The City Attorney shall attend all Council meetings and be the legal
advisor of the Mayor, the Council, the City Manager and such other agencies
of the City as provided by the Charter.
The City Attorney shall make an annual report to the Council, giving
a condensed statement of the business done in his or her office for the City
in the year immediately preceding such report. This report shall contain a
list of deeds, contracts, etc., to which the City was a party. Such report
shall also contain a statement of the unfinished business in the hands of
the City Attorney with such suggestions with reference to the interest of
the City as he or she may deem pertinent.
In addition to the annual retainer paid the City Attorney by way of
salary, he or she shall have additional compensation for all special services
rendered the Council, in such amount as may be agreed upon by the City Attorney
and the Council.
From time to time, the City Attorney shall present for payment any actual
outlay or expense which the performance of his or her duties has entailed.