ARTICLE III
POWERS GRANTED

SECTION 3.01 POWERS GRANTED.

   The Municipality shall have all the powers, general or special, governmental or proprietary, that may now or hereafter lawfully be possessed or exercised by municipal corporations under the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio.

SECTION 3.02 MANNER OF EXERCISE OF POWERS.

   All such powers shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in this Charter, or if not prescribed herein, in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance of the Council, and when not prescribed in this Charter or provided by ordinance of Council, then such powers shall be exercised in the manner provided by the general laws of the State of Ohio until the Council shall provide a different manner of exercising such powers.

SECTION 3.03 CONSTRUCTION.

   The powers of the Municipality under this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Municipality, and the specific mention of particular powers in the Charter shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general power stated in this article.

SECTION 3.04 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.

   The Municipality may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract, or otherwise, with any one or more states or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof.