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.
The City of Scranton may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or condemnation any property which may be needed by the City of Scranton for any public use or purpose according to proceedings set forth in the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 26 P.S. § 1-101 et seq.