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City Attorney and City Prosecutor
Responsibilities
The City Attorney is responsible for the following items:
- Assisting in the preparation and review of legal documents and other matters in which the city has an interest
- Processing claims and suits for and against the city and providing written opinions to the City Council, the city administrator, and city departments
- Providing counsel and direction to the city by attending meetings of the City Council
- Representing the city before the courts and administrative agencies where the city has an interest
The City Prosecutor is responsible for handling traffic citations and automated traffic enforcement violations.
Removal Hearing 2017
Muscatine City Council Special Hearing
Removal Hearing of Mayor Diana Broderson
Due to the expected number of requests for documentation related to the removal hearing, we are making the following documents available on the City’s website. Additional information will be forthcoming. Please check back regularly.
- Motion Authorizing and Instructing City Attorney to File Written Charges of Removal Pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 66 and Section 1-7-6 of the Muscatine City Code
- Written Charges for Removal of Mayor
- Supplemental Public Statement Removal Charges
- Certification of Documents Served to Mayor Broderson
- Motion to Set Hearing on Removal Charges Pursuant to Section 1-7-6 of the Muscatine City Code
- Certification of Documents Served to Mayor Broderson
- Special Hearing
- Request from Mayor for Removal to District Court
- Minutes of Evidence for Special Hearing on Removal of Mayor Broderson
- Resistance to Respondent's Motion for Removal
- Special Hearing, Part 2
- Post Hearing Brief in Support of Removal of Mayor - Nahra - 05-02-2017
- Findings of Fact and Order on the City of Muscatine's Written Charges of Removal - Nahra - 05-02-2017
- Brief and Memorandum of Law - Sueppel - 05-02-2017
- Proposed Decision - Sueppel - 05-02-2017
- Signed Findings of Fact and Order on the City of Muscatine's Written Charges of Removal - Nahra - 5-11-2017
Court Proceedings
Due to the expected number of requests for documentation related to the court proceedings, we are making the following documents available on the City’s website. Additional information will be forthcoming. Please check back regularly.