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 in 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
by the Mayor or by the City Council, he/she 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.