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<br />. <br /> <br />power to provide and fix rates for security, safety, fire and <br />energy management systems to residents of the City and its <br />customers. The provisions'of Minn~sota Statutes, Section <br />412.311, relating to advert~sement for bids, shall apply to <br />contracts of the Commission. <br /> <br />2. .The Commission shall. have power to employ all necessary help <br />for the management 'and op'eration of .said public utilities, <br />prescribe duties of officers and employees, and fix their <br />compensation. <br /> <br />3. The Commission shall have power to buy all fuel and supplies <br />for City distribution. <br /> <br />4. The r Commission shall have power to fix rates and to adopt <br />reasonable.. rules and regulations for utility service supplied by <br />the municipally-owned public utilities within its jurisdiction. <br /> <br />5. The. Commission.. shall. have power to enter into agreements <br />with the Council for payments by the City for utili ty service, <br />compensation for the use by either the Commission or the City, <br />buildings, equipment and personnel under the control of the <br />other, payments to the City in lieu of taxes, transfers of <br />surplus utility funds to the general fund, and also agreements <br />other subjects of relationship between the Commission and the <br />Council. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />210.10 - FUNDS <br /> <br />1. A separate fund or a separate account shall be established <br />in the City treasury for each utility under the jurisdiction of <br />the Public Utilities Commission. Into this fund or account shall <br />be paid all the receipts from the utility and from it shall be <br />paid all disbursements attributable to the utility. <br /> <br />2. The Commission shall, consistent with the provisions of <br />state law, audit claims to be paid from the public utilities <br />fund. The secretary of the Commission shall draw an order upon <br />the treasurer for the proper amount allowed by the Commission. <br />Upon countersignature by the president of the Commission and <br />presentation, the order shall be paid by the treasurer. <br /> <br />210.12 - REPORTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The accounting officer of the Public Utilities Commission shall <br />make such monthly or annual statements of operation as the <br />Commission may require. A copy of each report shall be filed in <br />the office of the City Administrator. An annual financial report <br />shall be made and a copy filed with the City Administrator at the <br />close of the calendar year and shall be. included as part of the <br />annual financial statement of the City Administrator in <br />conformance with Minnesota Statutes, section 412.281. The cost <br />of publication of any other official statement required by law to <br />be published shall be paid from public utility funds. <br /> <br />2.22 <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />of <br /> <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />on <br />