The city council shall have authority to establish by ordinance
such boards and commissions as it may deem necessary for the conduct
of city business and management of municipal affairs. The authority,
functions and responsibilities of such boards and commissions shall
be such as is spelled out in the ordinance establishing them. All
existing boards and commissions heretofore established shall be continued
in accordance with the ordinance or other acts under which they have
been created, or until the city council shall by ordinance abolish,
modify or alter the ordinances or acts under which they exist. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this charter the elected city council shall
have paramount authority over all matters in connection with boards
and commissions affecting the budgets, appropriation of funds, expenditures,
purchases and sale of properties and procedures for accounting therefor,
consistent with the express provisions of this charter and applicable
provisions of the Constitution and laws of this state.
