(A) The City Attorney shall be appointed by the City Manager, on a contractual basis, for an indefinite term. The City Attorney may be removed by the City Manager.
(B) It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to give legal advice on questions submitted to him or her by the City Manager and/or City Council, when the subject matter concerns the powers of any officials or employees or the performance of their duties.
(C) The City Attorney shall draw ordinances, resolutions, notices, forms, leases, deeds, papers or other documents as may be required of him or her by the City Council.
(D) The City Attorney shall be authorized to appear, prosecute and defend all actions wherein the city is a party, and he or she shall institute proceedings in courts of law upon the order of the City Council.
(E) The City Attorney shall be allowed actual and necessary traveling and hotel expenses while outside the city and on official business for the city, provided his or her business has been approved and directed by the City Council.
(F) The City Attorney shall perform other duties as the City Council may require, provided the duties are included within the scope of the contractual arrangement.
(G) The City Attorney shall be the head of the Department of Law.
(2002 Code, § 32.20)