[Ord. No. 2012-02 §2, 3-19-2012]
The Mayor shall, with the approval of the City Council, at the
first (1st) regular meeting thereof held in the month of May of each
year, appoint a qualified person to the office of City Attorney who
shall discharge such duties of such office as provided for herein.
The City Attorney so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the
Mayor and Council.
[Code 1961 §5.05(a); CC 1983 §2-121; Ord. No. 2012-02 §2, 3-19-2012]
The City Attorney shall be duly licensed as an attorney at law
in this State, and a qualified voter of the City.
[Code 1961 §5.05(b); CC 1983 §2-122; Ord. No. 2012-02 §2, 3-19-2012]
It shall be the duty of an attorney designated by the municipality
to prosecute the violations of the municipality's ordinances before
the Municipal Judge or before the Associate Circuit Judges hearing
the violations of that municipality's ordinances.
[Code 1961 §5.05(c); CC 1983 §2-123; Ord. No. 2012-02 §2, 3-19-2012]
Whenever the City Attorney shall, by reason of temporary absence
from the City, sickness or other disability, or for any other cause,
be unable to attend any court or the trial of any case, he/she may,
with the consent and approval of the Mayor, appoint some competent
attorney at law to act in his/her stead for the time being or for
that term, or for the trial of any cause or causes pending in court,
and the attorney so designated may sign all complaints and other papers
that the City Attorney should sign, if present, in his/her own name
as acting City Attorney.