CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SEVENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-26-29 ENACTMENT NO. ___________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Champine
ORDINANCE
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Amending The Legal Department; City Attorney Ordinance (ROA 1994, Chapter 2, Article 7, Part 2) (Champine)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 7, Part 2 of the Revised Ordinances of Albuquerque, 1994 is hereby amended is follows:
PART 2: LEGAL DEPARTMENT; CITY ATTORNEY
? 2-7-2-1 CREATION OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT; CITY ATTORNEY.
There is created a department of the city, the Legal Department. The executive and administrative head of the Legal Department shall be the City Attorney.
? 2-7-2-2 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
The City Attorney, both personally and through his or her assistant city attorneys, shall represent the city in the courts. He or she shall also advise the Mayor and the Council as to legal matters. The City Attorney and assistant city attorneys, while acting in the course and scope of their duties, are prohibited from engaging in policy advocacy relating to matters upon which the City Legal Department has or is likely to be called upon for advisement or representation. Nothing herein shall prohibit the City Attorney or assistant city attorneys from expressing their personal views on any issue while acting outside the scope of their duties. [The City Attorney shall abide by client decisions concerning the objectives of representation and shall communicate and consult with their client(s) as to the means by which they are to be pursued.]
? 2-7-2-3 APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
The City Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
? 2-7-2-4 CITY COUNCIL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
The City Council shall conduct a performance evaluation of the City Attorney within 90 days following every 18 month period of consecutive...
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