There is hereby memorialized the position of Municipal Prosecutor
in the City of Ventnor.
The term of the Municipal Prosecutor shall be for one year and
shall continue until a successor is appointed.
The Municipal Prosecutor shall be an attorney at law in the
State of New Jersey and in good standing. The Municipal Prosecutor
must also meet any and all other qualifications and requirements applicable
to Municipal Prosecutors in the County of Atlantic. The Municipal
Prosecutor may, when he/she is unavailable for a Municipal Court session,
have someone prosecute on his or her behalf as long as said person
meets all of the requirements to be eligible as a Municipal Prosecutor.
The Municipal Prosecutor shall be compensated pursuant to the
salary ordinance adopted by the City of Ventnor or the contract entered
into between the Municipal Prosecutor and the City of Ventnor.
The Municipal Prosecutor shall represent the state, the county
or the municipality in the prosecution of all offenses within the
statutory jurisdiction of the Municipal Court. This includes but is
not limited to statutory violations and municipal ordinance/code violations
pertaining to zoning, land or property use regulation, property maintenance,
building or construction. A Municipal Prosecutor shall be responsible
for handling all phases of the prosecution of an offense, including
but not limited to discovery, pretrial and posttrial hearings, motions,
dismissals, removals to Federal District Court and other collateral
functions authorized to be performed by a Municipal Prosecutor by
law or rule of court. For the purpose of this section, posttrial hearings
shall not include de novo appeals in Superior Court.