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Cross Reference — City counselor, §115.330 et seq.
[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.