(a) Unless otherwise provided or limited by law, the City of Burton shall be vested with and possess all the powers, functions, privileges, and immunities, expressed or implied, to which cities are, or hereafter may be, entitled under and in the spirit of the law of Michigan and the home rule traditions of the State and may exercise all powers which are not prohibited by and which are not in contravention with law. In the exercise of such powers, functions, and privileges, the city shall manage and control its finances, rights, interests, buildings, and property; enter into contracts; acquire by purchase, grant, lease, or condemnation and hold and utilize any property, both within the limits and without the limits of the city; acquire, own, and operate any utility, unless the power to do so is denied by law; do any act, including the adoption of any ordinance, to advance the interests, good government, and prosperity of the city and its inhabitants; and protect the public peace, morals, health, and general welfare and the safety of persons and property.
(b) The city may join with any municipal corporation or with any unit of government, or with any number or combination thereof, by contract or otherwise as may be permitted by law, in the ownership, operation, or performance, jointly, or by one or more on behalf of all, of any property, facility, or service which each would have the power to own, operate or perform separately.
(c) The enumeration of particular powers, privileges, or immunities in this chapter or elsewhere in this charter shall not be held or interpreted to be exclusive.