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17J 4 12/13/12 16.0 Legal: Provide high quality and professional legal services to the City of Paris, city council, city management, Paris Economic Development Corporation, and city boards and commissions. 16.1 Continue work with city council, city manager, and city departments to develop new city ordinances and amendments of existing ordinances to implement new city policies, regulations, and process changes for the City of Paris. 16.2 Prepare and /or review all city contracts, real estate documents, and all other legal documents for city council or city manager action. 16.3 Assist city council and city manager with proposed amendments to the Paris City Charter, formation of a charter review commission and City Charter election in 2013- 2014. 16.4 Assist city council and city manager with major bond issue and election to implement 10 -year Capital Improvement Plan. 16.5 Continue work with delinquent tax collection group to market and sell vacant foreclosed properties inside the city limits to return these properties to the tax rolls. 16.6 Work with civil service commission, CS director, and police chief with development and implementation of an alternative promotional system for the Paris Police Department. 16.7 Assist code enforcement department and city fire marshal with review and filing of nuisance cases and /or fire code violations, monitor progress through municipal court and county court when appealed. 16.8 Continue full service municipal court prosecution office, including: prosecution of all law enforcement cases and city code violation cases; departmental assistance with presenting and filing cases in municipal court; complaint drafting assistance for non - routine cases; witness preparation for trial; covering all pre - trial, jury trial and non -jury court dockets; and monitoring important cases that are appealed to county court. 16.9 Continue providing daily legal advice and legal services to all city departments, including police and fire Departments. 16.10 Continue legal review and assistance with all non - routine public information requests, including preparation of briefing letters to the Texas Attorney General's Office when certain information is confidential or otherwise exempt under the Texas Public Information Act. 16.11 Continue to manage and oversee all civil litigation and claims filed against the City of Paris, city council, city manager, city boards and commissions and city employees sued in their official capacity, as well as manage and oversee all lawsuits or appeals filed by the City of Paris, city council, or city boards and commissions against third parties. 32