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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all powers of the City, including the determination of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the Council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Council shall have power:

(1) To appoint and remove the City Manager as provided in this Charter when the City is operating under the Council-Manager form of government;

(2) By ordinance to enact legislation relating to any or all subjects and matters not prohibited by law or this Charter;

(3) To adopt the budget, raise revenue, and make appropriations; and regulate salaries and wages and all other fiscal affairs of the City;

(4) To inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the City government, and investigate municipal affairs;

(5) To appoint or elect and remove the City Attorney and any other personnel in the Department of Law, election personnel, the members of the Personnel Board, the members of the Planning Commission, the members of the Board of Adjustment, and other quasi-legislative, quasi-judicial, or advisory officers and authorities, now or when and if established, or prescribe the method of appointing or electing and removing them;

(6) To create, change, and abolish all offices, departments, and agencies of the City government other than the offices, departments, and agencies created by this Charter; and to assign additional powers, duties, and functions to offices, departments, and agencies created by this Charter.