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<br />ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENTS
<br />REV: 06-25-18 VR
<br />vested in the Board; provided, however, that with the approval of the cCouncil, the Board may
<br />relinquish to the cCouncil control of portions of the said area and likewise, upon request of the
<br />Board, the cCouncil may, by ordinance, enlarge the Port Area.
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<br />(5) To require owners of the water terminal properties and facilities within the Port to keep the
<br />same in proper condition and repair and to maintain them with especial reference to the safety
<br />of persons and property and the reduction of fire hazard or nuisance, and it shall have the right
<br />to inspect such terminal facilities at reasonable times.
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<br />(6) To regulate and control all public service and public utilities operated in connection with,
<br />or for the promotion and accommodation of commerce, navigation or fishery in the Port Area;
<br />to fix the proper license fees to be paid to the cCity by any person, firm or corporation operating
<br />any such public service or utility; and to fix and regulate the rates or tolls to be charged or
<br />collected for services furnished by any such public service or utility. The Board shall have the
<br />right, at all reasonable times, to have access to, and in person, or by its duly authorized
<br />representatives, to examine the books, papers, maps and records showing the affairs,
<br />transactions, property and financial condition of such persons, firms or corporations, and to
<br />require reports respecting said matters from such persons, firms or corporations at such times
<br />and in such form as the Board may prescribe. The amounts of the license fees to be paid to the
<br />cCity by any such person, firm or corporation, operating any such public service or utility, and
<br />the rates or tolls to be charged and collected for service furnished or supplied by such public
<br />service or utility shall be fixed by the Board by ordinance.
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<br />(7) To fix all rates, dockage, rentals, tolls, pilotage, wharfage, and charges, for the use and
<br />occupation of the public facilities or appliances of the Port and for services rendered by the Port
<br />Department, and to provide for the collection thereof.
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<br />(8) To purchase materials and/or supplies without soliciting or advertising for bids in an
<br />amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). Every contract for any purchase of
<br />materials and/or supplies, the estimated cost of which is more than twenty thousand dollars
<br />($20,000) but less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), shall be awarded to the lowest
<br />responsible bidder after solicitation of bids without public advertisement. Every contract for any
<br />purchase of materials and/or supplies, the estimated cost of which is fifty thousand dollars
<br />($50,000) or more, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after public advertisement
<br />therefor. The Board shall have the power to reject any and all bids, and solicit or advertise again.
<br />All solicitations and advertisements as to purchases shall contain a reservation of the foregoing
<br />right.
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<br />(9) To enter into contracts, agreements, leases, or stipulations, germane to the scope of its
<br />powers and duties.
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<br />(10) To let all work by contract or order it done by day labor, as the Board may determine.
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<br />(11) To employ and appoint a Port Manager, who shall hold his their position during the pleasure
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