[Adopted as Rev. Ords. 1964, §§ 2-13 to 2-20
(§§ 2-98 to 2-104 and 2-105 of the 2010 Code)]
In January of every third year the Municipal Council shall elect
a City Engineer whose whole time shall be at the disposal of the City
and who shall perform such services as properly come under the care
of a surveyor and civil engineer. The City Engineer shall be removable
by the Municipal Council for cause. A vacancy in such office shall
be filled in like manner for the unexpired term.
The City Engineer shall, subject to the approval of the Department
of Public Works Committee, which Committee shall act as a committee
on engineering, appoint such assistants as shall be necessary.
[Amended 5-23-2000]
The City Engineer or his/her assistants shall make, or cause
to be made, all surveys, estimates and descriptions, and take all
levels, required by the Municipal Council or by any committee thereof,
or by the Mayor, City Clerk, Assessors, Supervisor of Streets, City
Solicitor and any municipal board or commission.
[Amended 5-23-2000]
The City Engineer shall, unless otherwise provided, have the
custody of all plans and notes relating to streets, sewers, public
works and surveys made for the City and shall keep the same properly
classified and indexed, so as to be accessible at any time, and the
City Engineer shall turn over the same to his/her successor.
The City Engineer shall keep a full and detailed account of
the expenses of all work which shall be done under his/her direction,
with a complete index of the same, and turn over the same to his/her
successor.
The City Engineer shall annually in the month of January render
to the Municipal Council a detailed report of the work of the Engineering
Division of the Department of Public Works during the preceding year,
specifying the expenses thereof, the general nature of the work and
the property under his/her charge, and shall make such recommendations
and suggestions as the City Engineer may think necessary.
The City Engineer shall, if so requested by the Assessors, prepare
such maps and plans and furnish the Assessors with all assistance
in their department which they may require.
The City Engineer shall make and prepare all needed specifications
and plans describing and governing the work of construction of all
main drains, common sewers and water mains and shall make plans and
profiles of all such drains and sewers built under the direction of
the Municipal Council, showing their location with reference to other
drains, sewers and the street lines, and showing the location of all
private sewers, private drains and waterlines entering them. These
plans shall be made in duplicate, and one complete set shall be kept
in the files of the City Engineer's office. The City Engineer shall
also perform such other duties pertaining to the office as may be
required by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and/or
the Department of Public Works Committee.
