The care and management of the City's sewers, drains and wastewater
treatment facilities shall be in and exercised by the City Sewer Commission.
[Amended 1-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-2[1]]
The Sewer Commission shall consist of five Commissioners appointed
by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. One member of
the commission shall be a qualified engineer. One member shall be
an attorney at law. The engineer shall be qualified by virtue of possession
of at least a baccalaureate degree in civil, chemical or mechanical
engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution,
or by virtue of possession of a professional engineering certificate
in such discipline or a related discipline from any state of the United
States. The attorney shall be qualified by virtue of membership in
the Massachusetts Bar. Three members shall have an interest in matters
related to the Sewer Commission. All Commissioners must be residents
of the City.
The Commissioners originally appointed to the Sewer Commission
shall be appointed to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and
five years. Upon the expiration of the term of any Commissioner, his
successor shall be appointed for a term of five years. Vacancies shall
be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner
as an appointment for a full term. Members shall serve until their
successors are duly appointed and qualified.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council,
may remove a member of the Sewer Commission, but only for just cause
and after a public hearing.
The officers of the Sewer Commission shall be a president and
a clerk. The president shall be chosen by the members of the commission
by ballot. The clerk shall not be a member of the commission.
The president of the City Sewer Commission shall exercise a
general supervision over the sewage works and the materials and property
connected therewith, and over all subordinate officers and agents.
He shall preside at all meetings of the commission, and in his absence
a president pro tem shall be chosen.
The clerk shall be the recording officer of the Sewer Commission,
and shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties. He shall
have the custody and supervision of all the books, plans and documents
under control of the commission and shall keep all such books and
records as the commission shall direct.
A.
The Sewer Commission shall have and exercise, subject to any order
of the City Council, the powers granted by the provisions of this
chapter and shall operate as authorized under MGL c. 41, §§ 63,
65 and 68.
B.
The Sewer Commission is also hereby authorized to plan, lay out,
construct, maintain and operate a system of sewage works for the City
and to levy fees and charges for the use of such sewage works. Such
sewage works may include sewers and sewer service connections, pumping
stations, sewage treatment works, sewage disposal works and the works
essential to the proper collection and disposal of the sewage of the
City.
The City Sewer Commission may establish such regulations, not
conflicting with any ordinance of the City, for the collection and
disposal of wastewater, the measurement thereof and payment therefor
as it may deem expedient. Upon any failure or refusal to comply with
such regulations, the commission may refuse to receive sewage or invoke
such other financial penalties as are specified in this chapter.
