There shall be a Department of Public Services which shall be responsible for the management of all the public-services-related activities of the City and for the supervision and coordination of all activities of all City agencies in relation to any public services matter.
The Department of Public Services shall be responsible for and shall include (but is not limited to) the following functions:
A. 
Highways, including maintenance and repair, sweeping, snow and ice removal and control of all public streets, roads, ways, bridges and sidewalks and storm-drain facilities of the City.
B. 
Forestry, including Tree Warden and Superintendent of Shade Tree Management and Pest Control as provided for by ordinance.
C. 
Garage, including maintenance and ordinary repair of all motor vehicles and equipment belonging to the City, excluding only School Department and Fire Department vehicles and equipment.
D. 
Cemetery maintenance and operation.
E. 
Grounds maintenance and landscaping, including all park and playground maintenance.
F. 
Maintenance and repair of all equipment and fixtures relative to the water/sewer systems in the City.
A. 
Appointment; term of office. There shall be a Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works appointed by the Mayor, subject to the review of the Council as provided in Section 2-10 of the Charter, to serve for a term not to exceed three years. The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.
B. 
Qualifications. The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works shall be a person especially fitted by education, training and experience to perform the duties of the office and shall have had at least five years of progressively responsible experience in public works administration.
C. 
Powers and duties.
(1) 
The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works shall be responsible to the Mayor for the effective operation of the Department of Public Services.
(2) 
The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works shall be responsible for management of all projects generated externally from public services, but involving more than one line division of the Department and for the supervision of all matters relating to the Department's scope of activities.
The Department of Public Services shall consist of the following offices:
A. 
Office of Labor Services. The Office of Labor Services shall be responsible for the labor-related functions and activities of the City, except water and sewers for which separate provision is made. The Office of Labor Services shall be responsible for the planning, design and construction of all assigned public works improvement projects.
B. 
Office of Garage and Motor Vehicle Maintenance. The Office of Garage and Motor Vehicle Maintenance shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of all equipment and vehicles belonging to the Department and of all other City equipment and vehicles which are assigned to it for maintenance and repair.
C. 
Water/Sewers Office. The Office of Water and Sewers shall be responsible for the operation, maintenance and emergency repair of all equipment and fixtures belonging to the Office, including the pump station.
D. 
Forestry and Grounds Office. The Forestry and Grounds Office shall be responsible for all of the services of a Tree Warden as described in MGL Chapter 87 and for all of the services of a Superintendent of Shade Tree Management and Pest Control as described in MGL Chapter 132. The Forestry and Grounds Office shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of all landscaped areas of the City, including the grounds around buildings, parks, playgrounds, public beaches and landings and such other landscaped areas as may from time to time be assigned to its care.
The Public Services Department shall consist of permanent full-time employees and one permanent part-time employee (Clerk of the Cemetery Division of the Public Services Department, to be funded by the Cemetery Board of Managers). Temporary laborers are to be hired at the discretion of the Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works.
There shall be established a division within the Department of Public Services to be known as the "municipal garage." All departmental motor vehicles of the City, including snowplows, with the exception of vehicles controlled by the School Department, shall be sent to the municipal garage for all repairs and inspections.
All the expenditures in this Department shall be in conformance with appropriations voted by the City Council.