2385-13 WO Attorney-Admin Code 2.pdf

2385-13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER II, SECTION 2-9, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE ENTITLED “DEPARTMENT OF LAW”. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey, that Chapter II, Section 2-9, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange, entitled “Law Department”, shall be amended and supplemented to modify Sections 2-9.1, Township Attorney, 2-9.2, Duties of the Township Attorney, 2-9.3, Assistant Township Attorney, and 2-9.4, Special Counsel, to make them consistent with recent practice and best practices going forward with respect to the operation of the Law Department. Section 1. The Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange are amended and supplemented to read as follows: CHAPTER II 2-9 DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 2-9.1 Township Attorney There shall be a Department of Law, the director of which shall be the Township Attorney. The Township Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, need not serve full time, and shall serve during the term of office of the mayor appointing him, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, with the manner and amount of compensation to be approved by the Governing Body. The Department of Law shall consist of the Township Attorney and such other employees as are hired by the Township Attorney with approval of the Governing Body, including, but not limited to, an Assistant Township Attorney. (1972 Code § 2-6.1) 2-9.2 Duties of the Township Attorney. The Township Attorney shall be the attorney for the Township as a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey and he or she shall provide that entity and its officers in their official capacity with all appropriate legal advice, opinions and services which they may require, at all times being subject to the laws, regulations, ordinances and rules of the State of New Jersey, County of Essex, Township of West Orange, and as the same may be interpreted by the courts having proper jurisdiction. The duties of the Township Attorney shall include at least the following and may be performed by him or her personally, or as delegated to one or more subordinates: