There shall be appointed by the Municipal Council in January
of every third year a Superintendent of Public Buildings who shall
hold office for three years or until a successor is chosen and qualified.
The Superintendent shall be removable for just cause. A vacancy in
office shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. The
Superintendent shall devote his/her entire time to the service of
the City and shall give bond with sufficient sureties to be approved
by the Municipal Council for the faithful performance of his/her office.
[Added 12-27-1977; amended 7-11-2000]
A. There is hereby created the position of heating, ventilation and
air-conditioning technician, who shall be responsible for setting
up, supervising and implementing continuing scheduled maintenance
programs for all heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems,
to include also all refrigeration units throughout the entire high
school project area, and all hot-water generators, pool pumps and
pool heaters.
B. Such technician shall advise the school administration of required
or recommended work actions above and beyond normal scheduled maintenance
procedures. Such technician shall, in addition to his scheduled workweek,
be available for call/response duty on a seven-day-a-week/twenty-four-hour
basis unless otherwise excused from call/response duty by the appointing
authority. Such technician shall be considered part of the personnel
for the office of Superintendent of Public Buildings.
The Superintendent of Public Buildings shall at all times keep
him/herself fully acquainted with the condition of all City buildings
and shall report to the Municipal Council, whenever it shall order,
the condition of all such buildings and the need of repairs and improvements
thereon. The Superintendent shall keep an accurate record of all such
buildings with their appurtenances and shall annually in the month
of January present to the Municipal Council a report of the same,
showing their condition, the nature and amount in detail of all expenditures
made relating to such buildings or their appurtenances during the
year next preceding, and a statement of the nature and extent of repairs
or improvements which, in his/her opinion, will be required during
the next succeeding 12 months, with an estimate of the probable cost
thereof.
No repairs shall be made upon any building belonging to the
City, or upon any of appurtenances thereof, other than buildings of
the Water Department and of the Municipal Lighting Plant, except under
the direction and supervision of the Superintendent of Public Buildings.
The Superintendent of Public Buildings shall have the general
care and custody of the City Hall and the ground appurtenant thereto
and shall keep the same at all times in a neat and clean condition.
He/she shall prepare and arrange the various apartments of the City
Hall for such use as may be authorized by the Mayor and Municipal
Council and shall see that the same are properly heated and lighted.
The Superintendent of Public Buildings may purchase such incidental
supplies as may be needed in the City Hall and may employ such other
persons as may be deemed necessary by the Municipal Council in addition
to his/her own services and those of any assistant in performing the
duties required under this article.
The expenses necessarily incurred for the maintenance of the
City Hall shall be paid from the appropriation to be made annually
for that purpose.
The Superintendent of Public Buildings shall have the general
care and custody of the plumbing and heating facilities in the Fire
Department and shall keep the same at all times in a good operating
condition.