Section 29. Power of investigation and oversight

a. The council, acting
  as a committee of the whole, and each standing or special  committee  of
  the council, through hearings or otherwise:
    1. may investigate any matters within its jurisdiction relating to the
  property, affairs, or government of the city or of any county within the
  city,  or  to any other powers of the council, or to the effectuation of
  the purposes or provisions of this charter or any laws relating  to  the
  city or to any county within the city.
    2.  shall  review  on a regular and continuous basis the activities of
  the agencies of the city, including their service goals and  performance
  and  management  efficiency.   Each unit of appropriation in the adopted
  budget of the city shall be assigned to  a  standing  committee.    Each
  standing  committee  of the council shall hold at least one hearing each
  year relating to the activities  of  each  of  the  agencies  under  its
  jurisdiction.
    b.  Any  standing or special committee shall have power to require the
  attendance and examine and take testimony under oath of such persons  as
  it  may deem necessary and to require the production of books, accounts,
  papers and other evidence relative  to  the  inquiry.    Copies  of  all
  reports  or  studies  received by the council pursuant to section eleven
  hundred thirty-four and subdivision c of section ninety-three  shall  be
  assigned  to  the appropriate standing committees for review and action,
  as necessary.