[Amended 4-19-1982 by FMC-174]
There is hereby created the Office of Village Attorney, an executive office of the Village. The Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, to serve for a term of conterminous with the term of Mayor.
The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, may, from time to time, retain an attorney to represent or advise the Village on legal matters if no Village Attorney has been appointed; and he may likewise retain special counsel to advise or represent the Village on special matters or to assist the Village Attorney.
The Attorney shall, on direction of the Mayor or Board of Trustees, draft or supervise the drafting of all ordinances and resolutions to be acted on, and all contracts or other documents in which the municipality is interested.
The Attorney shall be the legal advisor of the Village and shall render advice on all legal questions affecting it, and any of its departments, boards, commissions or committees, whenever requested to do so by any Village official. Upon request by the Mayor, he shall reduce any such opinion to writing.
The Attorney shall receive such compensation as may be decided from time to time by the Board of Trustees.