The Council shall appoint a City Attorney to serve at the pleasure of Council. He shall be an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Colorado. The City Attorney shall be the legal representative of the City and he shall advise the Council and City officials in matters relating to their official powers and duties and perform such other duties as Council may prescribe by ordinance or resolution. The Council may provide the City Attorney such assistants as Council may deem necessary, and may on its own motion or upon request of the City Attorney employ special counsel. Council shall establish compensation for the City Attorney, his assistants and special counsel.

(a) Municipal Judge. There shall be a municipal court vested with exclusive original jurisdiction of all causes arising under the ordinances of the city and as may be conferred by law. The municipal court shall be presided over and its functions exercised by a judge appointed by the Council for a specified term of not less than two years. The Council may reappoint the municipal judge for a subsequent term or terms, except that the initial appointment may be for term of office which expires on the date of the organizational meeting of the Council after the next general election. Any vacancy in the office of municipal judge shall be filled by appointment by the council for the remainder of the unexpired term. The municipal judge shall be an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in the State of Colorado.

(b) Deputy Judges. Council may appoint one or more deputy judges as it deems necessary. The deputy municipal judge shall have all the powers of the municipal judge when called on to act by the municipal judge or the Council. In the event that more than one municipal judge is appointed, the Council shall designate a presiding municipal judge, who shall serve in this capacity during the term for which he was appointed. The deputy municipal judges shall be attorneys admitted to practice in the State of Colorado and serve at the pleasure of the Council.

(c) Compensation. The municipal judge shall receive a fixed salary or compensation set by the Council which salary or compensation shall not be dependent upon the outcome of the matters to be decided by the municipal judge. The deputy municipal judges may receive such compensation for services rendered as Council may determine.

(d) Removal. Any municipal judge may be removed during his term of office only for cause. A judge may be removed for cause if:

(1) He is found guilty of a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude;

(2) He has a disability which interferes with the performance of his duties, and which is, or is likely to become, of a permanent character;

(3) He has willfully or persistently failed to perform his duties; or

(4) He is habitually intemperate.