[Adopted as Ch. 2.24 of the 1979 Code]
There is created the office of City Attorney, an executive office
of the City. The Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and
with the advice and consent of the City Council.
The Attorney shall prosecute or defend any and all suits or
actions at law or equity to which the City may be a party, or in which
it may be interested, or which may be brought against, or by, any
officer of the City on behalf of the City, or in the capacity of such
person as an officer of the City.
It shall be the duty of the Attorney to see to the full enforcement
of all judgments or decrees rendered or entered in favor of the City,
and of all similar interlocutory orders.
The Attorney shall be the legal advisor of the City, and shall
render advice on all legal questions affecting the City, whenever
requested to do so by any City official. Upon request of the Mayor
or the City Council, he shall reduce any such opinion to writing.
It shall be the duty of the Attorney to see to the completion
of all special assessment proceedings and condemnation proceedings.
It shall be the duty of the Attorney to draft or supervise the
phraseology of any contracts, leases or other documents or instruments
to which the City may be a party; and upon request by the City Council,
to draft ordinances covering any subjects within the power of the
City.
