A Department of Law is hereby created which shall be headed by a Director of Law who shall be appointed or terminated by the City Manager with the consent of Council. The Director of Law shall be an attorney-at-law, admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio.
The Director of Law shall be the advisor, attorney and counsel for the City, and for all the officers and divisions thereof in all matters relating to their official duties, and shall, when requested by the City Manager, give legal opinions in writing. The Director shall represent the City and its representatives in all suits or cases to which it may be a party; and shall prosecute for all offenses against the ordinances of the City and such offenses against the laws of the State of Ohio as may be required. The Director of Law shall, on the request of the City Manager, or by motion of Council, prepare contracts, legislation, bonds and other instruments in writing and over the Director's signature, in which the City is concerned. The Director shall perform all such duties as the City Manager may impose that are consistent with the office of the Director of Law.
(Amended Nov. 3, 1998; Nov. 7, 2006)