(A) The city hereby establishes the office of the City Attorney.
(B) The City Attorney must be a practicing attorney.
(C) The City Attorney shall attend the meetings of the city legislative body, advise it in all matters of litigation or legal proceedings and perform such other duties as may be required by the legislative body and the executive authority. The City Attorney shall have the power to do all acts reasonably necessary in the discharge of his duties.
(D) The City Attorney shall take the oath required by section 228 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but shall not be required to provide bond.
(E) The City Attorney shall receive the compensation set forth in the city employment and pay classification plan, which may hereafter be changed by municipal order.
(F) The City Attorney shall be appointed by the executive authority of the city with the approval of the legislative body which is elected at the November election preceding the commencement of his or her term. He or she shall hold his or her office for a period of two years and until his or her successor is appointed subject to removal at any time, the first of said terms to begin on the first Monday of January 1982. Provided, however, that the present City Attorney shall complete the previously appointed term which shall expire on the first Monday of January 1982.
(Ord. passed 12-15-80; Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-26-19)