(A) There is hereby created the office of Town Attorney, who shall be a person of good moral character, licensed to practice law in the state, who shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Trustees by and with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
(B) Said Town Attorney shall be appointed for a term of one year. Said year to begin and end on July 1 of each year or at any other time hereafter fixed by law for the beginning of the fiscal year.
(C) Said Board of Trustees may leave said office vacant if, by order, it finds there is no necessity for said Town Attorney. When said office is vacant, said Board of Trustees shall have the authority and may employ a competent attorney to represent the town as the case or occasion may deem necessary and at such fee or fees that may be reasonable and may be agreed upon by such Board of Trustees and said Town Attorney.
(D) He or she shall appear, prosecute, and defend all actions wherein the town is a party, provided he or she shall be allowed his or her actual and necessary traveling and hotel expense while outside the town on business for the town, upon direction of the Board of Trustees, and this expense shall be in addition to his or her regular compensation as fixed by the Board of Trustees by resolution from time to time. He or she shall perform such other professional services as may be required of him or her by the Board of Trustees.
(E) He or she shall draw such ordinances as may be required of him or her by the Board of Trustees, or by any committee thereof. He or she shall draw the leases, deeds, and papers connected with the Finance Department and all contracts for any of the other departments of the town when so required by the Board of Trustees.
(F) When so requested to do so by the President of the Board of Trustees, Police Judge, or the Chief of Police, the Town Attorney shall appear in police court and prosecute complaints for offenses against the town ordinances, but shall not be required to prosecute such actions unless the same are instituted upon a complaint of some town officer.
(G) The Town Attorney shall keep a proper record of expenses and a register of all actions prosecuted or defended in courts of record, in which the town may be a party, and all proceedings had therein, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Board of Trustees.
(H) He or she shall not be required to attend regularly with the Board of Trustees, but shall, upon request of the Board of Trustees, perform such duties as may be required of him or her.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, Art. 6)