There is hereby established, as a department of the City government, a Department of Public Works and Engineering. The department head of the Department of Public Works and Engineering shall be the Director of Public Works, who shall also be the City Engineer.
A. 
The functions and duties of the Department of Public Works and Engineering shall include the maintenance of City streets, curbs and sidewalks, the providing of garbage and trash removal and related services, the maintenance of the City's storm and sanitary sewer systems, the maintenance of City properties (except to the extent that such maintenance duties are assigned to the Department of Parks and Recreation); the performance of the functions and duties of the Office of the City Engineer, as hereinafter described, the operation and coordination of all of the functions and programs of the City government respecting community development, housing, environmental matters, planning and zoning; the operation of the divisions and offices hereinafter set out as being divisions and offices within the said Department; and the performance of such other functions and duties as may be prescribed by the City Manager.
[Amended 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 82-7]
B. 
The functions and duties of the Director of Public Works and Engineering shall be to oversee and supervise the operations of the Department and all employees assigned to the Department and the performance of such other functions and duties as shall be prescribed by the City Manager.
[Amended 8-4-1981 by Ord. No. 81-39]
A. 
The Director of the Department of Public Works and Engineering may also hold the position of City Engineer; provided, however, that if the Director also holds the position of City Engineer, the salary to be paid to the Director of the Department of Public Works and Engineering shall be for services performed as Director, and no salary shall be paid by reason of such person's service or position as City Engineer.
B. 
The City Engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer of the state of New Jersey.
C. 
As required by law, the term of office of the City Engineer shall be three years; provided, however, that if the position of City Engineer shall at any time be vacant the City Manager may appoint an acting City Engineer, who shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the City Manager, without a fixed term of office.
A. 
The Office of the City Engineer shall be an office within the Department of Public Works and Engineering.
B. 
The Director of the Department of Public Works and Engineering shall directly supervise the operations of the Office of the City Engineer.
C. 
The Office of the City Engineer shall perform the following functions and duties:
(1) 
Keep, maintain and, as necessary, revise all City maps, plats and other engineering drawings and materials.
(2) 
Supervise or attend to the proper supervision of improvements and construction projects undertaken by the City.
(3) 
Perform or supervise the performance of all engineering services required in connection with the City government and all activities taking place within the City which require engineering review or supervision on the part of the City government.
(4) 
Provide advice and assistance to the City Manager, the Council and other City departments, officers and boards and agencies, including the Board of Adjustment and the Planning Board, with respect to any question or issue involving engineering matters.
(5) 
Perform such additional related duties and functions as may be prescribed by the City Manager.
[Added 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 82-7]
A. 
The Planning Office shall be an office within the Office of the City Engineer.
B. 
The head of the Planning Office shall be the City Planner.
C. 
The functions and duties of the Planning Office shall include the providing of planning services required by the City government; providing advice and assistance to the City Council, the City Manager and other City departments, offices, boards and agencies, including the Board of Adjustment and the Planning Board, with respect to any question or issue involving planning matters; the providing of administrative services to the Planning Board; and providing such additional related duties and functions as may be described by the City Manager or the Director of Public Works.
A. 
Within the Department of Public Works and Engineering there shall be an Operations Division.
B. 
The head of the Division of Operations shall be the Manager of Operations.
C. 
The Division of Operations shall perform the functions and operations of the Department, except those assigned to the Office of the City Engineer, or those assigned to any other division of the Department, and perform such other functions and duties as may be prescribed by the City Manager or the Director of Public Works.
A. 
Within the Department of Public Works and Engineering there shall be an Office Division.
B. 
The head of the Office Division shall be the Office Manager.
C. 
The Office Division shall attend to the office, clerical and administrative functions of the Department, maintain the records of the Department, and perform such other functions and duties as may be prescribed by the City Manager or the Director of Public Works.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 2-45, Maintenance Division, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 2-3-1981 by Ord. No. 81-03.
[Added 2-3-1981 by Ord. No. 81-03]
A. 
Within the Department of Public Works and Engineering there shall be a Division of Vehicle Maintenance.
B. 
The head of the Division of Vehicle Maintenance shall be the Manager of Central Maintenance.
C. 
The Division of Vehicle Maintenance shall perform required maintenance, repair and related work involving motor vehicles and other equipment owned or used by the City and such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by the Director of Public Works and Engineering or the City Manager.
A. 
Within the Department of Public Works and Engineering there shall be a Division of Public Buildings.
B. 
The head of the Division of Public Buildings shall be the Manager of Public Buildings.
C. 
The Division of Public Buildings shall perform required custodial maintenance, repair work and services involving City-owned buildings and other facilities and shall perform such other related duties and functions as may be prescribed by the City Manager or the Director of Public Works and Engineering.
The positions of superintendent and supervisor shall also be supervisory positions within the Department of Public Works and Engineering, with each such position to have the following functions and duties:
A. 
Superintendents.
(1) 
The Director of the Department of Public Works and Engineering or the Manager of Operations may divide responsibility for the operations of specific functions of the Department among the superintendents.
(2) 
The superintendents shall be responsible to and work under the general supervision and control of the Manager of Operations.
(3) 
The superintendents shall have overall responsibility for and exercise general supervision over all employees assigned to any of the functions for which they are assigned responsibility.
(4) 
The superintendents shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Manager of Operations, the Director, or the City Manager.
B. 
Supervisors.
(1) 
The supervisors shall be working supervisors and shall be responsible to and work under the general supervision and control of the superintendents and the Manager of Operations, and the superintendents, the Manager of Operations or the Director shall divide and assign responsibilities among them.
(2) 
The duties of the supervisors shall include direct supervision and responsibility for, as well as performance of required work involving any function for which they are assigned responsibility, and the performance of such other functions and duties as may be assigned to them by the superintendents, the Director, or the City Manager.
Except as may otherwise be prescribed by ordinance, or except as may be otherwise prescribed in any applicable collective negotiation agreement, employees within the Department of Public Works who are in the classified service of the City may be assigned, by the Director or by the Manager of Operations or by a superintendent designated as labor pool coordinator, to the labor pool, and those employees so assigned to the labor pool shall perform such job, work or function designated by the Director or the Manager of Operations or the superintendent designated as labor pool coordinator, provided that such employee is capable of performing same; provided, further, that if any employee is assigned to perform the duties of an employee in a higher paying classification, then for such work he shall be paid at that higher rate of pay; and provided, further, that in no event shall an employee be paid at a rate of pay lower than that applicable to his classification, notwithstanding that he may be performing duties of an employee in a lower paying classification.
A. 
Subject to any directives from the City Manager, the Director shall establish and advise the personnel of the Department of the routes and schedules for collection and disposal of garbage, ashes, rubbish, trash and newspapers throughout the City, and such routes and schedules shall include the pickup and disposal of ashes, garbage, rubbish trash and newspapers as part of one and the same collection procedure, picked up and disposed of by the same personnel as part of the same operation.
B. 
Subject to any directives from the City Manager, the Director may establish a separate day for the special collection of trash alone.
C. 
Employees assigned to collection of garbage, ashes, rubbish, trash and newspapers shall work on a task-force basis except on the day fixed for special collection of trash, and on that day, unless an employee is assigned to such trash collection, he shall be assigned to the labor pool to work on an eight-hour-day basis and not on a task-force basis, and without overtime compensation except for work performed beyond hours.
D. 
The Director may delegate the powers and responsibilities described in this section to the Manager of Operations or to a superintendent.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 3-42, Environmental Office, added 12-30-1981 by Ord. No. 81-86, was repealed 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 14-43.
[Added 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 82-7]
A. 
Within the Department of Public Works and Engineering, there shall be a Division of Community Development.
B. 
The head of the Division of Community Development shall be the Community Development Officer.
C. 
The functions and duties of the Division of Community Development shall be to investigate, seek out and, subject to approval of the Director of Public Works, the City Manager or City Council, apply for financial grants or other forms of financial assistance programs of benefit to the City government, or to the City, from or through the federal or state government, or any other governmental entity or agency or any public, quasi-public or private foundation or other source; to advise the Director of Public Works, the City Manager and the City Council of such grant or assistance programs which may be available and beneficial to the City; to assist in the provision of and upgrading of housing for low- and moderate-income persons and families; to foster and assist in the development and implementation of programs of commercial improvement and development in the City; and to provide administrative services respecting functions and duties which may be related to the foregoing, as may be prescribed by the Director of Public Works or the City Manager.