Initially the City shall have a Law Department, a Finance Department, a Service Department, a Police Department and a Fire Department; and the Council shall provide by ordinance for the organization and duties thereof. The City shall also have a Civil Service Commission and a City Planning Commission. The Council may by ordinance establish additional departments and commissions, or divisions thereof, and provide for such boards, officers and employees as it may deem necessary. The Council may combine or abolish any department, division, board, commission, non-elective office, or job classification; and may authorize one person to serve in any capacity in two or more departments, divisions, boards or commissions.
The Director of Law shall be the head of the Law Department and shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council, for a term expiring on the date of the organization meeting of the Council in the next even-numbered year. The Law Director shall serve the Mayor, the Council, the administrative departments and the officers, boards and commissions of the City as legal counsel in connection with Municipal affairs, and, subject to the direction of the Mayor, shall represent the City in all proceedings in court or before any administrative board. The Law Director shall perform all other duties now or hereafter imposed upon city solicitors under the laws of Ohio unless otherwise provided by ordinance of the Council, and he/she shall perform such other duties consistent with his/her office as the Mayor or the Council may request. No person shall act as Director of Law unless duly admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio.
(Amended 11-5-02.)
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