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City attorney proposes code cleanup to remove outdated municipal court language; ordinance drafted
Summary
City attorney presented an ordinance (20 25‑02) to remove obsolete municipal court code language—references to jailing, workhouse, juvenile jurisdiction and mayoral arrest authority—that no longer matches state law or current court operations.
A staff attorney presented an ordinance (20 25‑02) that would remove obsolete municipal court language from the City of Franklin municipal code during the Feb. 25 work session. The ordinance edits out historic provisions that no longer reflect current law or practice, including references that the city judge could jail defendants (including at a workhouse), municipal court jurisdiction over juveniles, the clerks’ authority to accept appearance bonds tied to jailing, and arrest powers historically assigned to the mayor or recorder.
The presenter said the changes are a “surgical” clean‑up to remove language that has been superseded by state law and changes in municipal court practice, and that the clean version (ordinance packet 20 25‑02) shows the code as it should appear. The board did not take action at the work session; staff recommended adoption and said the red‑lined materials in the packet show the specific deletions asked for.
