The Mayor and Council shall have the power to employ such officers
and employees as it deems necessary to execute the powers and duties
provided by this Charter or other authority and to operate the City
government.
The Mayor and Council shall provide by ordinance or resolution
for appointment and promotions in the administrative service on the
basis of merit fitness. To carry out this purpose, the Mayor and Council
shall have the power to adopt such rules and regulations governing
the operation of a merit or personnel system as it deems desirable
or necessary. Among other things, these rules and regulations may
provide for a classification plan, a compensation plan, a probation
period, appeals by employees included within the classified service
from dismissal or other disciplinary action and vacation and sick
leave regulations.
In addition to and not in limitation of the powers of the Mayor
and Council enumerated elsewhere in this Charter, the Mayor and Council
shall have the power to grant and regulate franchises which may be
deemed advantageous and beneficial to the City, and to receive compensation
for such grant, subject to the limitations and provisions of § 1-708
and § 5-204 of the Local Government Article, Annotated Code
of Maryland and applicable state law. No franchise shall be granted
for a longer period than 50 years.
The City may condemn property of any kind, or interest therein
or franchise connected therewith, in fee or as an easement, within
the corporate limits of the City of College Park for any public purpose.
Any activity, project or improvement authorized by the provisions
of this Charter or any other state law applicable to the City of College
Park is a public purpose.
The Mayor and Council may pass such ordinances as it may deem
necessary for the preservation of the health of residents of the City
and to remove all nuisances from and prohibit all business within
the corporate limits thereof as shall, in its opinion, affect the
sanitary conditions thereof.
The Mayor and Council shall have the power, in its discretion,
to enact a Building Code to be applicable to all real property improvements
or structures erected within the City.
[Amended 4-24-2018 by Res. No. 18-CR-02]
The Mayor and Council shall have the power to pass such ordinances
as may be necessary to provide for the establishment and maintenance
of a refuse collection and disposal service. These ordinances shall
set forth the rules and regulations that will be applicable to all
property from which refuse is collected.
In addition to and not in limitation of the powers of the Mayor
and Council and of the City of College Park enumerated elsewhere in
this Charter, the City of College Park shall have the power to own
or finance any interest in real or personal property outside the corporate
limits of the City upon an express determination by the Mayor and
Council that such acquisition or financing is reasonably necessary
to implement a lawful purpose, program, objective or function of the
City of College Park.