There is hereby established the office of Municipal Prosecutor for the Borough of Seaside Heights.
The Municipal Prosecutor shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Borough Council. The Municipal Prosecutor shall be appointed for a term of one year.
The Municipal Prosecutor shall be an attorney-at-law of New Jersey but need not be a resident of the borough. In lieu of appointing an individual attorney, the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Borough Council, may appoint a firm of attorneys, all members of which shall be attorneys at law of New Jersey.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-27, the Municipal Prosecutor shall appear in the Municipal Court on behalf of the State of New Jersey or the Borough of Seaside Heights in any case therein pending, upon the request of the Municipal Judge, the Chief of Police or directive of the Mayor or Council. He shall exercise the powers and duties assigned to such office by the statutes and court rules of the State of New Jersey.
The Municipal Prosecutor shall be vested with the necessary power to perform such duties as set forth herein.