[CC §21.600]
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council,
at the first (1st) meeting after each annual City Election shall appoint
a suitable person as City Engineer who shall hold office for one (1)
year and until his successor is appointed and qualified, he shall
be a graduate of an accredited engineering school.
[CC §21.620]
It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to make all necessary
plats, surveys, drawings and estimates of all public works when requested
to do so by the City Council; to make all necessary surveys of streets,
alleys, avenues, public squares, lots, blocks, squares or any public
or private property in the City, when required to do so by the order
of the City Council; to make correct leveling of all streets, alleys
or avenues, and make the grade thereof, and report plans and estimates
for the grading thereof or paving thereof when required to do so by
the City Council; to make out and cause to be opened all streets,
alleys, or avenues which are authorized to be opened, when ordered
to do so by the City Council; to superintend all public works in the
City when ordered to do so by the City Council; to see that all such
work is performed according to contract, and from time to time give
estimates thereof when required by the Council or by the contractor;
to cause to be carried into effect all Sections of this Code or other
ordinances concerning streets, alleys and other public places, and
to superintend and control the opening, grading and paving thereof,
and to prevent and remove obstructions therefrom, when ordered to
do so by the City Council; to cause to be removed or abated all encroachments
by houses, fences or other objects, from all streets, alleys, pavements,
avenues or other public property of real estate owned by the City,
and if he shall consider it necessary or when ordered to do so by
the City Council, to report the same to the Council.
[CC §21.640]
Whenever the City Engineer shall make any survey of any subdivision
or of any addition to the City, or establish the grade of any street
or alley of the City, he shall make a complete record of such survey
and also make a record of all grades of any streets, avenues, or alleys
that he may establish in a book to be kept by him for that purpose.
The City Clerk shall have custody of such records, after the same
are made by the City Engineer.
[CC §21.650]
The City Engineer shall receive such compensation for his services
as may, from time to time, be fixed by ordinance of the City Council.
