(A) There is hereby created the Office of Corporation Counsel, an executive office of the city. The Corporation Counsel shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council. A Corporation Counsel appointed on an interim basis may only hold said office for 180 days. Prior to the expiration of 180 days from said Corporation Counsel’s appointment, they must receive the advice and consent of the Council, or their employment by the city is terminated.
(B) Mayor may remove the Corporation Counsel appointed under this Code, on any written charge, whenever the Mayor is of the opinion that the interests of the municipality demand removal. The Mayor shall report the reasons for the removal to the corporate authorities at a meeting to be held not less than five nor more than ten days after the removal. If the Mayor fails or refuses to report to the corporate authorities the reasons for the removal, or if the corporate authorities by a two-thirds vote of all members authorized by law to be elected disapprove of the removal, the Corporation Counsel thereupon shall be restored to the office of Corporation Counsel. The vote shall be by yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon the journal of the corporate authorities. Upon restoration, the Corporation Counsel shall give a new bond and take a new oath of office. No Corporation Counsel shall be removed a second time for the same offense.
(1980 Code, § 6.001) (Ord. 9285, passed 2-29-2016; Ord. 9344, passed 8-13-2018)
The Corporation Counsel shall prosecute or defend any and all suits or actions 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 the person as an officer of the city.
(1980 Code, § 6.002)
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