(A) For purposes of convenience, the city may employ one person to hold any of the following offices, at any given time: City Finance Officer; Assistant to the Finance Officer; Superintendent of Public Utilities; and Assistant(s) to the Superintendent of Utilities.
(B) (1) The City Council shall have the power to extend, modify, or rebuild any public utility under its management and control and to do anything such City Council deems necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such utility. Said Council may enter necessary contracts for these purposes in accordance with state law.
(2) The City Council shall have the power to employ all necessary help for the management and operation of the utility under its control and management, prescribe duties of its employees, and fix their compensation.
(3) The City Council shall have the power to buy all fuel and supplies, and where the utility is engaged in distribution, it may purchase wholesale gas for municipal distribution.
(4) The City Council shall have the power to fix reasonable rates and to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for utility service supplied by the municipally owned public utility under its control and management within the limits provided by the statutes of the state.
(5) The City Council shall have the power to enter into all necessary working agreements with the officials or agents of the city. Such agreements may contemplate arrangements for furnishing utility services for the city compensation for use by the city, of buildings, equipment, and personnel under the control of the other and transfers of surplus funds in the controls of the City Council to the General Fund of the city.
(6) Nothing herein is to be construed as vesting any power or powers in any such City Council or in the city beyond the powers now vested in municipal corporations relative to the management and control of utilities.
(Ord. 517, passed 9-15-1997)