SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
1. City revenue projects may be divided into two categories: projects that serve a “governmental” or “legislative” function, and projects that serve a “proprietary” or
“administrative” function.
2. Whether an ordinance is administrative or legislative depends on the unique facts of each case.
3. No single act of a governing body is likely to be solely legislative or solely administrative in nature.
4. The development, introduction, or improvement of services are, by and large, considered governmental.
5. The power to levee a tax generally belongs to the class of governmental power.
6. One city council may not bind a subsequent one to its political decisions involving the exercise of government functions.
7. Parties contracting with municipal corporations are bound at their peril to know the authority of the municipal body with which he or she deals.
8. Parties contracting with municipal corporations are deemed to understand the law of this State, and they knowingly assume the risk associated with such contracts.
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