CHAPTER II: GENERAL MUNICIPAL POWERS
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   2.1   General powers
   2.2   Construction
   2.3   Exercise of powers
   2.4   Intergovernmental relations
   2.5   Property beyond city limits
§ 2.1 GENERAL POWERS.
   The city is a home rule city as provided by Public Act 279 of 1909, as amended, of the Michigan Compiled Laws (Home Rule Cities Act). Except as expressly limited in this Charter, the city and its officers shall be vested with all powers and immunities that home rule cities may exercise, within or without their territorial limits, and include in their charters, as fully and completely as if those powers were specifically enumerated in this Charter.
§ 2.2 CONSTRUCTION.
   The powers of the city under this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the city, and the specific mention of particular powers in the Charter shall not be construed as limiting the general powers stated in this Charter or granted to home rule cities under state law.
§ 2.3 EXERCISE OF POWERS.
   The powers of the city shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. If this Charter does not provide a procedure for the exercise of any power granted to the city, then a procedure for the exercise of that power contained in a Michigan statute may be invoked by the Commission. If alternate procedures exist under the statutes, the Commission shall select the procedure to be followed. If neither this Charter nor state statutes provide a procedure for the exercise of any power granted to the city, the Commission shall prescribe by ordinance or resolution a procedure for the exercise of the power.
§ 2.4 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
   The city may exercise any of its powers and perform any of its functions jointly or in cooperation with, by contract or otherwise, the United States, Canada, one or more states, and political subdivisions or public agencies thereof.
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