(A) In the event that any member of the Legal Department of the City may be prevented from representing the City in any matter for which their office would otherwise require them to provide legal services to the City, including prohibition of representation by reason of conflict of interest or other ethical prohibition or by reason of time constraint or in which any of them shall desire or request assistance, the City Manager may authorize any other member of the Legal Department to represent the City in any particular case, or the City Manager may employ Special Counsel for any such purpose.
(B) In the event of appointment of Special Counsel who is not then the Corporation Counsel, City Attorney or Assistant City Attorney appointed by the City Manager, that appointment shall be at such salary or compensation as may be agreed upon between the City Manager and that Special Counsel but which compensation shall be ratified by the City Council.
(Prior Code, Art. 2, § 2.2E)