SECTION 4.02. DIRECTOR OF LAW. 

   The Director of Law shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio, and s/he shall have been engaged in the active and full-time practice of law continuously for a period of not less than five (5) years preceding his/her appointment. S/He shall have charge of the Law Department of the City. In that capacity, s/he shall serve as the chief legal counsel to the Mayor, the City Council, City departments and divisions, the Hospital Board of Governors, and the various municipal boards and commissions. S/He will perform all duties and functions now or hereafter imposed upon the municipal directors of law by the general laws of Ohio; and s/he will perform such other duties as may be required by this Charter, by ordinance or resolution of Council, or as directed by the Mayor, except that s/he will not serve as counsel to the Wooster City Board of Education.

   The Director of Law shall be appointed in accordance with section 4.04 of the Charter of the City of Wooster. The Mayor may also designate a Deputy Director of Law, who, during the absence or disability of, or during a vacancy in, the office of Director of Law, shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties and functions of the Director of Law under the title of Acting Director of Law. The Deputy Director of Law must be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio. (Amended 11-2-10; 11-3-20)