A Borough Prosecutor shall be appointed for
a term of one year by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the
Council. He shall be an attorney at law of New Jersey but need not
be a resident of the Borough.
The duties of the Prosecutor shall be to attend
all sessions of the Municipal Court of the municipality; to represent
all municipal boards, officers or employees in any complaints filed
by such boards, officers or employees in the Municipal Court; and
to prepare and prosecute all cases of a criminal nature or a quasicriminal
nature, including violations of the ordinances of the municipality,
or any other cases cognizable in the Municipal Court which the Municipal
Judge deems proper to be prepared and presented by the prosecutor.
The Borough Prosecutor shall also appear before the Council upon its
request to prosecute any matters which may be within its jurisdiction.