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Section 9.01 - Appointment and Term#
There shall be a Town Solicitor who shall be appointed by the Town Council to serve at the pleasure of the Town Council. The Town Council, at its discretion, may retain the services of a law firm to provide the legal services of a Town Solicitor.
Section 9.02 - Qualifications#
The Town Solicitor and any Assistant Town Solicitor shall be an attorney-at-law in good standing who has been admitted to the practice of law in the State of Rhode Island and has five (5) years' experience as a practicing attorney. They need not be a resident of the Town of Warren. The Town Solicitor and any Assistant Town Solicitor shall not hold any other office in the Town government, except that of acting Judge of Probate when so necessary.
Section 9.03 - Duties#
The Town Solicitor shall advise all departments, offices, commissions, committees, councils, boards, agencies, or authorities including the Town Council, and the Town Manager. The Town Solicitor shall appear for and protect the rights of the Town of Warren in all actions, suits, or proceedings, civil or criminal, in law or equity, brought by or against it, or for or against any of its departments, offices, commissions, committees, councils, boards, agencies, or authorities including the Town Council and the Town Manager. The Town Solicitor shall also perform such other duties, appropriate to their office, as the Town Council and the Town Manager may require. The Town Solicitor shall examine and recommend the form of all ordinances and resolutions, of all invitations to bids, contracts, and other legal documents issued by any department, office, commission, committee, council, board, agency, or authority of the Town of Warren.