[Rev. Ord.
No. 11, § 1, 10-21-1912]
The office of City Engineer is hereby created.
[Rev. Ord.
No. 11, § 2, 10-21-1912]
Whenever the Mayor and City Council shall undertake the construction
of any building, bridge, sewer, culvert or the opening, widening,
grading or other improvement of any street or thoroughfare, or the
laying off and improvement of any park, public square or cemetery,
or other improvement requiring the services of a Civil Engineer, the
Mayor, by and with the consent and approval of the Council, is hereby
authorized to appoint some suitable and competent person to the office
City Engineer.
[Rev. Ord.
No. 11, § 3, 10-21-1912]
The person appointed to the office of City Engineer shall possess
a thorough and practical knowledge of surveying and civil engineering.
He shall, in addition to the oath prescribed for City Officers, take
an oath that he is not and will not be, during his continuance in
office, be directly or indirectly interested in any contract with
the City for any public work or material furnished. He shall hold
his office at the pleasure of the Mayor and City Council and shall
receive such compensation for his services rendered in pursuance of
an ordinance or resolution authorizing his employment as the Mayor
and Council deem just and reasonable.
[Rev. Ord.
No. 11, § 4, 10-21-1912]
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the City Engineer
shall execute to the City a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars
($500.00) with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned on the faithful
performance of all the duties required or which may be required of
him by the ordinances of this City, or by any resolution of the City
Council. Said bond shall be approved by the Mayor and filed in the
office of the City Clerk.
[Rev. Ord.
No. 11 § 5, 10-21-1912]
It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to make all such surveys,
plats, drawings, plans, specifications and estimates that may, from
time to time, be required of him by ordinance or resolution of the
City Council. He shall have a superintending control of the construction
of any building, bridge or culvert, and or the opening, widening,
grading or other improvement of any street, alley or thoroughfare.
He shall make all such surveys as are necessary for the laying off
or improvement of any public park, square or cemetery. He shall prepare
plans, specifications and estimates of the costs of all public or
district sewers ordered by the City Council to be built, and shall
have control of their construction. He shall establish the grade of
any street, alley or thoroughfare whenever required. He shall keep
a complete and correct record of all his surveys and official acts,
in proper books kept for that purpose, and when vacating his office,
such records, together with all field notes, profiles, drawings and
other data relating to surveys of the City or public work, and all
disbursements and other property in his possession and which belong
to the City, shall be turned over to his successor in office or to
the Mayor, if his successor shall not have been appointed and qualified.