SECTION 4. LAW DEPARTMENT.

   The Law Director shall be the chief legal officer of the Municipality. The Law Director shall be provided with such assistants as the Council may, from time-to-time, deem necessary and desirable. The Law Director and such assistants shall be appointed or removed by the Mayor subject to the confirmation by vote of the majority of the members elected to Council. Every second year, commencing in the year 1988, at the first meeting of Council immediately after the preceding general election, the Mayor shall either reappoint the Law Director or make a new appointment, each of which shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the members of Council. The Mayor may appoint special counsel to augment the services of the Law Director, and the Law Director's assistants, or substitute for them. Such appointment shall only be made after the Law Director has certified to the Mayor and Council, in writing, that the Law Director is unable, or incapable, of representing the Municipality in a specific matter. Such appointment of special counsel shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of Council. The Law Director will receive no compensation for any services relating to a matter for which special counsel has been appointed. The Law Director shall be an attorney-at-law in good standing admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio for a period of at least five (5) years, but need not be a resident of the Municipality. No person shall serve as Law Director of the Municipality while serving in the same, or substantially similar, position with an adjacent community, sharing a common border with Mayfield Village. The Law Director shall be the principal legal advisor and attorney for the Municipality and its officers, departments, boards and commissions in their official capacities, and shall perform such other duties, consistent with this office, as may be assigned from time-to-time by the Mayor and Council. (Amended 11-4-86.)