The city’s indebtedness may not exceed debt limits imposed by state law. A city officer or employee who creates or officially approves indebtedness in excess of this limitation is jointly and severally liable for the excess. A charter amendment is not required to authorize city indebtedness.
Insofar as consistent with this charter, and until amended or repealed, all ordinances in force when the charter takes effect retain the effect they have at that time.
All charter provisions adopted before this charter takes effect, with the exception of Chapter 16, “Water Intake Relocation”, and Chapter 17, “Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities Plan”, which shall become Chapters 11 and 12 respectively, of this charter, are hereby repealed.
The terms of this charter are severable. If a part of the charter is held invalid, that invalidity does not affect another part of the charter, except as the logical relation between the two parts requires.