The office of Assistant City Magistrate is hereby created. The Assistant City Magistrate may be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Council for the term and for the salary as the Council may determine. He or she shall perform the duties of the City Magistrate in the absence of the City Magistrate in the manner as the Council may direct. (Ord. 21 § 3, passed 12-23-1981. Code 1982 § 5-2-2. Code 2012 § 34.21.)