The City Attorney shall attend all Council meetings and be the legal advisor of the Mayor, the Council, the City Manager and such other agencies of the City as provided by the Charter.
The City Attorney shall make an annual report to the Council, giving a condensed statement of the business done in his or her office for the City in the year immediately preceding such report. This report shall contain a list of deeds, contracts, etc., to which the City was a party. Such report shall also contain a statement of the unfinished business in the hands of the City Attorney with such suggestions with reference to the interest of the City as he or she may deem pertinent.
In addition to the annual retainer paid the City Attorney by way of salary, he or she shall have additional compensation for all special services rendered the Council, in such amount as may be agreed upon by the City Attorney and the Council.
From time to time, the City Attorney shall present for payment any actual outlay or expense which the performance of his or her duties has entailed.