(A) The Office of City Attorney shall be a nonelected office. This officer shall be appointed by the Mayor with approval of City Council.
(B) The City Attorney shall be a practicing attorney; and he or she shall hold the office subject to removal at any time by the Mayor, at will.
(C) (1) The duties of the City Attorney shall include attendance and active participation in all Council meetings, advising that body in its meetings as to legal matters and drafting ordinances and resolutions as required by Council for adoption. He or she shall represent the interests of the city in all legal proceedings that may be brought against it and bring all suits and actions in its behalf that may be required by the City Council; and he or she shall perform any other legal duties in his or her department required by Council.
(2) He or she shall faithfully perform the duties of prosecutor where provided by law and shall represent the city and the commonwealth in any court to which an appeal may be taken. It shall be his or her duty, further, to give advice to the Board of Trustees of the Police Officer’s Pension Fund in all matters pertaining to their duties and management of that Fund whenever requested, and he or she shall represent and defend that Board as its attorney in all suits or actions at law or in equity that may be brought against it, and bring all suits and actions in its behalf that may be required or determined upon by the Board.
(3) He or she shall also perform the duties of the collection of delinquent property tax bills of the city.
(Ord. 1973-8-4, passed 8-29-1973)
(D) (1) In addition to the salary fixed for City Attorney by annual ordinance of City Council, the City Attorney shall receive additional compensation as an independent contractor for all extraordinary services, including appearances in legal actions and administrative proceedings and hearings involving the city, municipal bond issues, real estate acquisitions and dispositions and other matters beyond the scope of usual legal counsel to the city or requiring an unusual amount of time.
(2) For such extraordinary services, the City Attorney shall be paid reasonable fees commensurate with the amount and value of time devoted thereto, based upon charges made by other attorneys for comparable legal services.
(`96 Code, § 31.37)