§ 16.1. General Powers Respecting Utilities.

The city shall possess and hereby reserve to itself all the powers granted to cities by statute and constitutions to acquire, construct, own, operate, improve, enlarge, extend, repair and maintain, either within or without its corporate limits, including, but not limited to public utilities for supplying water, light, heat, power, gas, sewage collection, sewage and garage disposal facilities, or any of them, to the municipality and the inhabitants thereof; and also to sell and deliver water, light, heat, power, gas and other public utility services without its corporate limits to an amount and to a territory not exceeding the limitations set by statute and constitution.