Council shall appoint a Law Director to serve at Council's pleasure who shall act as the legal adviser to and attorney for the Municipal Corporation, and for all officers, boards and commissions of the Municipal Corporation in matters relating to their official duties. He or she shall prepare, review or amend all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the Municipal Corporation is concerned, and shall endorse on each his or her approval of the form. No contract with the Municipal Corporation shall take effect until such approval of the Law Director is endorsed thereon.
The Law Director or his or her assistants shall be the prosecutor in any municipal court of the City of Oberlin, and shall perform such other duties and have such assistants and clerks as are required or provided. His or her duties as Law Director do not include the legal representation of the Oberlin School District.
(Amended November 4, 2014)