§ 16.6. [Provision of commision or board to manage waterworks system.]

The Council may provide ordinance for the appointment of a commission or board to take the charge and management of the waterworks system of the City of Alpena in the manner and to the extent that the Council shall deem proper and expedient and such ordinance may provide for and regulate the purchasing of supplies, materials and equipment, contracting for improvements, repairs and alterations, rates to be charged, accounting and fiscal policies, employment of waterworks personnel, the making and enforcement of rules and regulations governing the supplying of water to the users thereof, and any other matter relating to the operation of said waterworks in such manner as to the Council shall seem best, anything in this Charter to the contrary notwithstanding. Such ordinance may provide for the appointment of the members of the board by the Council and may require that said board report to and be directly responsible to the Council. Such ordinance may also provide that said board shall have the authority and power and perform the duties otherwise delegated to the City Manager by this Charter with respect to the operation and management of the waterworks. The compensation of the members of the board may be established by such ordinance.

(Amd. No. 2, 4-6-1953)