§ 23-19. Public defender.

The municipal court, in the discretion of the city council, may have a public defender, whose duties are to counsel and/or defend persons charged with violating ordinances of the city or of any other law over which the municipal court has jurisdiction; to assist the judge and other officers and personnel of the court in achieving justice in all cases; and to perform such other duties as are or may be required by law or by ordinance which necessarily appertain to this office.

( Ord. No. 435, § 1, 8-12-2010 )

Editor's note

Ord. No. 435 , § 1, adopted Aug. 12, 2010, deleted the former § 23-19 and enacted a new § 23-19 as set out herein. The former § 23-19 pertained to clerks of court and derived from Ord. No. 143, § 19, 9-15-1997.