[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Pottsville 5-21-1966
by Ord. No. 72-66 as Art. 121 of the 1966 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 194.
A.
The Director of Streets and Public Improvements shall
superintend and take charge of all public works and the municipal cleaning
of streets and public places and the erection, making, repairing and reconstruction
of all street improvements, pavements, sidewalks, walls, sewers, bridges,
viaducts and conduits and shall cause to be made frequent inspections of telegraph,
telephone and other poles and wires within the city limits.
B.
He shall have supervision over all public utilities as
to their occupancy of streets and other public property, and he shall have
the control, management and direction of the lighting of all public highways.
He shall take charge of all buildings, tools and property used in connection
with the Department and shall issue or caused to be issued such permits for
making excavations in the streets of the city as are required to be taken
out under existing ordinances.
A.
The Director of Streets and Public Improvements is authorized
and empowered to employ from time to time, in such numbers and for such periods
of time as, in his judgment, may be necessary for the work of the Department,
mechanics for the repair, care and maintenance of vehicles and machinery of
the Department, for masonry and other skilled labor of all kinds required
by the work of the Department, engineers for operating road machinery, operators
for driving the motor vehicles of the Department and laborers of all classes
for repair and construction work, street cleaning and other work of the Department.
They shall perform such work as shall be assigned them by the Director of
the Department or the Street Supervisor.
B.
All employees, laborers and mechanics shall be paid weekly.
They may at any time be required, with the consent of the Director of the
Department and at the request of the director of any other department, to
perform work and service of like character in and for such other department.
The Director shall have full control over all employees, laborers and mechanics
and may hire, suspend and discharge any of them in his discretion.
