(a) The Mayor shall appoint, with the approval of Council, a Solicitor who shall be a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and experienced in municipal law. The Solicitor, as Head of the Legal Department, shall serve as chief legal advisor to the Mayor, the Council, and all City departments and agencies; and shall represent the City in all legal proceedings and shall perform such other duties prescribed by law, by this Charter, by the City Administrative Code or action of Council. It is the intent of this Charter that only one person shall be the legal advisor of the City except as may be otherwise required by law.
(b) The Mayor, with the approval of Council, shall have the power, if needed, to engage other temporary Solicitors to represent the City as the need may be. Such appointments shall be temporary and shall be for the purpose of representing the City in specific individual legal matters. Such representation shall be secured by requests for proposal.