[Adopted 5-13-1929 by Ord. No. 1]
There is hereby created the office of Village Attorney of the Village of Bannockburn. He or she shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, and shall be the head of the Law Department of the Village.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 2 of Ord. No. 1, regarding the bond required of the Village Attorney, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 3-5-1984 by Ord. No. 84-08.
A. 
The Village Attorney shall have the power of appointing and removing all or any of his or her assistants and clerks.
B. 
The Village Attorney shall superintend and, with the assistance of his or her assistants and clerks, conduct all the law business of the Village.
C. 
The Village Attorney, when given authority to make settlement of lawsuits or controverted claims against the Village of Bannockburn, shall report at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees all cases where settlements have been made of such lawsuits or claims.
[Amended 5-22-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-12]
D. 
The Village Attorney shall keep or cause to be kept, in proper books to be provided for that purpose, a register of all actions in court prosecuted or defended by his or her office and all proceedings had therein. Such books shall at all times be open to the inspection of the President, Treasurer or any member or committee of the Board of Trustees.
E. 
The Village Attorney shall draft such ordinances as may be required of him or her by the President, the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof.
F. 
The Village Attorney shall draw any deeds, leases, contracts or other papers required by the business of the Village when requested to do so by the President or Board of Trustees.
G. 
The Village Attorney shall, when required so to do, furnish written opinions upon subjects submitted to him or her by the President, the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof.
A. 
The Village Attorney shall, on or before the first regular meeting of April in each year, report in writing to the Board of Trustees the transactions of his or her office during the preceding year, together with such other information as he or she may deem necessary or proper or as may be required by the Board of Trustees.
B. 
The Village Attorney shall prepare and submit to the Board of Trustees, on or before the first regular meeting of September in each year, an estimate of the anticipated cost and expense of providing for and maintaining his or her office during the ensuing fiscal year.
Upon the expiration of his or her term of office or his or her resignation thereof or removal therefrom, the Village Attorney shall forthwith on demand deliver to his or her successor in office all deeds, leases, contracts, books and papers in his or her hands belonging to the Village or delivered to him or her by any of its officers, and all papers or information in actions prosecuted or defended by him or her then pending and undetermined, together with his or her register thereof and of the proceedings therein.