§ 98. Prohibiting Relief from Assessment, Etc.  


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  • The City Council shall not have the power to relieve any citizen from the payment of any lawful tax, assessment, fine or license, bond or security, nor to exempt that person from any burden imposed upon him by law or ordinance or to ordain the payment of any demand not authorized and audited according to law. The City Council shall not have power to ordain or authorize any compromise of any disputed demand arising under contracts, or any allowance therefore or therein, except as provided in the contract therefore. The City Council shall not have authority nor power to authorize or ordain the payment of any damages or claim for alleged injuries to persons or property except by resolution, adopted by a vote of three-fifths ( 3/5 ) vote of the Council as a whole.

(Ord. No. 24, 4th series, eff. 9-29-06)