§ 8.603. Appointment, qualifications, compensation and powers and duties of director of law; designated metropolitan attorney.
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The department of law shall be under the supervision and control of the director of
law, who is designated the metropolitan attorney. The metropolitan attorney shall
be appointed by the mayor for a term which terminates with the term of the mayor making
the appointment. He or she shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the total membership
of the council. He or she shall have been a member of the bar of Tennessee for at
least five (5) years preceding his or her appointment and also have been a resident
of the area of the metropolitan government for a like period. His or her annual compensation,
payable semimonthly, shall be fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars. The metropolitan
attorney shall appoint all officers and employees of the department and may remove
them, subject to the civil service provisions of article 12 of this Charter. The director of law shall determine and assign to the members of
his or her staff and other employees of the department their respective duties and
responsibilities, except as provided in the transitional provisions of this Charter.
(Amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)
Editor's note—
See Metropolitan Charter § 18.05 for changes in salary and compensation through the general pay plan.
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