(A) There is hereby created the office of City Attorney which shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council. It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prosecute all cases for violation of city ordinances, and to assist the Police Department in legal problems concerning its work and all claims for amounts due the city under the City of Quincy purchase tax regulations, §§ 45.040 and 45.041 of this code. The City Attorney shall also assist the Corporation Counsel in his or her duties. A City Attorney appointed on an interim basis may only hold said office for 180 days. Prior to the expiration of 180 days from said City Attorney’s appointment, they must receive the advice and consent of the Council, or their employment by the city is terminated.
(B) The Mayor may remove the City Attorney 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 City Attorney thereupon shall be restored to City Attorney. The vote shall be by yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon the journal of the corporate authorities. Upon restoration, the City Attorney shall give a new bond and take a new oath of office. No City Attorney shall be removed a second time for the same offense.
(1980 Code, § 6.007) (Ord. 9285, passed 2-29-2016; Ord. 9344, passed 8-13-2018)