CHAPTER II.  MUNICIPAL POWERS

GENERAL POWERS
	Section 2.1  Unless otherwise provided or limited in this charter the City shall
	possess and be vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities, expressed
	or implied, which cities are permitted by law to exercise or to include in their
	charter.

EXERCISE OF POWERS
	Section 2.2  Where no procedure is set forth in this charter for the exercise of
	any power granted to or possessed by the city or its officers, the Council shall
	prescribe a reasonable procedure for the exercise thereof by ordinance, subject
	to such limitations as may be imposed by law. Where a particular mode for
	exercising the power is made mandatory by law, then such law shall govern.
	Where alternative procedures are found in different laws, the Council shall adopt
	the procedure which it deems to be most expedient and to the best advantage of
	the City and its inhabitants.

UTILITY POWERS
	Section 2.3  The City shall have the right as provided by the Constitution of
	the State of Michigan and the laws of this state to acquire, own or operate,
	within or without its corporate limits, public service facilities for supplying water,
	light, heat, power, sewage disposal and transportation to the municipality and
	the inhabitants thereof; to provide by ordinance for the collection of all utility
	service charges and for a lien upon the real property supplied by each utility
	service for the collection of such utility service charges; and for the disposal of
	public service facilities in accordance with the Constitution and laws of this state.

Cross-reference:
	Sewers, see Chapter 51 of the City Code
	Water, see Chapter 52 of the City Code