The City Manager shall appoint a City Solicitor, who need not be a resident of the City of Wheeling. No person shall be eligible to the office who is not an attorney-at-law, duly admitted to practice in this State. The solicitor shall serve the Council, officers, commissioners, and Boards of the City as legal counsel and attorney, and shall represent the City in all proceedings in court. The solicitor shall act as Prosecuting Attorney in Municipal Court and in reference to all appeals from that Court, and shall perform all other duties which the Council may impose consistent with the office. The solicitor shall appoint assistants and fix their salaries, but the maximum number of assistants and the total amounts of the assistants' salaries shall be fixed by Council. The City Solicitor shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Manager and the assistants shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the City Solicitor.