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City of Meriden, CT
New Haven County
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[Added 2-6-1989[1]; amended 11-4-1996]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. IX, Department of Physical Services, as amended 2-17-1981.
There is hereby established a Department of Parks and Public Works, which shall be headed by a Director of Parks and Public Works. The Director shall be appointed and may be removed by the City Manager. The Department of Parks and Public Works shall have charge of the superintendence, management, maintenance, repair and control of all the municipal buildings, streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, gutters, facilities, City parks, open space areas and recreational programs within said City and of the lamps and the collection, regulation and disposal of garbage and ashes. The Department shall also have charge of the superintendence, management, maintenance, repair and control of all the public utilities within the City and such other duties as may be established by the City Manager with approval of the City Council.
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There shall be a City Engineer who shall be a certified professional engineer licensed by the State of Connecticut. The City Engineer shall be responsible for all engineering work required by the City and for the recording and filing of all layouts, surveys and other engineering drawings used by the City.
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The City Engineer shall be supervised by and report to the Director of Parks and Public Works, provided that the City Manager may hereinafter designate the engineering activities of the City as a separate department headed by the City Engineer, upon approval of the City Council by amendment hereof or as part of the annual final approved budget.
In addition to the powers and duties set forth in §§ 3-20 and 3-21 of this article, the Department of Parks and Public Works shall have such duties as it may be assigned by statute, the City Charter, this chapter, other legislation or the City Manager.
In accordance with the Charter and this chapter, the City Manager shall appoint and may remove the Director of Parks and Public Works as well as all heads of divisions within the Department.