There is created the office of Village Attorney, an executive
office of the Village. The Village Attorney shall be appointed by
the President.
The President may from time to time retain an attorney to represent
or advise the Village on legal matters if no Village Attorney has
been appointed. He or she may likewise retain special counsel to advise
or represent the Village on special matters or to assist the Village
Attorney.
The Village Attorney shall prosecute or defend any and all suits
or actions at law or equity to which the Village may be a party, in
which it may be interested, or which may be brought against or by
any officer of the Village or in the capacity of such persons as an
officer of the Village.
It shall be the duty of the Village Attorney to see to the full
enforcement of all judgments or decrees rendered or entered in favor
of the Village and of all similar interlocutory orders.
The Village Attorney shall be the legal adviser of the Village
and shall render advice on all legal questions affecting the Village
whenever requested to do so by any Village official. Upon request
by the President or by the Village Board, he or she shall reduce any
such opinion to writing.
It shall be the duty of the Village Attorney to see to the completion
of all special assessment proceedings and condemnation proceedings.