([eferendum of 11-5-1963; Referendum of 11-8-1983]
There shall be established the following departments of the
City: Public Works, Police, Fire, Finance, Health, Welfare, Recreation
and Law and such other departments as may be established by Ordinance.
[Referendum of 11-5-1963]
Each department of the City shall have as its executive head
a director who shall be appointed by the Mayor, except in the case
of the Police Department and Fire Department.
[Referendum of 11-5-1963; Referendum of 11-6-1973]
(a)
The Mayor shall appoint a Director of Finance who shall have direct
supervision over the Department of Finance and the administration
of the financial affairs of the City, including the keeping of accounts
and financial records, the assessment and collection of taxes, special
assessments and other revenues, the custody and disbursement of City
funds and money, the control over expenditures and such other duties
as the Board of Aldermen may by ordinance provide. Accounts shall
be kept by the Department of Finance showing the financial transactions
for all departments of the City. Forms for such accounts shall be
prescribed by the Director of Finance with the approval of the Mayor.
Financial reports shall be prepared for each quarter and for each
fiscal year and for such other periods as may be required by the Mayor.
(b)
(1)
The Purchasing Agent of the City shall purchase all supplies,
materials, equipment and other commodities required by any department,
agency, board or commission of the City, except the Board of Education,
the town court and the probate court, on requisition signed by the
head of the department, office or agency or chairman of the board
or commission, or a responsible representative appointed by him. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prevent the City purchasing
agent from serving to the extent requested as the Purchasing Agent
for the Board of Education, the town court or the probate court upon
request of the Chairman of the Board of Education or the judges of
such courts.
(2)
Purchases shall be made under such rules and regulations as
may be established by the Board of Aldermen, provided, if any purchase
or contract for the purchase of the same commodity over a period of
time involves the expenditure of two thousand five hundred dollars
or more, the Purchasing Agent, unless it shall be determined by the
Board of Aldermen to be against the best interest of the City, shall
invite sealed bids or proposals, giving ten days' public notice thereof
by publication at least once in a daily newspaper having circulation
in the City and shall let the purchase or contract to the lowest responsible
bidder thereon or may reject all such bids or proposals. All such
sealed bids or proposals shall be opened publicly.[1]
(c)
The Mayor shall appoint a City Treasurer, who shall be an officer
in the Department of Finance and subordinate to the Director thereof
and may have other duties in said Department.
(d)
The Mayor shall appoint the Assessor, the Tax Collector and the Purchasing
Agent and they shall be subordinate to the Director of Finance.
[Referendum of 11-6-1973]
The Department of Public Works shall include a Director of Public
Works, and shall consist of such divisions as established by ordinance.
The powers and duties of said divisions shall be such as shall be
assigned to them by ordinance; or by the direction of the Mayor.
(a)
(1)
The Health Department shall be responsible for the preservation
and promotion of the public health and shall perform such functions
and shall have such powers and duties as are imposed by law on directors
of health and such other powers and duties as the Board of Aldermen
may prescribe.
(2)
The Mayor, subject to the provisions of the general statutes
relating to the appointment of directors of health, shall appoint
a Director of Health who shall be the administrative head of the Health
Department. He shall organize the work of said Department in such
manner as he shall deem most efficient and economical. He shall be
charged with the enforcement of all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
in respect to the public health.
(b)
(1)
The Department of Welfare shall have all the powers and duties
relating to the poor, neglected and dependent persons vested by law
in the selectmen of towns.
(2)
The Mayor shall appoint a Director of Welfare who shall be responsible
for the efficiency, discipline and good conduct of the Department.
He shall be in charge of the administration of all welfare activities
of the City. He shall have power to make all rules and regulations
relating to the administration of the Department not inconsistent
with the general statutes and ordinances of the City. He shall have
such other power and duties as the Board of Aldermen may prescribe.
(c)
(1)
The Department of Recreation shall be responsible for the social
aspects of the City as expressed in its parks, waterfront activities,
outdoor sports, swimming and games, particularly in summer, and other
activities both indoors and outdoors of a similar nature, as handicraft,
music and drama.
(2)
The Mayor shall appoint a Director of Recreation who shall be
in full charge of the administration of all City recreational facilities
and programs approved by the Board of Aldermen and extended to all
residents within the City.
[Referendum of 11-6-1973]
The Mayor shall appoint a City Attorney, who shall be an attorney
at law admitted to practice in the state of Connecticut and who shall
have direct supervision over the Department of Law. The Mayor shall
also appoint as many Assistant City Attorneys as may be provided by
ordinance of the City of Milford, who shall be attorneys at law, admitted
to practice in the State of Connecticut. The City Attorney shall be
the legal advisor for the City and all departments, boards and officers
of the City relating to their official duties. Upon written request
he shall furnish them with a written opinion on any question of law
involving their respective powers and duties. Upon request he shall
prepare or approve forms of contracts or other instruments to which
the City is a party or in which it has an interest. He shall appear
for the City or any of its officers, boards or commissioners in any
action brought by or against it or them and shall prosecute, defend
or appeal the same or shall compromise or settle the same subject
to the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
