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Mro Winston C. Johnson - 4 August 5, 1970 <br /> • <br /> Ordinance # 1 provides for the operation by the city of a <br /> swimming pool. Chapter XV of the Faribault City Charter, which <br /> lists certain general powers of the city, provides in part; <br /> "SECTION 113. With or in addition to all other rights, <br /> powers and privileges given by the constitution and <br /> general laws of the state, the city of Faribault shall <br /> have power: <br /> (1) INSTITUTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORK, AND RECREATION. To <br /> acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, and to <br /> establish, maintain, equip, own and operate. .places <br /> of recreation. . .and all other public buildings, <br /> places, works and institutions necessary for the good <br /> of the city. " (Emphasis added) <br /> The power of the city to enter into a lease for the operation of <br /> a swimming pool with the ultimate goal of purchasing such a swim- <br /> ming pool is thus within the general powers of the city as con- <br /> tained in Chapter XV of the city charter. <br /> Therefore, the proposed ordinance directing the city of <br /> Faribault to enter into the above-mentioned arrangement with White <br /> Sands Beach, Inc. , would not enact a new law or confer any additional <br /> power on city officials; rather it would direct the city to exercise <br /> an existing power and administer a law already made. Furthermore, <br /> the proposed ordinance is not a general law but a specific and <br /> detailed plan directing the city to negotiate with a certain company, <br /> by a specified time, at a stated price. The subject matter of such <br />