[Amended 7-7-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
A.
The City is not liable, and no action is maintainable against it,
for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence
of any street, highway, parkway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk
or other public place being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous
or obstructive or for damages or injuries to person or property caused
by the existence of snow or ice upon any street, highway, parkway,
bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk or other public place, unless
written notice thereof specifying the particular place has been given
to the Superintendent of Public Works and there was a failure or neglect
within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice to repair,
remove or remedy the dangerous condition complained of, including
the installation, maintenance and operation of street signs, streetlights
and water and sewer lines to comply with the City's Prior Written
Notice Law requirement.
B.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall keep an indexed record of
all written notices which they shall receive of the existence of such
defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, or of such snow
or ice, which record shall state the date of receipt of the notice,
the nature and location of the condition stated to exist and the name
and address of the person from whom the notice is received. All such
written notices shall be indexed according to the location of the
alleged defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or the
location of accumulated snow or ice. The record of notices of defects
shall be a public record. The record of each notice shall be preserved
for a period of five years after the date it is received.
[Added 4-2-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by applicable
law, each department, office and agency head shall designate in writing,
and in order of succession, subject to the approval by the Mayor,
their deputies who shall act as department, office or agency head
in the event of their absence from the City or inability to perform
and exercise the powers and duties of their office. Such designation
shall be filed with the Mayor and the City Clerk and may be revoked
at any time by the department, office or agency head by filing a new
written designation and order of succession, subject to the approval
of the Mayor. The acting department, office or agency head shall have
all the powers and perform all the duties of their designator. In
the event that no acting department, office or agency head has been
designated or is able to serve, the Mayor shall serve as the acting
department, office or agency head until such time as a new department,
office or agency head shall be appointed pursuant to this Charter,
the Administrative Code[1] or applicable law.
The Mayor and such other City officers as may be authorized
by law, except by resolution, shall have the power to subpoena and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records
and papers, as the same may be pertinent to the respective offices.
Any City officer authorized to hold a hearing or conduct an investigation
shall have the power to administer oaths or affirmations in connection
therewith.
The terms for all members of boards and commissions shall be
staggered so that new or reappointments are made each year and the
numbers of members appointed each year are as close to equal as possible.
