Powers of Board [City Council].
Tampa Related Laws, art. XXI, § 21.11
in effectSec. 21.11. - Powers of Board [City Council].
The Board [City Council] shall have power to authorize and provide for:
(a) all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and to the execution of its powers under this Act [division], including contracts for the sale of water from the waterworks system to public and private consumers within and without the corporate limits of the City, including contracts with any agency or department of the Federal Government for supplying the military and other needs of any such agency or department with water;
(b) acceptance of loans and grants of money, materials, property or labor at any time from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, upon such terms and conditions as the United States of America or such agency or instrumentality, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, may impose;
(c) employment of consulting engineers, a superintendent or manager of the waterworks system, such other engineering, architectural, construction and accounting experts and inspectors and attorneys, and such other employees as may be deemed necessary, and to prescribe their powers and duties and fix their compensation;
(d) the exercise of the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of any private property necessary in and about the construction, use and maintenance of said water system and, also, to exercise any power usually possessed by private water companies which are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State; and
(e) the doing of all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this Act [division].
(Laws of Fla. 1941, Ch. 21593, § 4; Compiled Charter 1958, § 778)
Source: City of Tampa, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/tampa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHRELA_PTBRELA_ARTXXIUTATSY_DIV2COFU_S21.11POBOCCOFetched: 10/28/2026