The council shall appoint a chief prosecutor and one or more associate prosecutors to serve at the pleasure of the council, and the compensation of each prosecutor shall be as determined by the council. The prosecutor’s duties will be to represent the state or the Town in contested matters where the defendant is represented by counsel or in cases where the prosecutor’s participation is requested by the council or one of the Town officers, and to assist the presiding magistrate and the court clerk in the proper functioning of the Town municipal court, as requested by the presiding magistrate with the approval of council.