(A) The deputy city attorneys shall be deputies of the City Attorney and shall have responsibilities as may be assigned to them by the City Attorney. They shall also perform those duties with respect to the primary duties of the City Attorney as may be assigned to them by the City Attorney, subject to the approval of the City Manager. One or more of the deputy city attorneys, as designated by the City Attorney, shall have the responsibility:
(1) To file complaints and prosecute the same against all persons charged with the violation of any provision of the municipal code or, when authorized by the County Attorney as provided by statute, with the violation of a statute of the state; and
(2) To represent the city on appeals taken from a conviction or, as the case may be, acquittal of charges of violations the municipal code or of such statutes.
(B) The City Manager shall have authority to appoint the County Attorney and one or more of his or her deputies as special deputy city attorneys for the limited purpose of prosecuting violations of the provisions of the municipal code arising out of or associated with the operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
(C) Nothing in this article shall be construed to impair the right of the City Council, vested in it by the state statutes, to pay to the City Attorney or the deputy city attorneys additional compensation for legal services performed by them for the city, or to employ additional legal assistance and make payment out of funds of the city.
(Ord. 3442, passed - -1995)