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The City Council shall pass ordinances as permitted by law for the employment of all necessary construction codes, and providing for the inspection and supervision for all structures and buildings within the city and for the inspection and condemnation of hazardous buildings and structures and for the removal thereof and the assessment of costs thereof. The city shall have full power to condemn all dangerous buildings or obstruction of every kind, and shall provide regulations therefor by ordinance.
The City Council is hereby vested with authority to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire all lands and personal property, whether situated inside or outside of the city, necessary or requisite for creating and preserving an adequate water supply or extending the same for said city, and to carry and transport such water to consumers and the inhabitants thereof for domestic, business, manufacturing or other purposes.
In cases of extraordinary public disaster or calamity necessitating the expenditure of funds beyond those contemplated by the appropriation budget, the City Council shall have the power to obtain the necessary funds to meet such unexpected contingencies in whatever way and manner they deem most advisable, and the limitations prescribed in other portions of this Charter prohibiting a greater expenditure than that provided for by the appropriation budget shall not apply in this character of cases.
No councilperson or other officer or employee of the city shall accept any frank, free ticket, pass or service directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation operating a public service utility within the city upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be made a misdemeanor by proper ordinance.
(a) All city contracts calling for or requiring the expenditure or payment of an amount required by state law to be submitted to competitive bids must be submitted to competitive bids in accordance with state law. The city shall have the right to reject any and all bids. Any contract submitted to competitive bids shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, quality considered.
(b) The City Council shall by ordinance establish rules by which a contract may be signed by the city manager without City Council approval; provided, however, that a contract which is required to be bid and which is let to other than the lowest bidder shall be first approved by the City Council. All contracts other than those prescribed by ordinance which allow the city manager to sign same without City Council approval shall be approved by the City Council and shall not be binding upon the city unless or until so approved.
The provisions of this section, as amended, shall take effect on January 1, 1984.
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