DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is professional legal work of a complex nature involving the responsibility for performing legal and trial work for a Town. The Town Attorney advises the Town regarding its proceedings, represents the Town in court cases, produces legal documents as needed, and performs other legal work. General direction is received from the Town Board. Performs related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only)
Researches the law and renders opinions to the Town Board and its various department heads;
Prepares pleadings, appeals, resolutions, notices, contracts and other legal papers and documents;
Examines legal papers served on or filed with the Town;
Represents the Town in court or at hearings;
Performs a variety of related activities as required.
Typical Work Activities are intended only as illustrations of possible types of work that might be appropriately assigned to an incumbent of this title. Work activities that do not appear above are not excluded as appropriate work assignments, as long as they can be reasonably understood to be within the logical limits of the job.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Qualifications determined by appointing authority.
Our mission is to administer, in a fair and equitable manner, the provisions of New York State Civil Service Law and Putnam County Civil Service Rules with respect to the offices and employments in the classified service of Putnam County and the civil divisions therein, which include the towns, villages, school districts, libraries and special districts.
It is Putnam County Personnel Department’s responsibility to ensure Putnam County taxpayers of a public workforce qualified for their jobs pursuant to the principles of selection according to merit and fitness as set forth in Article 5, §6 of the New York State Constitution.
