(A) City Attorney. The City Attorney shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall prosecute all actions for violation of City Ordinances initiated or referred by the City Manager, City Engineer, or other City official, except the Police Department and such other litigation matters as may be assigned by the City Manager.
(B) Assistant City Attorney. An Assistant City Attorney may be appointed by the City Manager to prosecute all actions for violation of traffic ordinances of the City of Mt. Vernon, including all provisions of Title VII hereof of the Revised Code of Ordinances and also, complaints of ordinance violations made by private citizens.
(C) General Litigation. The Corporation Counsel or such other member of the Legal Department as shall be designated by the City Manager from time to time shall prosecute and defend any and all other suits or causes of action to which the City may be a party and shall represent the City in all matters before the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Courts of the State of Illinois, in any Federal Court hearing, hearings before the Illinois Commerce Commission or other judicial or quasi judicial commission where there is a possibility of an appeal to a court of record.
(Prior Code, Art. 2, § 2.2C)