(A) The city hereby establishes the non-elected office of City Attorney pursuant to the authority of KRS 83A.080, KRS 83A.130(12).
(B) The City Attorney shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) Attend regular and special City Council meetings;
(2) Be available at reasonable times to render legal opinions to the Mayor, City Council and city employees concerning their municipal duties;
(3) Prepare all legal documents and review all legal documents on behalf of the city;
(4) Represent the city in all courts and administrative hearings, assist any attorney retained by the insurance carrier for the city, and to act at all times as general legal counsel for the city;
(5) Prepare all ordinances and revisions of all ordinances;
(6) Defend the city in all courts and administrative hearings against claims, causes of action, or attacks of any kind on the validity of city ordinances; and
(7) Cooperate with any attorney for the city and with employees of the city in general.
(C) The person selected by the Mayor for the nonelected office of City Attorney shall have graduated from an accredited law school and be licensed to practice law in the State of Kentucky.
(D) (1) The office of City Attorney shall exist until abolished by the City Council by ordinance.
(2) The City Attorney shall be hired by the Mayor in the sole discretion of the Mayor and shall hold such office until his or her resignation, or until relieved of the office by the Mayor in the Mayor's sole discretion.
(E) The rate of compensation for the City Attorney shall be as determined by the Mayor but not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month.
(F) (1) The City Attorney shall take the oath prescribed in Section 228, of the Kentucky Constitution and shall further solemnly swear or affirm that he or she will support the ordinances of the city and that he or she will faithfully execute, to the best of his or her ability, the office of City Attorney according to the ordinances of the city and applicable state law.
(2) No bond shall be required of the City Attorney, but the City Attorney shall be required to carry malpractice insurance in an amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(Ord. 01-01, passed 1-15-01)