Except as otherwise provided by ordinance, the
Township Attorney shall:
A.
Serve as legal advisor on all matters of Township
business;
B.
Represent the Township in all judicial and administrative
proceedings in which the Township or any of its officers or agencies
may be a party or have an interest;
C.
Draft or approve as to form and sufficiency all legal
documents, contracts, deeds, ordinances and resolutions made, executed
or adopted by or on behalf of the Township;
D.
Supervise and direct the work of such additional attorneys,
and technical and professional assistants as Council may authorize
for special or regular employment in the Department of Law.
A.
The Council shall appoint an Assistant Township Attorney
to serve as Municipal Prosecutor for a term ending on the 31st day
of December of the year in which he shall be appointed.
B.
Under the supervision of the Township Attorney, the
Municipal Prosecutor shall appear on behalf of the Township:
(1)
Before the Municipal Court whenever his services therein
shall be necessary or required;
(2)
In prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances
and in other matters;
(3)
In all appeals in cases involving violations of Township
ordinances;
(4)
In such other and different matters as may be required
by the rules of the New Jersey Supreme Court governing the courts
of this state; and
(5)
In the absence of the Township Attorney, in attendance
at the meetings of the Council.
A.
The Township Attorney shall not, without the approval
of the Council by resolution, be empowered to compromise, settle or
adjust any rights, claims, demands or causes of action in favor of
or against the Township, nor to permit, offer or confess judgment
against the Township, nor to accept any offer of judgment in favor
of the Township.
B.
Nothing in this section shall operate to limit or
abridge the discretion of the Township Attorney in regard to the proper
conduct of the trial of any action or proceeding or to deprive him
of the powers and privileges ordinarily exercised in judicial proceedings
by counsel acting for private clients.
