In addition to the immunity provided in Section 105.03, in the performance of its governmental functions, which means those activities and functions of the City declared by its Council to be “governmental", except as otherwise provided by the statutes of the State, the City, its employees and agents shall be absolutely immune from suit and liability. Governmental functions, as defined by Council, includes the provision or nonprovision of all police and fire services; the issuance, approval or rejection of all licenses and permits; the design, construction or reconstruction of any and all public improvements; the provision or nonprovision of inspection services of any and all kinds, including the approval of plans for the construction of buildings and structures and the inspection thereof; the construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, maintenance and operation of buildings used by the City in performing government functions; the design, construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, maintenance and operation of all publicly held property, including but not limited to public parks and cemeteries; the erection or nonerection of any and all traffic signs and/or traffic control devices; the design, construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, maintenance and operation of any and all municipal streets, water, sanitary sewers and other public utilities; and the enforcement or nonenforcement of any and all laws, ordinances or resolutions, administrative rules, or other written policies, customs or practices of the City; all such functions whether conducted within or without the corporate limits of the City.
(Ord. 1985-20. Passed 9-3-85.)