A.
There shall be a Department of Law in the executive branch of the
City government.
B.
Corporation Counsel. There shall be a Corporation Counsel, who shall
be the head of the Department of Law. The Corporation Counsel shall
be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Corporation Counsel shall
be an attorney currently admitted to practice in the courts of the
State of New York and who shall have had at least five years of active
practice in the profession of law prior to appointment.
C.
Duties of the Corporation Counsel. The Counsel shall act as legal
advisor to the Mayor and to any City Council member, upon request
of said City Council member. The Corporation Counsel shall appear
for and protect the right and interests of the City in all actions,
suits or proceedings by it or against it or against any City Officer,
employee, department, board or commission in connection with municipal
business. The Corporation Counsel may employ or retain legal counsel
to assist the Corporation Counsel with litigation and/or any other
duty within the Law Department in which the City or any officer thereof
is interested or is a party with the written consent of and at a compensation
approved by the Mayor and the City Council.
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A.
Establishment. There shall be a Department of Public Safety in the
executive branch of City government. It shall include a Bureau of
Police and a Bureau of Fire.
B.
Commissioner of Public Safety. There may be a Commissioner of Public
Safety, who shall be head of the Department of Public Safety and shall
have supervision and control of the Bureau of Police and the Bureau
of Fire. The Commissioner shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject
to confirmation by the City Council, to serve at the pleasure of the
Mayor and shall appoint, with the approval of the Mayor and in conformity
with the rules of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, a Chief
of the Bureau of Police and a Chief of the Bureau of Fire.
C.
Qualifications of Commissioner. The Commissioner of Public Safety
appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
shall possess at least a four-year degree in either law, law enforcement,
police, fire, or public administration from an accredited college
or university, and shall have had at least five years of responsible
experience in law enforcement administration and/or law enforcement
or fire management.
D.
Rules and Regulations. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall issue
and may from time to time amend rules and regulations not inconsistent
with laws of the State of New York or ordinances of the City for the
management and discipline of the police and fire forces of the City.
E.
Disciplinary procedures of police and fire forces. All removal and
other disciplinary actions of the police and fire forces of the City
shall be controlled by Article 5 of the New York State Civil Service
Law, § 75 through § 77, including any amendments
thereto.
F.
Chief of Police. There shall be a Chief of Police who shall be head
of the Bureau of Police. The Chief shall be appointed by the Commissioner
of Public Safety, with the approval of the Mayor, when a vacancy exists,
or by the Mayor if there is no Commissioner. Appointment shall be
made from an eligible list prepared by the Municipal Civil Service
Commission. Under the supervision and control of the Commissioner
of Public Safety or the Mayor, the Chief shall have command and management
of the police force of the City.
G.
Organization of Bureau of Police. The Bureau of Police shall consist
of such divisions, sections, units, details and zones as shall be
determined by the Commissioner or, if there is no Commissioner, the
Chief of Police, and approved by the Mayor, consistent with the basic
purposes of the Bureau and the fiscal resources available for its
operations.
H.
Appointments and promotions in police force. The Commissioner of
Public Safety or, if there is no Commissioner, the Chief of Police,
shall appoint or promote members and employees of the police force
as approved by the Mayor and in accordance with the rules of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission and the laws of the state.
I.
Powers and duties of Commissioner, Chief of Police and Bureau members.
The Commissioner of Public Safety, the Chief of Police, and the members
of the Bureau shall be responsible for maintaining the peace of the
City, preventing crime and enforcing the laws of the state and the
ordinances of the City.
J.
Chief of Fire. There shall be a Chief of Fire who shall be head of
the Bureau of Fire. The Chief shall be appointed by the Commissioner
of Public Safety, with the approval of the Mayor, when a vacancy exists,
or by the Mayor if there is no Commissioner. Appointment shall be
made from an eligible list prepared by the Municipal Civil Service
Commission. Under the supervision and control of the Commissioner
of Public Safety or the Mayor, the Chief shall have command and management
of the fire force of the City.
K.
Appointments and promotions in fire force. The Commissioner of Public
Safety or, if there is no Commissioner, the Chief of Fire, shall appoint
or promote with approval of the Mayor, members and employees of the
fire force in accordance with the rules of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission and the laws of the State.
L.
There shall be a Division of Fire Prevention in the Bureau of Fire
under the supervision and control of the Chief of Fire. This Division
shall be responsible for the application and enforcement of the Fire
Prevention Code of the City of Troy and all processes for permits,
service orders, investigations, revocations, and inspections consistent
with that part of the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code related
to fire prevention.
A.
Establishment. There shall be a Department of General Services in
the executive branch of City government. The Department shall include
a Bureau of Engineering, a Bureau of Traffic Control, a Bureau of
Streets, a Bureau of Sanitation, a Bureau of Parks and Recreation,
a Bureau of Buildings, a Bureau of Code Enforcement, and a Central
Garage.
B.
Commissioner of General Services. There shall be a Commissioner of General Services who shall be head of the department and shall have supervision and control of the entities enumerated in Subsection A herein. The Commissioner shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and may appoint, with the approval of the Mayor, a City Engineer, a Traffic Engineer, a Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation, a Director of Code Enforcement, and a Director of Parks and Recreation.
C.
Qualifications of Commissioner. The Commissioner of General Services
shall possess at least a bachelor's degree in management or logistics,
or an equivalent degree, from an accredited four-year college or university,
and shall have had at least five years of increasingly responsible
experience in public works administration or equivalent fields prior
to appointment.
D.
Bureaus may be combined. The Commissioner of General Services, provided
that person is an engineer licensed as such under the laws of the
state and with the approval of the Mayor, may assume the office of
City Engineer or, with the approval of the Mayor, may consolidate
any two or more of the bureaus of the Department under one Bureau
Superintendent.
E.
City Engineer. There shall be a City Engineer who shall be head of
the Bureau of Engineering. The City Engineer shall be appointed by
the Commissioner of General Services, with the approval of the Mayor,
and shall be the First Deputy Commissioner of General Services and,
under the supervision and control of the Commissioner, shall have
charge of all engineering work of the City. The appointee shall be
a professional engineer, licensed to practice as such under the laws
of the state, and shall have had at least five years of experience
in the practice of the profession prior to appointment.
F.
Traffic Engineer.
1.
There may be a Traffic Engineer who shall be head of the Bureau of
Traffic Control, appointed in accordance with municipal civil service
rules and regulations by the Commissioner of General Services, with
the approval of the Mayor. The Traffic Engineer, under the supervision
and control of the Commissioner, shall have charge of the placing,
maintenance and operation of all traffic-control devices; of the maintenance
of all pavement markings for traffic control; and of the placing,
maintenance and operation of all parking meters on City streets or
in the City parking lots. The Traffic Engineer shall keep a record
of all traffic accidents in the City and recommend to the Mayor from
time to time special treatment for hazardous conditions disclosed
by such record. The Traffic Engineer shall be a graduate engineer
with a degree in civil engineering from an accredited four-year college
or university, and shall have had at least two years of experience
in the practice of the profession prior to appointment.
2.
It shall be the duty of the Traffic Engineer to determine and regulate the installation, operation and maintenance of all traffic-control devices; to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures to conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions on the streets of the City; to cooperate with other City officials in the development of ways to improve traffic control, and to carry out the additional duties and acts as authorized in Chapter 270, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City.
G.
Supervisor of Streets and Sanitation. There may be a Supervisor of
Streets and Sanitation who shall be head of the Bureau of Streets
and the Bureau of Sanitation. The supervisor shall be appointed by
the Commissioner of General Services, with the approval of the Mayor.
Under the supervision and control of the Commissioner, the supervisor
shall have charge of maintenance and operation of the streets and
bridges of the City, and shall have charge of the collection and disposal
of garbage and other municipal wastes in the City.
H.
Public streets. All streets in public use in the City heretofore
or hereafter laid out as streets under the laws of the state; all
streets which have been improved or worked by the City and used as
streets for 10 years or longer, and all streets heretofore or hereafter
dedicated to the public use and accepted for such use by the City
Council shall be deemed public streets of the City.
I.
Dedication of streets. Whenever any street or other land is offered
for dedication to the public use, the City Council may accept such
dedication by ordinance. Before any such street or other land shall
be accepted, the Council shall cause a survey, map and description
to be made by the Commissioner of General Services who then shall
report the results to the Council. Such description shall be entered
at length in the minutes of the Council, and such map shall be filed
in the offices of the City Clerk and the City Engineer.
J.
Title by prescription. The City Council may by ordinance cause any
street that has been worked by the City, has been in public use for
10 years or more, and is not sufficiently described or has not been
duly recorded as dedicated to the public use, to be described and
entered of record in its minutes.
K.
Street grades. The City Council shall establish the grade of all
public streets. No such grade, legally established, shall thereafter
be changed except upon compensation for any damage resulting from
such change of grade.
L.
Sidewalks. It shall be the duty of the owners of land fronting on
any of the public streets of the City to construct and keep in repair
the sidewalks in front of their respective lots in such manner, at
such times and of such materials as the Commissioner of General Services
may direct; and to keep all such sidewalks at all times free of ice,
snow and other obstructions. If any owner after notice shall neglect
to comply with this section within the time specified by the Commissioner
in the aforesaid notice, the Commissioner may cause the work to be
done at the expense of the owner. The cost and expense of any such
work shall, if not paid by the owner, be added to the tax rolls.
M.
Construction work in streets. The Commissioner of General Services
shall have power to regulate and control all construction work in
the City streets by private persons, firms or corporations. No such
construction work shall be undertaken without a permit for such work,
signed by the City Engineer.
N.
Director of Code Enforcement. There may be a Director of Code Enforcement,
appointed by the Commissioner of General Services with the approval
of the Mayor, who shall be the head of the Bureau of Code Enforcement.
The appointee, who shall be under the supervision and control of the
City Engineer, shall have charge of the enforcement of any building
code, housing code, zoning ordinance, plumbing code or electrical
code now in effect or hereafter adopted by the City Council.
O.
Bureau of Buildings. There shall be a Bureau of Buildings that will
be supervised by a Building Maintenance Supervisor. Under the supervision
and control of the Commissioner, this Bureau shall be responsible
for the operation, maintenance and upkeep of all municipally owned
buildings, with the exception of the Department of Public Utilities
building.
P.
Central Garage. There shall be a Central Garage that will be supervised
by an Auto Equipment Supervisor. Under the supervision and control
of the Commissioner, this bureau shall be responsible for the repair
and maintenance of all municipally owned vehicles, with the exception
of the Bureau of Fire equipment and the Department of Public Utilities
equipment.
Q.
Director of Parks and Recreation. There shall be a Director of Parks
and Recreation, appointed by the Mayor with approval of the City Council.
The Director shall have at least a bachelor's degree in recreation
and parks management, or an equivalent degree, from an accredited
four-year college, and at least three years of experience in the creation
and management of recreational facilities or parks prior to appointment.
Under the supervision and control of the Commissioner of General Services,
the Director shall be responsible for management of entertainment
and recreational activities carried on by the City. Parks and Recreation
shall have a specific line or lines in the City budget, and its Director
shall be responsible for supervising, managing, constructing, improving,
and maintaining all City recreational facilities and cemeteries, including
buildings and grounds thereon.
A.
Establishment. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities in
the executive branch of City government. It shall include an Administrative
Section, a Bureau of Water Purification and Pumping, a Bureau of Water
Maintenance, and a Bureau of Sewer Maintenance.
B.
Superintendent of Public Utilities. There shall be a Superintendent of the Department of Public Utilities who shall be the head of the department, and shall have supervision and control of the entities enumerated in Subsection A hereof. The Superintendent shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council. The Superintendent may appoint, with the approval of the Mayor, a Supervisor of Water Plant Operators, a Supervisor of Water, and a Supervisor of Sewers.
C.
Supervisor of Water Plant Operations. There may be a Supervisor of
Water Plant Operations who shall be the head of the Bureau of Purification
and Pumping. The Supervisor shall be appointed by the Superintendent
of Public Utilities, with the approval of the Mayor. The Supervisor
shall be the First Deputy Superintendent of Public Utilities and,
under the supervision and control of the Superintendent, shall have
charge of the operation of the reservoir, water treatment plant, pumping
stations and storage reservoirs in the City. The appointee shall have
a degree in sanitary, chemical or civil engineering and a Grade 1A
license issued by the New York State Department of Health for the
operation of a water treatment facility, and shall have had at least
five years of experience in the field of water treatment prior to
appointment.
D.
Supervisor of Water. There may be a Supervisor of Water who shall
be head of the Bureau of Water Maintenance, to be appointed by the
Superintendent of Public Utilities, with the approval of the Mayor.
Under the supervision and control of the Superintendent, the appointee
shall have charge of the maintenance of all the transmission, distribution
and service pipelines and accessories in the City's public water system.
E.
Supervisor of Sewers. There may be a Supervisor of Sewers who shall
be head of the Bureau of Sewer Maintenance, appointed by the Superintendent
of Public Utilities, with the approval of the Mayor. Under the supervision
and control of the Superintendent, the appointee shall have charge
of the maintenance of the sanitary sewers, storm sewers, sewer laterals
and accessories of the City's sewer system.
F.
Rules and regulations. The City Council shall establish by ordinance
a code of rules and regulations for the Department of Public Utilities.
Such rules and regulations shall establish the policies under which
the Department is to be operated.
G.
Water and sewer charges. The City Council shall establish by ordinance
the water and sewer rates which are to be charged, and said ordinance
shall be considered an amended part of the rules and regulations.
H.
Contracts with outside communities or other governmental agencies.
The City Council shall enact legislation when and if a contract is
to be entered into with an outside community for the sale of water,
acceptance of sewage, and maintenance and repairs. Said legislation
shall stipulate all aspects of the contract.
I.
New construction. The City Council, by the affirmative vote of a
majority of all its members, may declare the construction of any water
or sewer line to be a public improvement. If such construction is
declared to be a public improvement, the cost and expense thereof
shall be borne by the City. The Council, after a public hearing and
by the affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, may declare
the construction to be a local improvement, in which case the Council
shall establish the proportion of the cost to be borne by the City
at large, the proportion of the cost to be assessed against benefited
property, and the boundaries of the area benefited by such improvements
and assessable therefor. Said construction shall be either departmental
work or may be placed out to contract upon decision of the Commissioner
and approval or funding by the City Council.
A.
Establishment. There shall be a Department of Planning and Economic
Development in the City executive branch. It shall be responsible
in a comprehensive and unified manner for planning, development, coordination
and promotion of the physical, social and economic well-being of the
City.
B.
Commissioner of Planning and Community Development. There may be
a Commissioner of Planning and Community Development who shall be
the head of the department. In the absence of a Commissioner, the
Deputy Mayor may perform the duties of such position. The Commissioner
shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City
Council, to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor, and shall hold at
least a bachelor's degree in economics, urban planning or equivalent
discipline from an accredited college or university and a minimum
of three years of experience in city planning, community development
or related fields.
C.
Bureaus and organization of Department. The Commissioner may, with
the approval of the Mayor, organize the Department into bureaus or
other divisions.
D.
Staff function. The Department shall serve as staff and adviser to
the City Planning Commission, the Historic District Commission, the
Zoning Board of Appeals, the Environmental Commission, their successor
agencies or others as may be assigned by the Mayor or City Council.
