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Court hears second reading of ordinance to add digital court fees for courthouse improvements
Summary
The court held a second reading of an ordinance that would add modest digital/court fees to criminal and civil case filings; the ordinance directs fees to a courthouse fund for renovation, maintenance and debt service; the transcript records the reading but not a final roll-call adoption in the excerpt.
Carroll County Fiscal Court read for a second time an ordinance authorizing digital court costs and fees to be added to certain circuit court filings and directing proceeds to a courthouse fund for renovation, maintenance and debt service.
The court read the ordinance text on the record. As read, the ordinance would add a $25 fee to court costs imposed in circuit criminal cases and would add additional fees to certain civil filings; collected fees would be remitted to a courthouse fund maintained separately and used for courthouse facility renovation, maintenance, operation, payment of principal and interest on debt issued for courthouse projects, and administrative expenses related to the Carroll County Circuit District Court.
The ordinance text, as read into the record, also included standard conflict and severability language and identified statutory references that would control remittance and permissible uses. The meeting transcript shows the second reading took place and the court agreed to read the ordinance; a recorded final adoption vote is not explicit in the provided excerpt.
If adopted in final form, the ordinance would create a designated fund for courthouse facility needs and direct how additional court-related fees are to be collected and spent. The transcript does not include a detailed fiscal estimate of expected revenue from the fees.
