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RESOLUTION NO. 791
Series of 1982
RESOLUTION SPECIFYING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, the City Attorney is employed by the City Council for the
purpose of representing the City Administration as a whole, as well as the
Mayor, City Administrator, City Staff and City Council Members as a whole,
and
WHEREAS, recent requests for actions and advice by the City Attorney
are viewed by the City Council as placing the City Attorney in a compromising
position between and among various Council Members, and
WHEREAS, the City Council, in order to protect the City from unwarranted
and unnecessary charges of conflict of interest on the part of the City Attorney,
feels it is necessary to specify the duties of the City Attorney, and to whom
those duties are owed;
ATTEST:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that
(1)
The City Attorney properly prepares all legal oplnlons,
ordinances, resolutions, or other legal documents requested
by the City Council as a whole and/or the City Administrator;
(2)
Members of the City Council use discretion in making requests
of the City Pttorney in matters where Council consensus or
majority vote has not been previously obtained so as to avoid
involving the Office of the City Attorney in factional
disputes;
(3)
The City Attorney is directed to work promptly with the City
Clerk for the purpose of drafting and submitting to the
City Council, for its consideration, an ordinance establishing
a comprehensive procedure covering all situations involving
petitions for recall, initiative and referendum, which ordinance
shall provide that the City Attorney and the City Clerk shall
not be required to advise petitioners on questions of substance
relating to matters which concern the petitions.
(4)
Nothing in this Resolution shall be construed to mean that
individual members of the City Council may not discuss City
related leqal matters with the City Attorney, so long as the
discussions are not in the form of directives.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 24th day of May, 1982.
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Frank Stites, Mayor
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Carol Hampf, City Clerk