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Temporary permits for public utilities, revocable at any time at the will of the City Council, may be granted by the City Council by resolution on such terms and conditions as it shall determine, provided that such permits shall in no event be construed to be franchises or amendments to franchises.
(a) Every public utility franchise shall be subject to the right of the City to use, control, and regulate the use of its streets, alleys, bridges, and public places, and the space above and beneath them. Every public utility shall pay such part of the cost of improvement or maintenance of streets, alleys, bridges, and public places, as shall arise from its use thereof, and shall protect and save the City harmless from all damages arising from said use.
(b) Every public utility may be required by the City to permit joint use of its property and appurtenances located in the streets, alleys and public places of the City, by the City and other utilities, insofar as such joint use may be reasonably practicable and upon payment of reasonable rental therefor. In the absence of agreement on such rental, upon application by any public utility, the City Council shall provide for arbitration of the terms and conditions of such joint use and the compensation to be paid therefor, which award shall be final.
(a) Any person who is not required by law to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Michigan Public Service Commission shall not commence operation of any public utility or public utility service in the City without first obtaining from the City Council a certificate of convenience and necessity from the City.
(b) Before a certificate shall be granted, the person desiring it shall file with the City Clerk-Treasurer an application setting forth the name of the person making the application, its personnel, partnership, corporate or other organizational status, a current verified financial statement, the names of all other municipalities in which it supplies public utility services, and the names of all persons having a financial interest in the business, and of its corporate officers, if the applicant be a corporation.
(c) The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the application, with notice given to the applicant and to all persons rendering like services in the City, at least ten days before the date of the hearing. In determining the question of public convenience and necessity, the City Council shall take into consideration the services being rendered by others in the City, the investment required by the applicant for rendering the proposed services, the information set forth in the application, the experience of other municipalities concerning the applicant, and the benefit or lack thereof to the public, if any, in rates and other matters which would result from the granting or denial of the certificate.
CHAPTER XIV: CONTRACTS
The power to authorize the making of contracts on behalf of the City is vested in the City Council, and shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of the law. All contracts, except as otherwise provided by ordinance in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, shall be authorized by the City Council, and shall be signed on behalf of the City by the Mayor and the City Clerk-Treasurer.
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