(A) Employment and term. Legal counsel shall be provided for the village, and the person employed as such counsel shall be known as the Solicitor of the village. The Solicitor shall be employed for a period not exceeding two years.
(B) Qualifications and duties. The Solicitor shall be an attorney at law, admitted to practice in the courts of the state. It shall be the duty of the Solicitor to act as attorney and counsel for the village and the officers thereof in their capacity, and as such attorney, to prosecute and defend all actions by or against the village or any department or officer thereof during the term of his or her employment, and to render legal opinions to Council and to any department or officer of the village upon request in writing.
(1997 Code, § 31.03) (Ord. 571-76, passed 4-12-1976)
Statutory reference:
Legal counsel, see R.C. § 733.48
Preparation of bonds, see R.C. § 733.70