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iz/i3/i2 <br />16.0 Le�al: Provide high quality and professional legal services to the City of Paris, city council, city <br />management, Paris Economic Development Corporation, and city boards and commissions. <br />16.1 Continue work with city council, city manager, and city departments to develop new city <br />ordinances and amendments of existing ordinances to implement new city policies, <br />regulations, and process changes for the City of Paris. <br />16.2 Prepare and/or review all city contracts, real estate documents, and all other legal <br />documents for city council or city manager action. <br />16.3 Assist city council and city manager with proposed amendments to the Paris City <br />Charter, formation of a charter review commission and City Charter election in 2013- <br />2014. <br />16.4 Assist city council and city manager with major bond issue and election to implement <br />10-year Capital Improvement Plan. <br />16.5 Continue work with delinquent tax collection group to market and sell vacant foreclosed <br />properties inside the city limits to return these properties to the tax rolls. <br />16.6 Work with civil service commission, CS director, and police chief with development and <br />implementation of an alternative promotional system for the Paris Police Department. <br />16.7 Assist code enforcement department and city fire marshal with review and filing of <br />nuisance cases and/or fire code violations, monitor progress through municipal court <br />and county court when appealed. <br />16.8 Continue full service municipal court prosecution office, including: prosecution of all law <br />enforcement cases and city code violation cases; departmental assistance with <br />presenting and filing cases in municipal court; complaint drafting assistance for non- <br />routine cases; witness preparation for trial; covering all pre-trial, jury trial and non-jury <br />court dockets; and monitoring important cases that are appealed to county court. <br />16.9 Continue providing daily legal advice and legal services to all city departments, including <br />police and fire Departments. <br />16.10 Continue legal review and assistance with all non-routine public information requests, <br />including preparation of briefing letters to the Texas Attorney General's Office when <br />certain information is confidential or otherwise exempt under the Texas Public <br />Information Act. <br />16.11 Continue to manage and oversee all civil litigation and claims filed against the City of <br />Paris, city council, city manager, city boards and commissions and city employees sued <br />in their official capacity, as well as manage and oversee all lawsuits or appeals filed by <br />the City of Paris, city council, or city boards and commissions against third parties. <br />32 <br />