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.
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.