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Contracting, Purchasing, and Sale of Municipal Property This chapter discusses how a city’s authority to contract comes primarily from its charter and from state laws. Also discussed are the various types of contracts that cities enter into, which include: municipal road contracts, public works contracts, and intergovernmental contracts.    Download chapter.   About the Author Susan Moore is General Counsel for the Georgia Municipal Association.