The City Attorney shall be an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, and shall be an elector of the City and shall have such assistants of like qualifications as the Council may authorize. The City Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by Council for a term of one year, and compensation shall be fixed by Council. The City Attorney shall be the legal advisor of and attorney and counsel for the City and for all officers and departments thereof in matters relating to their official duties. The City Attorney shall prepare all contracts, bonds, and other instruments in writing in which the City is concerned, and no contract with the City shall take effect until the City Attorney's approval of the form and correctness thereof is endorsed thereon.
(Amended Nov. 6, 1990)