[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.