(A) Compensation of the Town Attorney shall be determined annually as are the salaries of other town officials, as hereinafter set out.
(B) The annual compensation of the Town Attorney shall be in an amount and for the sole purpose of the general retaining of the services of the Town Attorney, his or her attendance at and participation in Council meetings for general town purposes as may be requested by the Council, his or her services in preparation of general town ordinances and resolutions and the rendering of routine legal advice, whether in person or by telephone; further that, the Town Attorney shall be entitled to additional payment, over and above the annual compensation, for actual expenses advanced on behalf of the town, postage, Xerox, long distance telephone or other unusual office expenses advanced or assumed by the attorney’s private law office; further that, the services of the attorney in performance of functions on behalf of the town utilities, conduct of litigation, negotiation of disputes and the like shall be the subject of separate compensation agreements.
(1982 Code, § 4-4(c), (e))