The office of the city attorney for the City of Panhandle is hereby created, and the city council shall from time to time appoint some competent attorney to fill such office. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the city attorney shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Texas, and shall execute a good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the City of Panhandle and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties as city attorney. The bond is to be approved by the city council.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 6, Sec. 1-51)
It shall be the duty of the city attorney to prosecute in the municipal court all actions on behalf of the city, and to defend the city in all cases brought against it in any court; to prosecute and defend all suits and actions in any court of this state wherein the City of Panhandle is interested or is a party; to advise the city council, or its committees or any city officer on such legal questions as may arise in relation to the business of the officer on such legal questions as may arise in relation to the business of the city; to draw any bill or ordinance that he may be called upon to draw by the city council or any committee of the city council; and to give his opinion in writing of any and all questions in law submitted to him by the city council or any city officer. He shall when requested attend the meetings of the city council, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by law or by ordinances of the City of Panhandle.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 6, Sec. 1-52)
The city attorney shall promptly pay over to the city treasurer all monies that may come into his hands for the use of the city, and shall make a written report, verified by his affidavit, to the city council, on the first days of January, April, July, and October of each year, showing each item of money collected by him for the use of the city for the quarter last preceding, and the disposition made of same; and shall also make a report of any other matter in which the city may have an interest, that shall from any cause have been committed to his care or attention.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 6, Sec. 1-53)
Nothing in this article shall be construed to in any wise abridge or restrict the right of the city council to employ such other attorneys as it may see proper to advise it or to represent the city in any civil action pending or to be instituted in any court.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 6, Sec. 1-54)
No admission made by the city attorney or any other attorney employed by this city, in any suit or action in which the city is a party, shall operate to prejudice the rights of the city.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 6, Sec. 1-55)
The city attorney in criminal matters shall receive such fees and compensation as are now or may hereafter be provided by ordinance or resolution of the Council; and in civil matters he shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the city council.
(1993 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 6, Sec. 1-56)