(a) Appointment. The Director of Law shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of a majority of the members elected to Council. He shall be an attorney at law duly admitted to the practice of law before the courts of the State of Ohio. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor and shall not be afforded the protection of Civil Service.
(b) Duties. The Director of Law shall serve the Mayor, the various administrative departments, boards, and officers of the Municipality and the Council, as attorney and legal counsel, and shall represent the Municipality in all proceedings in court or before any administrative body. He or such assistants as Council may provide may act as prosecuting attorney before the Mayor's or other courts or upon appeals from the decision of the Mayor. He shall perform all other duties now or hereafter imposed by law upon solicitors of cities unless otherwise provided by ordinance of Council, and shall perform such other duties as the Council or the Mayor may require consistent with his office.