§ 2. General powers.

The city shall have all powers of local self-government and home rule and all powers possible for a municipal corporation to have under the Constitution of the State of Minnesota. The city shall have all powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law and that now or hereafter may be granted to municipalities by the laws of the State of Minnesota. All such powers shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in this Charter or by the laws of the State of Minnesota, or if not so prescribed, as shall be provided by ordinance or resolution of the city council.