A City Solicitor shall be elected as herein provided, and his term of office shall be for four (4) years, commencing on the first Monday in January next following his election, and shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified. Should a vacancy occur for any reason in the office of the City Solicitor, the Council shall appoint some eligible person for the unexpired term. The City Solicitor shall be an elector of the City, shall have been for at lease three (3) years immediately preceding his election and during the term of his office shall continue to be a resident of the City of Portsmouth, Ohio, and an attorney at law who shall have practiced in the courts of the State of Ohio for at least five years. He shall perform all of the duties imposed upon the chief legal officers of cities by the general laws of the State of Ohio, and beyond the competence of this Charter to alter or require. The salary of the City Solicitor, the number of assistants and employees and their salaries shall be fixed by Council, but such assistants and employees shall be appointed and may be removed by the City Solicitor, at will.
(Adopted 11-5-13.)
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - FINANCIAL PROCEDURE