(A) The City Attorney shall be a practicing attorney and a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and comply in all respects with the provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
(B) The duties of the City Attorney shall include attendance and active participation in all Council meetings, advising the City Council and Mayor in their meetings as to legal matters, and drafting ordinances and resolutions as required by Council for adoption. He or she shall represent the interest of the city in all legal proceedings that may be brought against it, and bring all suits and actions on its behalf as authorized by law. He or she shall perform any and all other legal duties in his or her department required by law.
(C) The compensation of the City Attorney shall be set by contract, but shall be within the amounts appropriated by the City Council for that purpose.
(Prior Code, § 2.32.010) (Am. Ord. 2013-03, passed 1-16-2013)