135.01 DUTIES.

   The duties of the Law Director are:

   (1)   To act as attorney and counsel for the City and its officers in their official capacity;

   (2)   To attend all regular, caucus and special meetings of Council and the Planning Commission;

   (3)   To prosecute and defend all actions by or against the City or any department or officer thereof;

   (4)   To render legal opinions to Council and to any department head or officer of the City;

   (5)   To prepare legislation when requested by the Mayor or any member of Council;

   (6)   To prosecute all Ontario traffic and criminal cases in the Mayor's Court and the Mansfield Municipal Court;

   (7)   To perform all legal duties relating to the financing of any City development by means of notes and/or bonds; and

   (8)   To perform any other legal duties for the City when so directed by Council, by the chairman of any Council committee, or by the Mayor.
(Ord. 86-76. Passed 12-18-86.)

   (9)   To employ special counsel to perform powers, duties and functions authorized by and in the manner provided by the Law Director, as appropriate to their engagement.
(Ord. 04-45. Passed 9-2-04.)