The City Attorney is the city's legal advisor, and as such he or she shall commence, prosecute, and defend all suits on behalf of the city. When requested by the Mayor and Council, he or she shall attend meetings of the Council, and shall advise any city official in all matters of law in which the interests of the city may be involved. He or she shall draft such ordinances, bonds, contracts, and other writings as may be required in the administration of the affairs of the city. He or she shall examine all bonds, contracts, and documents on which the Mayor and Council will be required to act, and attach thereto a brief statement in writing to all such instruments and documents as to whether or not the document is in legal and proper form. He or she shall prepare complaints, attend, and prosecute violations of the city ordinances when directed to do so by the Mayor and Council. Without direction, he or she shall appear and prosecute all cases for violation of the city ordinances that have been appealed to and are pending in any higher court. He or she shall also examine, when requested to do so by the Mayor and Council, the ordinance records and advise and assist the City Clerk as much as may be necessary to the end that each procedural step will be taken in the passage of each ordinance to insure that they will be valid and subsisting local laws in so far as their passage and approval are concerned. The Council shall have the right to compensate the City Attorney for legal services on such terms as the Mayor and Council and the City Attorney may agree and to employ any additional legal assistance as may be necessary out of the funds of the city.
(Neb. RS 17-610) ('72 Code, § 1-204)