There shall be a Department of Public Works, the head of which
shall be the Director of Public Works appointed by and under the direct
supervision and subject to removal by the City Manager according to
Civil Service Law.
The Director of Public Works shall be responsible for the proper
and efficient conduct of all public works functions. The Director
shall be qualified by a combination of training and experience.
The Department of Public Works shall consist of the following
bureaus:
(C) Bureau of Water and Wastewater.
A qualified person shall be appointed by the Manager as Inspector
of Plumbing to have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers
and duties of that office as provided by Charter, local law or ordinance.
The Manager shall appoint an Examining Board of Plumbers. It
shall consist of five members. Two members shall be master plumbers
of not less than 10 years' plumbing experience and one member
shall be a journeyman plumber of like experience. The other members
shall be the Chief Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage and the Director
of Public Works having charge of sewers, or other City officers having
such duties. The term of office of each member shall be three years,
from the first day of January following his or her appointment. No
board member other than the Chief Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage
and the Director of Public Works may serve more than two consecutive
terms. The Examining Board of Plumbers shall have jurisdiction over
and examine all persons desiring to engage in the trade of plumbing
as employing or master plumbers in the City. It shall also be responsible
for formulating in conjunction with the Board of Health a code of
rules regulating the work of plumbing and drainage in the City.