[R.O. 1992 § 120.010; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019[1]]
The City of Washington, Missouri,
is hereby empowered to erect or to acquire, by purchase or otherwise,
maintain and operate waterworks and sewer systems, which are hereby
declared to be public utilities, and the City of Washington, Missouri,
is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the erection or
extension of the same by the issue of bonds therefor, and the City
of Washington, Missouri, which may own, maintain or operate, and which
may hereafter acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and operate, or which
may engage in the construction of any plants, systems or works mentioned
in this Section, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish by
ordinance, within the City, an executive department to be known as
the Board of Public Works.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.020; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
The Board of Public Works shall consist
of four (4) persons, electors of the City of Washington, who have
resided therein for a period of two (2) years next before their appointment,
and who shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council
in such manner as other appointive officers of the City are appointed
and confirmed. The members of the Board of Public Works shall hold
office for a term of four (4) years each, or until their successors
are appointed and qualified.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.030; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
Not more than two (2) members of
the Board of Public Works shall belong to the same political party,
and its administration shall in all respects be entirely non-partisan.
Each member of the Board of Public Works shall serve without compensation
and need give bond.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.040; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
Any member of the Board of Public
Works who shall accept a nomination or appointment for any other office
during his/her official term, shall be deemed thereby to have resigned
as a member of said Board and his/her membership shall thereby be
ipso facto vacated.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.050; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
The Board of Public Works shall,
during the existence of the Board, have the power, and it shall be
its duty, to take charge of and exercise control over any waterworks
and sewer systems owned by the City at the time the Board is established,
or which may thereafter be established or acquired by the City, by
purchase or otherwise, and all appurtenances thereto belonging, and
shall enforce the performance of all contracts and work, and have
charge and custody of all books, property and assets belonging or
appertaining to such plant or plants.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.060; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
The Board of Public Works shall exercise
such other powers and perform such other duties in the superintendence
of public works, improvements and repairs constructed by the City
Council or owned by the City as may be prescribed by ordinance. The
Board of Public Works shall make all necessary regulations for the
government of the waterworks and sewerage systems not inconsistent
with the laws of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.070; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
The Board of Public Works shall have
the power to appoint a Superintendent.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.080; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
It shall be the duty of the Board
of Public Works to keep books of account, showing with entire accuracy
contemporaneous current entries of the receipts and expenditures of
the Board in such manner as to enable the same to be understood and
investigated, and also to preserve on file in its office duplicate
vouchers for all its expenditures, which books and duplicates shall
at all times be open to the examination of the City Council, or any
other committee appointed by the City Council, and such Board shall
make such reports of its business and transactions to the Mayor and
City Council as may be provided by ordinance.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.090; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
The doing of all work and the furnishing
of all supplies for the waterworks and sewerage systems shall be let
out by the Board of Public works, except in cases where it is not
practicable to do such work or furnish material by contract; and all
contracts shall be submitted to the City Council for approval.
[R.O. 1992 § 120.100; Ord. No. 19-12011, 3-18-2019]
The assessment and collection of
rates for water and sewerage services shall be under the control and
supervision of the Board of Public Works, subject to the ordinances
of the City of Washington, Missouri.
