There is hereby established an Engineering Department for the
City of Bangor.
It shall be the function of the Engineering Department:
A. Make surveys. To make surveys, including levels, prepare plans and
profiles, write specifications and perform other related engineering
work in connection with streets, sewers and other public structures.
B. Construction of public structures. To make quantity and cost estimates,
inspect and approve the construction of public structures and perform
all other related engineering work for the City not specifically herein
enumerated.
C. Record new streets. To record new streets as laid out in the City
Road Book and establish the lines and grades for building new streets
and for regrading old streets.
D. Erection of monuments. To superintend the erection of monuments at
the intersection of streets and preserve and reset all street monuments
disturbed or liable to be disturbed in grading or building streets.
E. Maintain records. To maintain and safely keep all engineering records,
instruments, plans, profiles, records of surveys and all other property
and papers relating to engineering work of every description belonging
to the City of Bangor.
F. Services for other departments. To perform all engineering services
the departments of the City may from time to time require.
G. Stormwater.
To oversee and supervise the operations of the stormwater system.
[Added 5-27-2020 by Ord. No. 20-159]
There is hereby authorized and established the position of City
Engineer. The City Engineer shall supervise the entire operation of
the Engineering Department. In addition to other duties required by
law, the City Engineer shall have charge of and regulate the opening
and excavation of all City streets and shall have the authority to
grant applications for the location of utility poles, wires and other
utility structures in the public rights-of-way, provided that the
City Engineer's authority to grant utility location permits shall
not be in substitution for any franchise agreement or similar agreement
otherwise required by law, e.g., cable television franchise agreements
required under 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3008. The City Engineer shall
also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the City Manager
or any applicable state or local laws or ordinances.