The Director of Law shall be elected at the regular municipal election in the year 1987, and every fourth year thereafter for a term of four (4) years. He shall assume office on the first day of January next following his election, and shall continue to serve until his successor has been duly elected (or appointed) and qualified.
In the event that no person is elected to the office of Law Director, the Mayor, with the concurrence of a majority vote of Council, shall appoint the Law Director; and such appointee shall serve at a salary previously set for the term to which he is appointed, and the salary shall not thereafter be changed in any respect during such term or part thereof.
The Director of Law, whether elected or appointed, shall be an attorney at law duly admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio. If the Mayor fails to appoint a Law Director within thirty (30) days, Council shall then appoint.
(Amended November 4, 1986)