Gina Swaner was appointed Municipal Court clerk by the Dickson City Council at its meeting Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.
Swaner has been serving as acting clerk since the retirement of Margaret “Missy” Sullivan on Jan. 10.
At the meeting, Mayor Don L. Weiss Jr. nominated Swaner to become the new clerk and she was elected by the council.
“Tonight, it’s my honor to bring you Gina’s name as the new Municipal Court clerk for the City of Dickson,” Weiss said.
Upon a motion by Councilperson Horace Perkins III (3rd Ward) with a second by Councilperson Kyle Sanders (2nd Ward) the council unanimously confirmed Swaner’s appointment as clerk.
“I would like to thank the mayor and city council for the opportunity to continue serving the citizens of the City of Dickson,” Swaner said of her appointment.
A 1996 graduate of Hickman County High School, Swaner began working as a dispatcher with the City of Dickson in 2001 before becoming a court records clerk in 2007 and served as assistant clerk under Sullivan since July 2013.
In 2020, Swaner completed the three-year Municipal Court Clerk Certification Program of the Municipal Technical Advisory Service to become the City of Dickson’s first certified Municipal Court Clerk.
Swaner and husband Gene reside in Burns with their daughter, Emma, a freshman at the University of Missouri.
After reforming the court in 2017, the City of Dickson gave up its General Sessions jurisdiction and became a Municipal Court that only adjudicates traffic and city ordinance violations. All other criminal violations occurring in the city are the jurisdiction of the Dickson County General Sessions Court.
As a Municipal Court, the judge and clerk are appointed by the mayor and city council instead of being elected. Judge Stanley Reynolds conducts court the first Tuesday and Thursday of each month. In addition to the clerk, the court employs three full-time records clerks and a part-time file clerk.
