms.
Mableton Mayor Michael Owens told Channel 2 Action News that it was a first reading of the ordinance by the council.
The council is expected to vote on the ordinance to approve or reject it on April 23, after a second read of it during the same meeting.
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