If said proceeding is one other than an action by or in the right of the city, said person shall be indemnified against his expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, and including judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such proceeding if he acted, or his failure to act was, in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the city. [Code 2004 § 2-112.]