The City Council has the power to:
(A) Determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for improper conduct;
(B) Make and pass all by-laws, ordinances, orders and resolutions not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or of the state, or of the provisions of state law, necessary for the government or management of the affairs of the municipality, for the execution of the powers vested in the body corporate by the state;
(C) Fix compensation for, and prescribe the duties of, all officers and other employees of the municipality, subject to the limitations set forth in the laws of Montana;
(D) Require a report in detail from any officer of the municipality at any time regarding the transactions of his or her office, or any matter connected therewith;
(E) Make any and all contracts necessary to carry into effect the powers granted by the laws of Montana, and to provide for the manner of executing the same;
(F) Make regulations authorizing the police of the municipality to make arrests of persons charged with crime, within the limits of the municipality and within five miles thereof, and along the line of the water supply of the municipality; and
(G) Impose fines and penalties for the violation of any municipal ordinance, but no fine or penalty shall exceed $500 and no imprisonment shall exceed six months for any one offense.
(1992 Code, § 2-1-202)