A. 
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen, at the first (1st) meeting after each annual City election shall appoint a suitable person as City Attorney who shall hold office until his/her successor is appointed and qualified.
B. 
Qualifications. No person shall be appointed to the office of City Attorney unless he/she be a licensed and practicing attorney at law in this State.
[Ord. No. I Art. XVII §§2 — 9, 11-6-1956]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prosecute and defend all suits in any court in which the City of Goodman shall be a party.
B. 
He/she shall advise the Mayor and/or the Board of Aldermen on such legal questions as may arise in relation to the business of the City and shall furnish written opinions on all legal questions wherever the same may be required of him/her by the Mayor and/or Board of Aldermen.
C. 
He/she shall draw up all bills, ordinances, resolutions and orders as directed by the Board of Aldermen and/or Mayor.
D. 
He/she shall attend to all suits before the Mayor or any Magistrate in which the City may be a party and shall defend for such officers all actions brought against any officer, agent or servant of the City which may arise from his/her or their official acts.
E. 
He/she shall prepare all charges and complaints against any party or parties charged with violation of any ordinances of this City. If, upon their arraignment, they request a hearing, he/she shall prosecute the same in behalf of the City of Goodman.
F. 
He/she shall make affidavits in behalf of the City in all cases where the same may be necessary to procure a change of venue or take an appeal or other legal reason.
G. 
He/she shall report to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen, when so requested, at any regular meeting, the condition and status of any suit or suits pending in any court.
H. 
At the next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen after the City Attorney's commission has been revoked, he/she shall make a full report to the Board of Aldermen setting forth all cases pending, the condition thereof, a brief statement of all judgments obtained and not satisfied for and against the City in civil cases which shall be entered on the records and left on file for the benefit and information of his/her successor.