(A) The legal advisor shall superintend and conduct all the law business of the city. He or she shall be the legal advisor of the city in all matters connected with the administration of the city government. He or she shall draw all leases, deeds, contracts and other papers for said city, or any department thereof, when required by the head of such department. He or she shall, when required, furnish written opinions upon subjects connected with the administration of the city government submitted to hire by the Mayor, City Council or any committee of said Council. He or she shall control, on behalf of the city, all litigations in which the city is anyway interested, and no suits on behalf of the city, except prosecutions for the recovery of fines and penalties, or for breaches of city ordinances, shall be instituted, or dismissed without his or her approval and direction.
(B) It shall be the duty of the legal advisor to attend all meetings of the City Council, and at all such meetings, on all questions, resolutions or motions before the said Council, affecting the legal rights or liabilities of said city, or any of its departments, or officers, he or she shall be entitled to all the privileges of an Alderman, except the privilege of voting.
(C) The legal advisor is hereby authorized and empowered to take appeals, writs of error, in all cases where, in his or her opinion, the interests of the city require it, and to prosecute and defend, on behalf of the city, all appeals, writs of error, in which the city is in any way interested, in any appellate or supreme court; and for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section, he or she is hereby authorized to make and execute all necessary affidavits and other documents.
(1974 Code, § 1-9-3) (Ord. 437, passed 7-23-1958)