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When required so to do by resolution of the Council, the City Attorney shall prosecute or defend for and in behalf of the City, all complaints, suits and controversies in which the City is a party and such other suits, matters and controversies as, by resolution or ordinance, he or she shall be directed to prosecute or defend.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
The City Attorney shall apply in the name of the City, to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds of the City, or the abuse of its corporate powers, or the execution or performance of any contract made in behalf of the City in contravention of law, or which was procured by fraud or corruption.
When an obligation or contract made on behalf of the City granting an easement, or creating a public duty, is being evaded or violated, the City Attorney shall likewise apply for the forfeiture or the specific performance thereof, as the nature of the case requires.
In case the City Attorney, upon written request of any taxpayer, fails to make any application provided for in the three preceding sections, such taxpayer may institute suit or proceedings for such purpose in his or her own name on behalf of the City. No such suit or proceedings shall be entertained by any court until such request to the City Attorney shall first have been made, nor until the taxpayer shall have given security for the costs of the proceeding.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
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