A Department of Public Works of the City is hereby created. There is hereby established within the Department of Public Works the divisions in §§
20-13 to
20-17, the affairs of which shall be as set forth in those sections together with such added affairs as the Commissioner of Public Works shall determine.
All matters having to do with the construction,
repair and care of streets and ways, including bridges and sidewalks,
and of all poles, conduits and wires in, upon or over the same, except
as to matters having to do with engineering, sewers and drains, shall
be under the jurisdiction of the Division of Streets and Highways,
Department of Public Works.
[Amended 4-4-1989; 12-23-2008]
All matters having to do with the collection
and disposal of ashes and waste, garbage and dead animals shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Division of Waste Disposal, Department
of Public Works, under the direction of the chief executive of the
City. The Commissioner of Public Works shall possess, in addition
to the foregoing, power and authority to make regulations concerning
the days of collection, the hours of collection, type and location
of suitable containers and such other matters pertaining to the collection,
conveyance and disposal as he shall find necessary and to change and
modify the same after notice, which notice shall be printed in the
newspaper and posted in the City Hall at least 14 days prior to the
effective date of the change or modification of the rules or promulgation
of new rules, and provided further that such regulations are not contrary
to law. All of such regulations shall be in compliance with the Department
of Public Health's Code of Massachusetts Regulations regulating garbage
and rubbish. Violations of such regulations shall be punishable by
a fine of $50 for each offense.
All matters having to do with surveying and
engineering required for any public purpose, and all matters and duties
as presently performed and carried out by the City Engineer, together
with the keeping of such records as will show the engineering principals
and data pertaining to any function carried on by the Division of
Engineering, Department of Public Works, shall be under the jurisdiction
of such division.
All matters having to do with the record and
account section of the Department of Public Works, including but not
limited to preparation and recordkeeping of water billing and receivables,
budget data, bill drafts, payroll of all divisions of the Department
of Public Works and building and construction contract records, shall
be under the jurisdiction of the Division of Administration.
[Added 7-27-2021]
All matters having to do with electricity, as more fully set forth in Chapter
140 of the City Code entitled "Electrical Standards," shall be under the jurisdiction of the Division of Electrical.
[Added 6-20-2023]
In order to allow for the necessary flexibility to permit the
Department of Public Works to reflect ongoing current organizational
responsibilities and to have staff titles reflect ongoing current
staff functions, the City Manager shall have the authority to change
staff titles and the Table of Organization in said Department. It
is further understood that any future changes of staff titles and/or
the Table of Organization, as authorized, shall not result in any
added or deleted positions without prior approval by ordinance by
the City Council. The Table of Organization appears as "Attachment
A" and is incorporated into this article. (The Table of Organization does not contain all of the
currently existing positions in the Department of Public Works. Such
positions will remain unfunded.)
[Added 6-4-2024]
All positions in the Recreation Division, formerly in the Department
of Health and Human services, are transferred to the Department of
Public Works.