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The payroll of the City shall be certified each month to the Council, and in no case shall more than one-twelfth (1/12) of the sum appropriated for any yearly salary be available in any one month. An annual audit of the accounts of the City by independent expert public accountants shall be provided for by the Council. (Prop. 1, 5-5-90)
The ownership, control and use of the streets, highways, alleys, parks and dedicated public places of the City are inalienable to this City except by ordinance. The City has the power, subject to the terms and provisions hereof, to confer upon any person or corporation a non-exclusive franchise or right to use the property of the City for the purpose of furnishing to the public any general public service, over the streets, highways, alleys, parks and public property of said City, or for any other purpose whereby a right to appropriate or use in whole or in part such streets, highways, alleys, parks and other property of the City is necessary and proper. (Second sentence previously sec. 36)
The franchise ordinance shall not be passed finally until its third and final reading, which readings shall be at three (3) separate regular meetings of the Council, the last of which shall take place not less than thirty (30) days from the first; no ordinance granting a franchise shall pass any reading except by a vote of a majority of the entire Council. (Previously sec. 38)
No franchise granting any such right or easement shall ever be valid unless expressly granted and exercised in compliance with the terms hereof and of the ordinance granting the same; and no act or omission of the City, its governing body, officers or agents shall ever be construed to confer or extend by estoppel or indirection, any right, franchise or easement not expressly granted by ordinance as above provided. (Props. 1 and 12, 5-5-90)
Sec. 36. Reserved. (Moved to sec. 35) (Prop. 12, 5-5-90)
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