§ 1.06. Departments of metropolitan government.

The governmental and corporate authority of the metropolitan government shall be vested in a metropolitan county mayor, who shall be the chief executive officer; a metropolitan county council, which shall be the chief legislative body; an urban council, which shall levy a property tax within the urban services district; the judges of the metropolitan court; the justices of the peace; the departments, boards and commissions herein provided; and such officers, agencies, boards and commissions as may be provided by the Constitution or general laws of the State of Tennessee, or by ordinance enacted pursuant to this Charter.