Page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1758 SPONSOR: MAYOR NORWOOD AN ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES WHEREAS, Section 12-14-1, et seq., Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, provide for the establishment of a municipal court in the City of Prichard, Alabama; and WHEREAS, Section 12-14-3 provides that the municipal court shall have the number of judges and shall hold court at times and places provided by the municipal governing body; and WHEREAS, the City of Prichard presently has two (2) part-time municipal judges and the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Prichard are desirous of expanding the number of municipal judges to three (3); and WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Prichard has recommended to the City Council that a third part-time municipal judge is needed to preside -over ‘the:Prichard. Municipal Environmental Court which will be a division of the Prichard Municipal Court; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. There is hereby created a position for a third part-time municipal judge to serve on the Municipal Court of the City of Prichard, Alabama, said judge to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Prichard. SECTION 2. That in addition to the traffic and criminal divisions of the Municipal Court, there is further created by this Ordinance an Environmental Division of said Municipal Court which shall hold court at times and places as provided by the city Council. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall have full force and effect upon its adoption and publication as required by law. ADOPTED THIS _i9th day of January, 1993. RPPROVED: CYNTHIA K. NORWOOD, CITY CLERK