Pursuant to ordinances of the city of Roeland Park, the duties of the city attorney must be prescribed by ordinance passed by the governing body. Accordingly, where no ordinance prescribes that the city attorney shall represent city officers who are sued in an individual capacity (for actions they have taken in their official capacities), the city attorney may refuse to represent such city officials, and such refusal is not a cause for removal from office. If, at the direction of the governing body, and in the absence of any fee agreement with an individual official, the Roeland Park City Attorney voluntarily undertakes the defense of a city officer who has been sued in an individual capacity, it is our opinion that he is to be compensated at the hourly rate established for services provided for the city. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 75-6108.