(a) The City may, by ordinance, transfer or consolidate functions of the City government to or with appropriate functions of the state or county government or other governmental entities, or make use of functions of the state or county government or other governmental entities. The Charter provisions providing for the function of the City government transferred or consolidated may, by ordinance, be suspended during the continuation of the transfer or consolidation. Any transfer or consolidation may be repealed by ordinance, which repeal will terminate the suspension of the Charter provisions providing for the transferred or consolidated functions. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting transfers or consolidations approved prior to the operative date of the Charter.
(b) The City may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing of its efforts, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with one or more other cities, states, or other governmental bodies, the United States or any of its agencies.