A. Office Created; Appointment: There is hereby created the office of Village Attorney, an executive office of the Village. The Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor by and with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
B. Duties:
1. Legal Advisor: The Attorney shall be the legal advisor of the Village and shall render advice on all legal questions affecting it whenever requested to do so by any Village official. Upon request by the Village Mayor or the Village Manager, he shall reduce any such opinion to writing. )
2. Suits and Actions: The Attorney shall prosecute or defend or cause the prosecution or defense of any and all suits or actions at law or equity to which the Village may be a party or in which it may be interested or which may be brought against or by any officer of the Village on behalf of the Village or in the capacity of such person as an officer of the Village.
C. Compensation: The Attorney shall receive such compensation as may be decided from time to time by the Mayor and Board of Trustees.
(1961 Code §§ 4.101, 4.103, 4.105; amd. 1992 Code; Ord. 2285, 1-26-1993)