[Code 1961 §5.08(a); CC 1983 §24-18]
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, shall appoint some competent person to the office of Street Commissioner at the first (1st) regular meeting of the Council in May of each year. The term of office of the Street Commissioner shall be for a period of one (1) year and until his/her successor is appointed and qualified.
[Code 1961 §5.08(b); CC 1983 §24-19]
The person appointed to the office of Street Commissioner shall be a qualified voter of the City and during his/her term of office shall reside in the City.
[Code 1961 §5.08(c); CC 1983 §24-20]
A. 
The Street Commissioner shall perform the following duties:
1. 
Under the supervision of the Committee on Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks, he/she shall have general charge of the streets, sewers, avenues, alleys and other highways and sidewalks of the City, and shall personally superintend all work thereon and the repairs of the same.
2. 
He/she shall personally superintend and direct all the labor required to be done in the opening, widening, grading, guttering, paving or other improvement of any street, alley, sidewalk or thoroughfare of the City.
3. 
He/she shall personally superintend and direct all the labor required to be done in the maintaining, extending and replacing of the City sewerage system.
4. 
He/she shall see that all streets, alleys, sidewalks, gutters, drains and sewers, are kept in good repair, free from all obstructions and in a clean condition.
5. 
He/she shall see that all sidewalks in the City are kept in good condition and repair, and shall at any time report to the Committee on Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks for their information and action what new sidewalks in his/her judgment should be constructed, and what sidewalks in his/her judgment should be repaired.
6. 
He/she shall see that the conditions of all contracts with the City for any kind of street work or street improvements or for the construction or repair of any building, bridge, culvert, drain or sewer, or for any other public work or improvement, are faithfully complied with in every particular.
7. 
He/she shall take care that no drainage shall accrue to any street or other City property in consequence of any unauthorized excavation, or by reason of any excavation made for the purpose of laying water or gas mains or pipes or from the laying of any railway tracks. When such excavations are refilled, he/she shall see that the work of refilling the same and restoring of the pavement is done in a proper manner and without injury to the City or to any person.
8. 
At each regular meeting of the Council, he/she shall submit in writing an itemized and detailed report of the work done by him/her during the preceding month, specifying the character of the work, when and where performed, the number of men and vehicles employed, days of service rendered by each, prices paid per day, materials and tools purchased and the cost thereof, and the total expenditures or obligations for the payment of which the City is liable.
[Code 1961 §5.08(d); CC 1983 §24-21]
The Street Commissioner, by and with the advice and consent of the Committee on Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks, shall employ such labor and purchase such material and tools as from time to time may be necessary in the proper discharge of his/her duties. The wages of laborers so employed in no event shall exceed the current rate of wages or of compensation in the City paid for similar services at the time of such employment.
[Code 1961 §5.08(e); CC 1983 §24-22]
The Street Commissioner shall have the care and custody of all tools, trucks, machinery, implements, or other property of the City used or employed by him/her or those under his/her control in the pursuance of his/her duties, and he/she shall be held personally responsible for their loss or use. Upon vacating his/her office, he/she shall cause the same to be turned over to his/her successor in office or to the Committee on Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks, if his/her successor shall not have been appointed and qualified.