(A) The City Attorney shall be the attorney and counsel of the city. He or she shall have the management, charge and control of the law business of the city and for each branch of its government and shall be the legal advisor of all its departments and officers.
(B) The City Attorney with his or her assistants shall:
(1) Conduct all legal proceedings and appeals of every nature authorized by law;
(2) Draw up ordinances, leases, deeds, contracts, or other legal papers for the city in its various departments when requested to do so by the proper officer;
(3) Appear for and protect the rights and interests of the city in all actions and proceedings brought by or against it, or against any officer or head of any city board or department in his or her official capacity;
(4) When requested by the Mayor or the Common Council, furnish opinions upon law subjects connected with the city;
(5) Exercise supervision of the revisions of ordinances and insertion of general ordinances in this code and the preparation of supplements to this code;
(6) Make and effect settlements of lawsuits and claims for and against the city as he or she may deem to the best interests of the city, subject to the approval of the Mayor;
(7) Prosecute violators of this code or city ordinances;
(8) Assist in the prosecution or defense in the city of any matter involving the Public Service Commission, when called upon by the Attorney General;
(9) Report to the Department of Finance all judgments against the city; and
(10) Examine all quotations or digests of this code or of laws to be announced or circulated by any officer or employee of this city in connection with any municipal matter.
(Prior Code, § 31.066)