[Adopted as Title 2, Ch. 2.72, of the 1986 Code]
A.
The Department of Public Works shall be divided into such divisions
as the Director of Public Works deems administratively and operationally
necessary.
B.
Each of the major functions of engineering, streets, traffic engineering,
sewers and waste disposal shall be in the charge of a person who shall
be an expert in the duties which may devolve upon him, and said person
shall be appointed by the Director, subject to MGL c. 31.
C.
Each such person in charge shall devote his entire time to the work
of his office, or such other duties as the Director may assign.
A.
Appointment.
[Amended 2-25-1987]
(1)
The Department of Public Works shall be under the charge of the Director
of Public Works, who shall have administrative supervisory responsibility
over all engineers employed by said Department.
(2)
The Director of Public Works shall hold his office for a term of
five years unless sooner removed in accordance with applicable laws
and ordinances.
(3)
The Director shall be a person fitted by education, training and
experience to perform the duties of the office.
(4)
A vacancy may be filled at any time for the unexpired term.
(5)
The Director shall devote his entire time to the work of such Department.
(6)
The Director shall have graduated from a four-year college or university
with a degree in civil engineering, business or public administration
and shall have a minimum of five years' responsible public works employment
experience, of which at least three years' experience must be in the
area of civil engineering.
B.
Duties.
(1)
(2)
He shall notify the City Council and the Board of Public Works of
the completion of the laying out, altering, widening, discontinuing
or changing of the grades of any street, and of the completion of
the laying, making or repairing of any main drains or common sewers,
or both, such notice to be given forthwith upon the completion of
such work.
(3)
The Director shall make all necessary and proper arrangements for
laying dust in and cleaning the streets and disposing of manure, refuse
and street dirt, and for collecting and disposing of ashes, garbage
and rubbish, shall have the care and custody of all streetlights except
as otherwise provided by law, and shall have the care and superintendence
of all property of the Department and all plans, delineations, estimates
and reports. All field books, notes and other memoranda made by him
or any of his deputies or assistants in connection with their official
duties shall be and remain the property of the City.
(4)
The Director of Public Works or his designee shall investigate, study
and render reports and recommendations on all matters pertaining to
traffic in the City, including the location of traffic signals, stop
signs, establishment of overpasses and underpasses, the width, grade,
location and design of streets and safety islands, traffic noises,
elimination of heavy trucking in congested areas, establishment of
parking lots and all other matters pertaining directly or indirectly
to traffic conditions in the City.
(5)
He shall have charge of the records of the former Bureau of Traffic Engineering and of the records of the Division of Traffic Engineering as established in § 27-60, and he shall discharge such other duties as may properly relate to the management of said division.
(6)
He shall attend all meetings of the Traffic Commission, prepare the
agenda for each meeting and keep a properly indexed docket of all
investigations, reports and recommendations.
(7)
He may call upon other departments for assistance in the performance
of his duties, provided that the granting of such assistance would
not unreasonably interfere with the normal function of such other
department.
(8)
He shall procure through the Purchasing Department materials and
supplies needed for his Department.
(9)
The Director of Public Works or his designees shall install, erect
or cause to be maintained all necessary and proper authorized traffic
control devices, traffic and parking regulatory signs and all highway
pavement markings.
(10)
The Director of Public Works or his designee shall establish
and determine the design, timing, type, size and location of any and
all signs, signals, markings, pylons, channels, islands and other
devices for guiding, directing or otherwise regulating and controlling
vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
C.
Construction of public works. Unless otherwise provided, the Director
of Public Works, either by himself or by the deputies, shall take
charge of the construction of all public works of the City which come
under this Department.
D.
Engineering service, plans and specifications. The Director of Public
Works shall cause the performance by the Department of all engineering
services, the making of all examinations and the preparation of all
statements, plans and specifications which any department head may
need in the discharge of his duties.
[Amended 2-25-1987]
E.
Bridges. The Director of Public Works shall cause the supervision
of all repairs on the bridges used as highways which affect the safety
of the structure and shall annually order the examination of all bridges
within the City limits and make such reports to the Mayor respecting
their condition as to safety, need of renewal or repairs as the case
may be.
[Amended 2-25-1987]
F.
Measuring work done by contract. The Director of Public Works shall,
when required by the Mayor or by any officer or board in charge of
a department, cause the measuring and certification of measuring results
to be done by engineers in his department of work done by contract
for the City.
[Amended 2-25-1987]
G.
Construction of public works and other services. The Director of
Public Works shall cause engineers under his administrative supervision
and direction to make the surveys, measurements, levels and estimates
and perform the other duties of civil engineers in the laying out
and construction of streets, sidewalks, drains, sewers, and other
public works delegated to or under taken by this Department and shall
perform any and all such services as may be required of him by the
Mayor, the City Council or any committee thereof, the City Solicitor
or by any other department.
[Amended 2-25-1987]
A.
The Director of Public Works shall have and assume all powers, duties
and authorities, however granted, which were heretofore or shall be
hereinafter vested in the Traffic Engineer of the City or in the Bureau
of Traffic Engineering of the City.
B.
The Director of Public Works shall, however, appoint, in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission and
the provisions of Chapter 31 of the General Laws of Massachusetts,
a Traffic Engineer to assume said powers and duties, and who shall
have said authorities as transferred in this article; provided, however,
that the Director of Public Works shall have the power to revoke such
delegation of said powers, duties and authorities in conformity with
and not inconsistent with the provisions Chapter 31 of the General
Laws.
A.
The person appointed to hold the position of Traffic Engineer as
set forth in this article shall be a registered professional engineer.
He shall also have six years of experience in a professional status
in traffic engineering with at least two of said years in responsible
charge. In the event such appointee does not have six years of experience
with at least two years in responsible charge as mentioned in this
article, he shall be a graduate of a recognized engineering college
with a Bachelor of Science degree with a reasonable number of credit
hours in engineering or a graduate of a recognized traffic engineering
school and three years of experience in a professional status in traffic
engineering with at least one year in responsible charge.
B.
A person so appointed, if not a resident of the City on the date
of such permanent appointment, shall be required to become a resident
of the City within two years from said date as mentioned in this article.
A.
The Director of Public Works may from time to time employ such office
of field assistants, in addition to the deputies provided for in this
article, as he may require in the performance of the duties of the
Department, and shall determine their compensation, in accordance,
however, with the ordinances of the City, and within the appropriation
for such Department and subject to the approval of the Mayor.
B.
He may, subject to the approval of the Mayor and subject to the provisions of Chapter 82, Purchasing and Contracts, Article I, expend such sums for labor, materials, implements, appliances and incidental expenses as may be necessary for the use of such Department; provided, however, that all such expenditures for employment of assistants and for material and other incidentals shall be limited to the amount actually appropriated by the City Council for such Department.
Whenever the Director of Public Works ascertains that any building
or structure has been placed within the lines of a public street,
or so that it may cause injury thereto or inconvenience to travelers
thereon, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing to the
Mayor.
The Director of Public Works shall keep an exact account of
the expenditures in his Department with the names of all persons who
have furnished materials and of all workmen and the amount due to
each individual and shall lay the same before the Mayor for his examination
and approval at such times as he may direct; and he shall annually,
on or before the last Monday in January, present to the Mayor a report
containing a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Department
during the preceding fiscal year, specifying, as near as may be, the
amounts expended upon different streets for construction and maintenance,
the condition of all structures that come under his supervision that
are in the process of construction or have been completed during the
previous year, together with a schedule in detail of the property
under his charge belonging to the City, and such other information
relating to the work of the Department as he may deem expedient, or
as the Mayor may require.
