[R.O. 2016 § 115.351; Ord. No. 289-99 § 2, 8-10-1999]
There is hereby created the office of City Counselor.
[R.O. 2016 § 115.352; Ord. No. 289-99 § 3, 8-10-1999]
The City Counselor shall be a person licensed to practice law in Missouri and need not be a resident of the City of Park Hills. The Mayor shall appoint said City Counselor with the approval of the Council and said City Counselor shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
[R.O. 2016 § 115.353; Ord. No. 289-99 § 4, 8-10-1999]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the City Counselor to:
1. 
Draft all ordinances, contracts and legal forms of every kind which may be requested on behalf of the City by the Mayor or the City Council or the City Administrator;
2. 
Give legal advice to the Council and other officers of the City on matters relating to the City;
3. 
Represent the City in all suits in the Circuit and Appellate Courts of this State, and before all boards, bureaus and commissions of the State, except in such cases as may arise in the Circuit or Appellate Courts of this State on appeal from the Municipal Court; and
4. 
Perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by ordinance or shall be ordered by the Mayor or the Council.
[R.O. 2016 § 115.354; Ord. No. 289-99 § 5, 8-10-1999]
A. 
The Mayor may appoint with approval of the Council a substitute City Counselor who shall act as City Counselor any time the appointed City Counselor is temporarily absent from the City, sick, unable to attend any court or unable to handle any matter due to a conflict of interest. This substitute City Counselor shall be a person licensed to practice law in Missouri and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council. Said individual need not live within the City limits of Park Hills.
B. 
At any time when there is no substitute City Counselor appointed under the previous Subsection, the appointed City Counselor, in case of his/her temporary absence from the City, sickness, inability to attend any court or due to a conflict of interest, with the approval of the City Administrator, may appoint some suitable person to act in his/her stead for the occasion. Said individual need not live within the City limits of Park Hills.