The Director of Law shall act as the legal advisor to, and attorney and counsel for, the Municipality and for all officers in matters relating to their official duties. He or she shall prepare all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the Municipality is concerned and shall endorse on each his or her approval of the form and correctness thereof, and no contract with such Municipality shall take effect until the approval of the Director of Law is endorsed thereon. The Director of Law shall be the prosecuting attorney in any court of the Municipality and shall perform such other duties as may be required and provided by the Council. The Director of Law shall be the prosecuting attorney of the Municipal Court. The Director of Law may designate an assistant prosecutor with the approval of Council who shall be an attorney admitted to practice in the State of Ohio and shall have been engaged in the active, full-time practice of law for a period of five (5) years or more preceding the appointment.
(Adopted November 8, 1977)