71. The borough council has, for the borough and to the extent provided by this Act or by the order of the Government made under section 9, jurisdiction, powers and obligations in the following fields:(1) urban planning;
(2) fire safety and civil protection;
(3) removal of residual materials;
(4) local economic, community, cultural and social development;
(5) culture, recreation and borough parks; and
(6) local roads.
Subject to the provisions of this Act or of an Order in Council made under section 9, the borough council shall exercise, on behalf of the city, all powers within its jurisdictions, with the necessary modifications, and is subject to all obligations assigned to or imposed on a local municipality or its council by the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19) or another Act, excluding the powers to constitute an executive committee, to borrow, to tax and to sue and be sued.
The borough council may, by its internal management by-laws, delegate to any officer or employee assigned to the borough by the city any power relating to the exercise of its jurisdiction with respect to the approval of expenditures, the making of contracts and the management of personnel, and fix the conditions and procedures for the exercise of the delegated power.
The borough council shall maintain a borough office, for the purposes of issuing permits and affording the population access to information on any matter within the authority of the city council or of the borough council.
2000, c. 56, Sch. III, s. 71; 2001, c. 25, s. 380; O.C. 1310-2001, s. 9; 2001, c. 76, s. 190.