City of Batavia, NY
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2022-11-14
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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CHAPTER 12 DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Ch 12 DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- § C-12-1 Department.
- § C-12-2 Legal officer.
- § C-12-3 Contract, bonds and other instruments.
- § C-12-4 Employment of counsel.
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Continuity of Government
- Ch 9 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 14 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 17 Finances
- Ch 18 Best Value Contracts
- Ch 20 Municipal Utility Agency
- Ch 21 Engineering Cost Recovery
- Ch 22 Officers and Employees
- Ch 28 Records
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 37 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 40 Animals
- Ch 44 Bicycles
- Ch 46 Bingo
- Ch 51 Building Construction
- Ch 55 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 58 Business Improvement District
- Ch 60 Business Regulations
- Ch 66 City-Owned Property
- Ch 79 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 87 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 92 Games of Chance
- Ch 96 Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 100 Historic Preservation
- Ch 104 Insurance
- Ch 107 Junk Dealers
- Ch 111 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 113 Littering
- Ch 118 Neighborhood Preservation
- Ch 120 Noise
- Ch 125 Open Burning
- Ch 128 Parking and Parking Areas
- Ch 131 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 134 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 139 Public Conduct
- Ch 143 Rooming Houses
- Ch 147 Sewers
- Ch 155 Solid Waste
- Ch 159 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 162 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 166 Taxation
- Ch 170 Transient Vendors
- Ch 173 Underground Tanks
- Ch 178 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 184 Water
- Ch 190 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A193 Traffic Orders
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- City of Batavia Personnel Policies Manual
- Ch PPM Personnel Policies Manual
There shall be a legal officer of the City, appointed by the
Manager to serve for two years with compensation determined by the
Council.
The City Attorney may be removed by the Manager during said
period with or without cause or by a resolution approved by 2/3 of
the total members of the Council.
The City Attorney shall be the legal officer of and attorney
for the City, the Council, the Manager and all City departments, bureaus,
boards and commissions thereof, in matters relating to their official
duties and, when requested by either the Council or Manager, shall
prosecute or defend all actions, suits and proceedings for and on
behalf of the City.
The City Attorney shall review all contracts, bonds and other
instruments in which the City is concerned, and before execution thereof
shall endorse on each his or her approval of the form and correctness
thereof. No such contract, bond or instrument providing for or involving
the payment by or on account of the City of $10,000 or more shall
be valid without such endorsement or approval.
The City Attorney, when authorized or directed by the Council
or the Manager, may employ counsel to assist in the argument and conduct
of cases or proceedings in which the City is interested or is a party.
