Chapter 2.24 - CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

Sections:

2.24.010 - City attorney's office.#

A.

The department head will be the city attorney who is appointed, with the advice and consent of the city council, by and reports to the mayor.

B.

Functional Responsibilities. This department's function is to provide for the proper administration of the legal services of the city. These services are subject to the limitations of applicable funds' appropriations, statutes, and ordinances. These services include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.

Prosecution of violators of city ordinances and regulations.

2.

Prosecution or defense of all actions and appeals involving the city.

3.

Furnishing legal advice, counsel and assistance to the mayor, city council, and all other city officers, boards, commissions, and agencies in relation to their duties and the business of the city.

4.

Controlling and directing all legal services performed by any special counsel retained for the city.

5.

Preparing and/or reviewing all proposed ordinances and resolutions presented to the mayor and city council.

6.

Approving the form of all contracts entered into by the city.

7.

Preparing the necessary affidavits and verification on behalf of the city in any and all proceedings.

C.

The City Attorney's office is authorized to correct technical errors in ordinances and resolutions approved by the City Council and in codified language in the South Salt Lake Municipal Code as follows:

1.

Adopting a uniform system of punctuation, capitalization, numbering, and wording for codified language;

2.

Correcting defective or inconsistent title, chapter, part, section, and subsection structure in the arrangement of the subject matter of existing statutes;

3.

Eliminating obsolete and redundant words;

4.

Correcting:

a.

Obvious typographical and grammatical errors; and

b.

Other obvious inconsistencies, including those involving punctuation, capitalization, cross references, numbering, and wording;

5.

Inserting or changing the boldface to more accurately reflect the substance of each section, part, chapter, or title;

6.

Merging or determining priority of any amendments, enactments, or repealers to the same code provisions that are passed by the City Council;

7.

Renumbering and rearranging of a title, chapter, part, section, or provisions of a section;

8.

Transferring sections or dividing sections to assign separate sections numbers to distinct subject matters;

9.

Modifying cross references to agree with renamed or renumbered titles, chapters, parts, or sections;

10.

Modifying the highlighted provisions of ordinances to correct an inconsistency between the highlighted provisions and the enacted provisions of the ordinances;

11.

Correcting the names of agencies, departments, and similar units of government;

12.

Rearranging any misplaced statutory material, incorporating any omitted statutory material, and correcting other obvious errors of addition or omission;

13.

Correcting the incorporation of an amendment due to obvious technological or human error; and

14.

Alphabetizing definition sections.

(Ord. 96-24 § 1 (5.7); Ord. No. 2023-26, § 1(Exh. A), 7-12-2023)

UCA Reference: 10-3-928 Attorney duties—Deputy public prosecutor.