The Mayor and Council jointly shall be the governing body of
Scranton City Government.
The powers of the city government shall be divided among the
executive and legislative branches of the city government. Power belonging
to one branch of the government shall not be exercised by the other
branch, except as expressly provided in this charter.
Where the city government has any power or duty and the responsibility
for the exercise of such power or the performance of such duty is
not fixed by this charter or by general law or special law, the power
or duty shall be exercised or performed as follows: All powers and
duties of the city government which are legislative in nature shall
be exercised and performed by the council. All powers and duties which
are executive in nature shall be exercised or performed by the Mayor
or such other executive officer of the city government as the Mayor
may designate except as otherwise specifically provided herein. In
the event the nature of any power or duty is uncertain, or the law
creating such power or duty requires cooperation between branches
of the city government, the president of council and the mayor shall
fix the responsibility for the exercise of such power or the performance
of such duty.
The governing body of the City of Scranton shall exercise all
powers which may now or hereafter be possible for a municipal corporation
in this state to exercise except as may be limited by this charter.
This Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City of
Scranton and the specific mention of particular powers in this Charter
shall not be construed as limiting in any way the generality of the
power herein sought to be conferred.
The City of Scranton shall have the power to enter into intergovernmental
cooperative arrangements as shall be provided under existing law.
