(A) The City Attorney shall, on request of the City Administrator, City Council, or any member thereof, prepare any ordinance or resolution.
(B) Before any ordinance or resolution shall be finally adopted, the City Attorney, or his or her authorized assistant, shall endorse thereon his or her approval as to form.
(C) Before any bond, contract, or other legal document binding the city shall be presented to the Council for final approval, the City Administrator shall approve the same in writing as to the terms thereof, and the City Attorney, or his or her authorized assistant, shall approve the same as to its form and legality and shall endorse approval thereon.
(D) Any ordinance, except those containing an emergency clause, relating to the duties, powers, and function of any administrative department or office, or affecting in any substantial manner the administration of the city government shall, on first reading, be referred by the presiding officer to the City Administrator for his or her report and recommendations thereon, unless the ordinance shall have been previously approved by him or her. Further action on ordinances shall be deferred until the next meeting of the Council.
(Prior Code, § 1-602)