[Ord. No. 12-6, 6-11-2012]
The City Attorney shall be appointed at the first regular meeting
of the Board of Aldermen after each general City election. He/she
shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her
successor is duly appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed from
said office. It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prosecute
all suits or actions before the Municipal Judge on behalf of the City
for all violations of City ordinances; to prosecute or defend all
suits and actions originating or pending in any court of record to
which the City is a party or in which the City has any interest or
is involved; also to prosecute any and all persons on trial before
the Board of Aldermen sitting as a Board of Impeachment. He/she shall
counsel and advise the Board of Aldermen upon or respecting any legal
question affecting or concerning the interest of the City when so
requested to do; also to counsel and advise any City Officer regarding
his/her rights, powers and duties of such officer when so requested
to do; and when requested by any member of the Board of Aldermen or
Mayor, he/she shall frame any bill for an ordinance to carry out the
object and purpose of such bill if same be lawful. He/she shall frame
all writs and notices necessary in the judicial administration of
the ordinances of the City and shall draw all contracts to which the
City is or shall be made a party when requested so to do by the Mayor
or the Board of Aldermen. The City Attorney shall be the legal counselor
of the City in all matters pertaining to or respecting the actions
and proceedings before the Board of Aldermen, to official acts of
any City Officer, when any legal question is involved and give advice,
when the same is requested, concerning all matters and acts involving
the City; to institute, prosecute and defend all suits or actions
at law, as well as to commence all prosecutions brought by or against
the City or wherein the City's interest is directly or indirectly
concerned or the official acts of any City court or any court of record.
He/she may, if in his/her opinion it is to the interest of the City,
with the approval of the Mayor, take an appeal or writ of error in
behalf of the City in any case and he/she is hereby authorized to
make the necessary affidavit therefor and prepare the necessary bond
in the name of the City and do all other things touching the premises
as may be necessary to perfect and prosecute any such appeal.
