[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.
