[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Lansdale 12-3-1970 by Ord. No.
986 (Ch. 29 of the 1972 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Department of Public Works of
the Borough of Lansdale.
The said Department shall have general charge of and responsibility
for the streets, Borough-owned alleys, storm sewers and all other
property of the Borough that may from time to time be transferred
by direction of the Council to its jurisdiction.
The post of Director of Public Works created by the said motion
is hereby ratified and confirmed, said Director to be an individual
appointed to the position by the Borough Council.
A.
The duties of the Director of Public Works shall be as follows:
(1)
Streets.
(a)
Establish and implement a continuing maintenance and reconstruction
program.
(b)
Establish and implement an up-to-date snow removal program.
(c)
Maintain a street cleaning program of maximum efficiency.
(d)
Establish and maintain a street marking program in conformance
with state standards for both existing and new streets.
(e)
Establish and implement a leaf removal and disposal program.
(f)
Establish and implement an alley maintenance program.
(3)
(5)
Policy. Along with the Public Works Committee and the Borough Council
as a whole, establish and formalize departmental policy and enforce
the same.
(6)
Engineering services. Coordinate all requests for engineering services
from the several committees of the Borough Council and any other department
of the Borough government.
(7)
Accounting. Establish and implement a cost accounting system in the
Department's operations.
(8)
Personnel of the Department of Public Works.
B.
All of the foregoing activities and duties of the Director of Public
Works shall be subject to the control and supervision of the Borough
Council through its Public Works Committee. Nothing in this section
shall be construed as a delegation of any of the powers, duties and
responsibilities placed in the members of the Borough Council under
the Borough Code or any other Act of Assembly.
The Borough Council may from time to time, by motion or ordinance,
add to, take away from or otherwise revise the foregoing schedule
of duties of the Director of Public Works.