§ 32.05  VILLAGE ATTORNEY.
   (A)   The Village Attorney shall be the legal advisor of the Board of Trustees. He or she shall commence, prosecute, and defend all suits and actions necessary to be commenced, prosecuted, or defended on behalf of the village, or that may be ordered by the Board. When requested, he or she shall attend meetings of the Board and give them his or her opinion upon any matters submitted to him or her, either orally or in writing, as may be required. He or she shall draft or review for legal correctness ordinances, contracts, franchises, and other instruments as may be required, and he or she shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him or her by general law or ordinance. The Board shall have the right to pay the Village Attorney compensation for legal services performed by him or her for it on such terms as the Board and Attorney may agree, and to employ additional legal assistance and to pay for such legal assistance out of the funds of the village.
(Neb. RS 17-610)
   (B)   The Village Attorney shall also examine, when requested to do so by the Board of Trustees, the ordinance records and advise and assist the Village Clerk as much as may be necessary to the end that each procedural step will be taken in the passage of each ordinance to ensure that it will be a valid and subsisting local law in so far as its passage and approval are concerned.
(1996 Code, § 1-208)