The inhabitants of the Town of Bridgeton within the corporate
limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal body politic
and corporate in perpetuity under the name of the City of Bridgeton.
The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be of
the type generally known as a Mayor-Council government. All powers
of the City shall be vested in the Mayor and Councilmen subject only
to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of the State of Missouri
and this Charter, except as hereinafter otherwise specified.
The City shall have all powers of local self-government and
home rule and all powers possible for any City to have under the constitution
and laws of the State of Missouri or which the General Assembly would
be competent to grant to any City. The City may exercise all municipal
powers, functions, privileges, rights, and immunities of every name
and nature. Such powers shall be exercised in the manner prescribed
in this Charter or, if not prescribed herein, in such manner as may
be prescribed by the City Council. The enumeration of particular powers
in this Charter is not exclusive of others, nor restrictive of general
words or phrases granting powers, nor shall a grant or failure to
grant power in this Article impair a power granted in any part of
this Charter; whether powers, objects, or purposes are expressed conjunctively
or disjunctively; they shall be construed so as to permit the City
to exercise freely any one (1) or more such powers as to any one (1)
or more such objects or any one (1) or more such purposes.
The City may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its
functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or
in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with the State of Missouri,
or subdivisions thereof, or any other City or public body, or agencies
thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof.