Crescent City Municipal Code Ch. 2.12 City Attorney

The city attorney shall act to protect the interests of the city and specifically shall:

A. Provide Legal Advice. Advise the city council or its committees or any city official, when thereto requested, upon all legal matters pertaining to city business;

B. Prepare Ordinances. Frame all ordinances and resolutions required by the city council;

C. Give Opinions. Give his or her opinion upon any legal matter or question submitted to him or her by the city council, or by any city official;

D. Attend Council Meetings. Attend all city council meetings for the purpose of giving the city council legal advice requested by its members;

E. Prepare Legal Instruments. Prepare for execution all contracts and instruments to which the city is a party and shall approve, as to form, all bonds required to be submitted to the city;

F. Additional Legal Services. Perform such other legal services required from time to time by the city council or by any city official.

(Prior code § 4-101; Ord. 786 § 6.4, 2015)

The city attorney shall receive such compensation as is allowed by the city council from time to time.

(Prior code § 4-102; Ord. 786 § 6.5, 2015)

The city council shall appoint a city attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the city council.

(Ord. 786 § 6.6, 2015)