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Commissioners review ordinance to renew additional court fees for courthouse operations
Summary
County staff presented an ordinance that would add or renew a set of court filing and service fees, with revenue restricted to courthouse construction, maintenance, and related costs. Auditor—s office requested the renewal; transcript did not record a formal final vote in the excerpt.
County staff presented an ordinance to add and renew several court-related fees and direct the revenue to courthouse facility costs.
Under the proposed ordinance text read into the record: a $10 fee would be added to probate fees; $20 would be added to misdemeanor court costs; $10 would be added to final fees in small-claims cases; $10 would be added to district civil case filing fees; and a $10 charge would apply for each subpoena or civil summons served. The ordinance text said those receipts would be remitted to the county and maintained in a fund used exclusively for courthouse construction, renovation, maintenance and operations, bond payments on courthouse projects, and administrative expenses related to Carroll County Circuit and District Court.
A county speaker said the auditor (Miss Melcher) asked the county to renew the ordinance and that the fees are the same as previously imposed. The transcript excerpt did not include a formal roll-call vote on the ordinance within the provided segment; commissioners discussed the ordinance language and confirmed it aligns with prior practice.
The ordinance text cited statutory references in the record as "care s 23 8 2 20, 24 8 1 1 8 5, and 64 1 0 9 1" in the meeting reading. Staff said the ordinance would repeal conflicting earlier ordinance language to the extent of the conflict.
Ending: The board’s discussion indicates staff will follow the auditor—s recommendation to renew the fee ordinance; the transcript excerpt did not record a final, named vote in the provided portion of the meeting.
