(A) The City Attorney shall prosecute or defend any and all suits or actions at law or equity to which the city may be a party, or in which it may be interested, or which may be brought against, or by, any officer of the city on behalf of the city, or in the capacity of that person as an officer of the city.
(B) It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to see to the full enforcement of all judgments or decrees rendered or entered in favor of the city and of all similar interlocutory orders.
(C) The City Attorney shall be the legal advisor of the city, and shall render advice on all legal questions affecting the city, whenever requested to do so by any city official. Upon request by the Mayor or by the City Council, the City Attorney shall reduce any opinion to writing.
(D) It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to see to the completion of all special assessment proceedings and condemnation proceedings.
(E) It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to draft or supervise the phraseology of any contract, leases, or other documents or instruments, to which the city may be a party; and upon request by the City Council, to draft ordinances covering any subjects within the power of the city.
(1969 Code, § 2-183)