City Charter
Listed below are important city documents for you to view and download. If you have trouble viewing the PDFs you can download the latest version of Acrobat Reader.
The PDF document contains the following:
Pre-amble - 1
Chapter 1 Name & Boundaries - 1
Chapter 2 Municipal Powers - 1
Chapter 3 Elections - 2
Chapter 4 Organization of Government - 7
Chapter 5 General Provisions – Officers, Personnel - 14
Chapter 6 The Commission Procedure and Miscellaneous Power and Duties - 21
Chapter 7 Legislation - 25
Chapter 8 General Finance - 30
Chapter 9 Taxation - 33
Chapter 10 Special Assessments - 38
Chapter 11 Borrowing Power - 44
Chapter 12 Purchasing – Contracts – Leases - 46
Chapter 13 Municipal Utilities - 49
Chapter 14 Public Utility Franchises - 51
Chapter 15 Miscellaneous - 53
Chapter 16 Schedule & Transitional Provisions - 56
General Index - 59-66