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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CHARTER <br /> <br />2.10 <br /> <br />i. Provide for the establishment and designation of fire limits and to prescribe the kind <br />and character of buildings or structures or improvements to be erected therein, and to <br />provide for the erection of fireproof buildings within certain limits, and to provide for <br />the condemnation of dangerous structures or buildings or dilapidated buildings <br />calculated to increase the fire hazard and the manner of their removal or destruction. <br /> <br />j, Approve assessment rolls as returned to it by the board of equalization and adopt same <br />as the assessment rolls to be used for the collection of taxes for the current year. <br /> <br />k. Control and distribute all contingent appropriations. Expenditures from a contingent <br />appropriation shall require prior approval of council. A contingent appropriation shall <br />be disbursed only by transfer to a departmental appropriation, the spending of which <br />shall be charged to the department or activity for which the appropriation is made. <br /> <br />2.10. Additional discretionary powers. <br /> <br />In addition to the above powers a~d without limitation of such, city council shall have the <br />power to. and may at its discretion, do any or all of the following: <br /> <br />a. Public library. Council shall have the authority to establish and maintain a free public <br />library within the city and to cooperate with any person, firm. association or <br />corporation under such terms as council may prescribe for the establishment of such <br />free public library. For budget purposes. the library shall be considered as a depart- <br />ment of the city and the appropriations therefor shall comply with all the budgetary <br />requirements as outlined in this Charter and as may be prescribed from time to time <br />by council. <br /> <br />b. Hospital. <br />1. Operation. The city shall have ~he authority to acquire, establish and own, eitl)er <br />by purchase, donations, bequest or otherwise. all property that may be useful or <br />necessary for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a municipal hospital. <br />Upon establishment of such hospital, council shall create a hospital board with <br />membership and compensation deemed appropriate by council, which shall <br />operate the hospital subject only to such direction and supervision as shall be <br />contained in any ordinance or ordinances enacted by council. <br /> <br />2. Finances. All funds belonging to said hospital, whether classed as funds received <br />in course of operation, or otherwise, shall be kept in a separate hospital fund to <br />be used only for the operation and maintenance of said hospital, except that such <br />funds may be used by the city for general operating purposes with the express <br />consent of the hospital board. <br /> <br />The hospital board shall submit a quarterly operating statement to council, and <br />an annual audit to coincide with the fiscal year of the city. <br /> <br />c. Zoning. <br /> <br />1. Power. For the purposes of promoting the health, safety, morals or general welfare <br />of the city. council may by ordinance regulate the location, height, bulk and size <br /> <br />CHT: 11 <br />