The City of El Reno, Oklahoma, within the corporate limits as
now established or as hereafter may be established, shall continue
to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity under the
name of "City of El Reno." It shall succeed to and possess all the
property, rights, privileges, franchises, powers and immunities now
belonging to the corporation known as the City of El Reno, Oklahoma;
and shall be liable for all debts and other obligations for which
the corporation is legally bound at the time this charter goes into
effect.
The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known
as a "council-manager government." All powers of the city shall be
exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter, or, if the manner
is not thus prescribed, then in such manner as the council may prescribe.
The city shall have all powers, functions, rights, privileges,
franchises and immunities granted to cities by the state constitution
and law, and all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution
all the powers granted. Except as prohibited by the state constitution
and law, the city shall have all municipal powers, functions, rights,
privileges, franchises and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
The city shall have power to adopt a corporate seal and to alter
it at pleasure, to sue and to be sued, and to make contracts. It shall
have power to acquire property within or without its corporate limits
for any city purpose, including public utilities, works and ways,
in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift,
devise, lease, condemnation or other legal means; and to hold, maintain,
improve, enlarge, manage, control, operate, lease, sell, convey or
otherwise dispose of, such property as its interests may require,
including public utilities, works and ways. It shall have power to
issue bonds in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by
the state constitution and law. It shall have power, within the limits
prescribed by the state constitution and law, to accept and administer
federal and state grants-in-aid and to do everything necessary to
accomplish the purpose or purposes for which such grants may be made.
It shall have power to ordain and to enforce local legislation, consistent
with the state constitution and law, for the proper organization and
functioning of the city government, for the preservation and enforcement
of good government and order, for the protection of health, life,
morals and property, for the prevention, summary abatement and removal
of nuisances, and otherwise for the promotion of the common welfare.
It shall have power to grant, extend and renew franchises in accordance
with the state constitution and law.
The enumeration or mention of particular powers by this charter
shall not be deemed to be exclusive or limiting; and in addition to
the powers enumerated or mentioned herein or implied hereby, the city
shall have all powers which, under the state constitution and law,
it would be competent for this charter specifically to enumerate or
mention.
Provisions of state law relating to matters which may be regulated
by cities operating under charters, shall be in effect only insofar
as they are applicable and are not superseded by this charter or by
ordinance.