The municipal corporation now existing and known as the “City
of Grand Junction” shall remain and continue to be a body politic
and corporate under the same name and with the same boundaries, with
power and authority to change its boundaries in manner authorized
by law.
By the name of the “City of Grand Junction,” the
city--
(a)
Shall
have perpetual succession, and shall own, possess and hold all property,
real and personal, theretofore owned, possessed or held by the said
City of Grand Junction, and shall assume, manage and dispose of all
trusts in any way connected therewith;
(b)
Shall
succeed to all the rights and liabilities and shall acquire all benefits,
and shall assume and pay all bonds, obligations and indebtedness of
said City of Grand Junction; by that name may sue and defend, plead
and be impleaded, in all courts and places, and in all matters and
proceedings; may have and use a common seal and alter the same at
pleasure; may purchase, receive, hold and enjoy, or sell and dispose
of, real and personal property;
(c)
May
receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of property in
fee simple, or trust for public, charitable, or other purposes; and
to all things and acts necessary to carry out the purpose of such
gifts, bequests and donations, with power to manage, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of the same in accordance with the terms of the
gift, bequest or donation;
(d)
Shall
have the power, within or without its territorial limits, to construct,
condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain,
conduct and operate waterworks, light plants, telephone systems, power
plants, transportation systems, heating plants, and any other public
utilities or works or ways, or any contracts in relation or connection
therewith, that may exist and which said city may desire to purchase,
in whole or in part, the same or any part thereof may be purchased
by said city, which may enforce such purchase by proceedings at law
as in taking land for public use by right of eminent domain, and shall
have the power to issue bonds upon the vote of the taxpaying electors,
at any special or general election, in any amount necessary to carry
out any of said powers or purposes;
(e)
The
legislative, executive and judicial powers of the city shall extend
to all matters of local and municipal government, it being the intent
hereof that the specifications of particular powers by any other provision
of this Charter shall never be construed as impairing the effect of
the general grant of powers of local government hereby bestowed;
(f)
The
city shall also have all powers, privileges and functions which, by
or pursuant to the Constitution of this State, have been, or could
be granted to or exercised by any city of the first or second class;
(g)
All
powers of the city shall, except as otherwise provided in this Charter,
be vested in its elective officers, subject to distribution and delegation
of such powers as provided in this Charter or by ordinance.
