Merced Municipal Code Art. II Powers of City

The City shall have the power to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to such restrictions and limitations as may be provided in this Charter and in the Constitution of the State of California. It shall also have the power to exercise any and all rights, powers and privileges heretofore or hereafter established, granted or prescribed by any law of the State, by this Charter, or by other lawful authority, or which a municipal corporation might or could exercise under the Constitution of the State of California. The enumeration in this Charter of any particular power shall not be held to be exclusive of, or any limitation upon, this general grant of power.

To the fullest extent allowed by the Constitution of the State of California, the City hereby establishes its plenary authority in all forms of contracting, specifically exempts itself from the provisions of the California Public Contract Code and specifically reserves the right to determine the manner in which it contracts for public works.

(Amended November 6, 2007).

The city shall have the power to and may act pursuant to procedure established by any law of the state, unless a different procedure is established by ordinance.