All powers of the City and the determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the City Council. Without limitation of the foregoing and among the other powers that may be exercised by the City Council, the following are enumerated for greater certainty. The City Council may:
(1) Remove from any office or position of employment in the City government, any officer or employee or member of any board or commission, unless that person reports to the City Manager or is employed in one of the City departments under the direction of the City Manager;
(2) Establish, consolidate or abolish administrative departments;
(3) Adopt the budget of the City;
(4) Authorize the issuance of bonds;
(5) Provide for such additional boards and commissions, not otherwise provided for in this Charter, as may be deemed necessary, and appoint the members of all such boards and commissions. Such boards and commissions shall have ail powers and duties now or hereafter conferred and created by this Charter, by City ordinance or by law;
(6) Adopt and modify the zoning plan and the building code of the City;
(7) Adopt and modify the official map of the City;
(8) Regulate, license and fix the charges or fares made by any person, firm or corporation owning, operating or controlling any vehicle of any character used for the carrying of passengers for hire on the public streets and alleys of the City;
(9) Provide for the establishment and designations of fire limits and prescribe the kind and character of buildings or structures or improvements to be erected therein, and provide for the erection of fireproof buildings within said limits, and provide for condemnation of dangerous structures or buildings or dilapidated buildings, or buildings calculated to increase the fire hazard and prescribe the manner of their removal or destruction within said limits;
(10) Adopt, modify and carry out plans for improvement and redevelopment of any area of the City which may have been destroyed in whole or part by disaster;
(11) Adopt, modify and carry out plans for the clearance of slums and the rehabilitation of blighted areas;
(12) Fix the salaries and compensation of the City officers and employees;
(13) Provide for a sanitary sewer and water system and require property owners to connect with such sewer system, and provide for penalties for failure to make sanitary sewer connections;
(14) Provide for garbage disposal, and set fees and charges therefor, and provide penalties for failure to pay such fees and charges;
(15) Exercise exclusive dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon, over and under the public streets, avenues, sidewalks, alleys, highways, boulevards and public grounds of the City and provide for the improvement of same;
(16) Compromise and settle any and all claims and lawsuits of every kind and character in favor of or against the City.