Section 107.8 – Contract for Lighting; Time Limitation; Privileges Extended to Company.
107.8 Contract for lighting; time limitation; privileges extended to company. Sec. 8. The council may contract from year to year, or for a period of time not exceeding 10 years with any person or persons, or with any duly authorized corporation, for the supplying of such city or the inhabitants thereof, or both, with gas, […]
Section 108.14 – Election of Board; Time, Notice; Form of Proposition.
108.14 Election of board; time, notice; form of proposition. Sec. 14. An election under the provisions of this chapter cannot be held oftener than once in 2 years and notice of such election shall be given in the same manner and for the same length of time as is provided in the charter of such […]
Section 107.9 – City Lighting Plant; Care and Control Ordinances.
107.9 City lighting plant; care and control ordinances. Sec. 9. The council may enact such ordinances and adopt such resolutions as may be necessary for the care, protection, preservation and control of the lighting works, and all the fixtures, appurtenances, apparatus, buildings and machinery connected therewith or belonging thereto, and to carry into effect the […]
Section 109.1 – Fire Protection; Ordinances and Regulations; Fire Department, Establishment.
109.1 Fire protection; ordinances and regulations; fire department, establishment. Sec. 1. The council of any city shall have power to enact such ordinances and establish and enforce such regulations as they shall deem necessary to guard against the occurrence of fires, and to protect the property and persons of the citizens against damage and accident […]
Section 107.10 – Repairs, Alterations, and Extensions; Title Retention Contract Providing for Payment From Available Net Revenues; Construction.
107.10 Repairs, alterations, and extensions; title retention contract providing for payment from available net revenues; construction. Sec. 10. Repairs, alterations, and extensions may also be provided by the city council by contract for the making and installation of repairs, alterations, and extensions, which contract shall not impose a general obligation on the city, but which […]
Section 109.2 – Fire Equipment; Water Supply.
109.2 Fire equipment; water supply. Sec. 2. The council may purchase and provide suitable fire engines and such other apparatus, instruments and means for the use of the department as may be deemed necessary for the extinguishment of fires; and may sink wells and construct cisterns and reservoirs in the streets, public grounds and other […]
Section 108.1 – Board of Public Works; Members, Appointment, Terms.
108.1 Board of public works; members, appointment, terms. Sec. 1. There may be created and constituted in every city, subject to the provisions of this act, a board of public works composed of 5 members, who shall be freeholders and electors of the city and shall serve without compensation. Such board shall, as near as […]
Section 109.3 – Fire Houses.
109.3 Fire houses. Sec. 3. The council may also provide or erect all necessary and suitable buildings for keeping the engines, carriages, teams and fire apparatus of the department. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;– CL 1897, 3279 ;– CL 1915, 3201 ;– CL 1929, 2125 ;– CL 1948, 109.3
Section 108.2 – Board of Public Works; Officers, Election, Duties; Quorum.
108.2 Board of public works; officers, election, duties; quorum. Sec. 2. Said board shall, within 10 days after their first appointment and annually thereafter during the month of May, organize and elect 1 of their number president. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The city clerk shall […]
Section 108.3 – Board of Public Works; Powers and Duties.
108.3 Board of public works; powers and duties. Sec. 3. The said board of public works, subject to the direction of the council, is hereby charged and entrusted with the following duties, powers and responsibilities: First, The construction, management, supervision and control of such waterworks as are or shall be owned by the city; Second, […]