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Section 6.03. Administrative organization. <br />The council may by ordinance establish or abolish city departments, offices, and <br />agencies and prescribe their functions. No power or duty conferred by this charterupon a <br />particular office or agency sha11 be transferred to any other. <br />Section 6.04. Purchases and contracts. <br />The city manager sha11 be the chief purchasing agent of the city. All city <br />purchases and contracts sha11 be made or let by the city manager when the amount <br />involved does not exceed an amount establisheci by the council; but all claims resulting <br />therefrom sha11 be audited and approved by the council. All other purchases sha11 be <br />made and a11 other contracts let by the council after the recommendation of the city <br />manager has first been obtained. Contracts sha11 be made in compliance with the uniform <br />contracting law, and whenever competitive bids are required, the contract sha11 be let to <br />the lowest responsible bidder. All contracts, bonds, and instruments of any kind to which <br />the city is a party sha11 be signed by the mayor and the city manager on behalf of the city <br />and sha11 be executed in the name of the city. The council may by ordinance adopt <br />further regulations for the making of bids and the letting of contracts. <br />CHAPTER 7, <br />TAXATION AND FINANCES <br />Section 7.01. Council to control finances. <br />The council sha11 ha�e full authority over the financial affairs of the city. lt sha11 <br />provide for the collection of a11 revenues and other assets, the auditing and settlement of <br />accounts, and the safekeeping and disbursement of public moneys. <br />Section 7.02. Fiscal year. <br />The fiscal year of the city sha11 be the calendar year. <br />Section 7.03. System of taxation. <br />Subject to the state constitution, and except as forbidden by it or by state law, the <br />council sha11 ha�e full power to provide by ordinance for a system of local taxation. This <br />authority includes the power by ordinance to assess, levy, and collecttaxes on a11 subjects <br />or objects of taxation except as limited or prohibited by the state constitution, by this <br />charter or by laws imposing restrictions upon the city irrespective of charter provisions. <br />Proposed (7�aiterforCYtyofRaseviile, MN 11 <br />Adopted 8/21 /02 <br />