(A) Appointment. There is hereby created the office of Corporate Counsel. The President, with the advice and consent of the Village Board, shall retain an attorney to act as legal advisor to the village.
(1975 Code, § 9-101)
(B) Suits and actions. The Village Attorney shall prosecute or defend any and all suits or actions at law or equity to which the village may be a party, or in which it may be interested, or which may be brought against, or by, any officer of the village on behalf of the village or in the capacity of such person as an officer of the village.
(1975 Code, § 9-102)
(C) Advice. The Village Attorney shall be the legal advisor of the village and shall render advice on all legal questions affecting the village, whenever requested to do so by any village official. Upon request by the President or Village Board, he or she shall reduce such opinion to writing.
(1975 Code, § 9-103)
(D) Drafting ordinances and contracts. It shall be the duty of the Village Board to draft or supervise the phraseology of any contracts, leases or other documents or instruments, to which the village may be a party; and to draft ordinances and resolutions covering any subjects within the powers of the municipality.
(1975 Code, § 9-104)