(A) Legal counsel shall be provided for this village, and the person employed as the counsel shall be known as the “Solicitor of the Village of Glendale.” The Solicitor shall be employed by Council at the first meeting of Council in January for the ensuing year.
(B) The Solicitor shall be an attorney at law, admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio. It shall be the duty of the Solicitor to act as attorney and counsel for the village and the officers thereof in their official capacity, and, as an attorney, to prosecute and defend all actions by or against the village or any department or officer thereof during the time of his employment; and to render legal opinions to the Council and to any department or officer of the village, upon request, in writing.
(C) In case of the resignation or removal of the Solicitor before the expiration of his term, a successor may be employed by Council to serve temporarily from month to month at a salary to be established by Council, payable monthly until the time Council may again reemploy a Solicitor upon an annual basis.
('56 Code, § 17-11)