[R.O. 2016 § 115.360; CC 1994 § 2.905; Ord. No. 289-99 § 6, 8-10-1999]
There is hereby created the office of City Attorney.
[R.O. 2016 § 115.370; CC 1994 § 2.910; Ord. No. 289-99 § 7, 8-10-1999]
The City Attorney 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 Attorney with the approval of the Council and said City Attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
[R.O. 2016 § 115.380; CC 1994 § 2.915; Ord. No. 289-99 § 8, 8-10-1999]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to:
1. 
Institute and conduct in the Municipal Court all prosecutions as to any person who may violate the Park Hills City Code or any other ordinance of the City and to represent the City in all cases in the Municipal Court and in the Circuit Courts and Appellate Courts of this State in which an appeal has been taken from the Municipal Court; and
2. 
Review in the first instance all violations of the Sections of the Park Hills City Code and any other ordinances.
[R.O. 2016 § 115.390; CC 1994 § 2.920; Ord. No. 289-99 § 9, 8-10-1999]
A. 
The Mayor may appoint, with approval of the Council, a substitute City Attorney who shall act as City Attorney any time the appointed City Attorney 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 Attorney 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 Attorney appointed under the previous Subsection, the appointed City Attorney, 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.