(A) There is hereby created and established a department of the municipal government of the city, which shall be known as the Law Department and shall consist of the Corporation Counsel and the City Attorney.
(B) The following executive offices of the city are hereby created and established, to-wit:
(1) The Office of Corporation Counsel; and
(2) The Office of City Attorney.
(C) The Corporation Counsel and the City Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council, annually, at the first regular meeting in May of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, and each of the officers shall hold his or her office for a term as he or she may be appointed, not extending beyond the end of the fiscal year of the city.
(D) Should a vacancy occur in the Offices of Corporation Counsel or City Attorney, caused by death, resignation or for other reason, the Mayor, at any meeting of the City Council, after the vacancy shall occur, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, may appoint any qualified person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
(E) The Corporation Counsel and the City Attorney shall be citizens of the United States, qualified electors of the city and licensed to practice law in the courts of the state.
(F) The Corporation Counsel and the City Attorney shall be subject to removal as provided by law and the ordinances of the city. If either of the officers ceases to perform the duties of his or her office by reason of death, permanent physical or mental disability, conviction of a disqualifying crime or dismissal from or abandonment of office, the Mayor may appoint a temporary successor to the officer.
(G) The salary of the Corporation Counsel and of the City Attorney shall be fixed at an amount as may be appropriated therefor in the annual appropriation ordinance of the city.
(Ord. 680, passed 5-5-1953)