[CC 1985 § 2-161; Ord. No. 5947 § 10, 2-21-1984; Ord. No. 6676 § 14, 2-1-1993]
A. At the first meeting of the newly elected Council after
the annual City election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, it
shall be the duty of the Mayor, with the consent and approval of a
majority of the members elected to the City Council, to appoint some
suitable and competent person to the office of director of municipal
services, who shall be a resident of the City and who shall hold his
or her office for a term of one (1) year and until his or her successor
is appointed and qualified.
B. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the
director shall take and subscribe an oath that he/she possesses all
the qualifications prescribed by law for his or her office, that he/she
will support the constitutions of the United States and of the state,
all laws of the state, affecting cities of the third class and the
ordinances of the City, that he/she will faithfully demean himself
in office, and that he/she is not and will not during his or her term
of office be either directly or indirectly interested in any contract
with the City for any public work or material furnished, which official
oath shall be filed with the City Clerk.
C. The Director of Municipal Services shall serve as the Street
Commissioner and the City Traffic Engineer. All references in the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Marshall, Missouri, to the "Street
Commissioner" or City Traffic Engineer shall mean the "Director of
Municipal Services."
D. The Mayor shall, from time to time, with the consent and
approval of a majority of the members elected to the City Council,
appoint some suitable and competent person to serve as the Assistant
Director of Municipal Services. It shall be the duty of the Assistant
Director of Municipal Services to perform the duties delegated to
him by the Director, and any acts required in the Code of Ordinances
to be performed by the Director may be delegated by him to the Assistant
Director.
E. In addition to the various duties set forth in the Code
of Ordinances, the Director of Municipal Services shall be responsible
for all recordkeeping, coordination and administration of street maintenance,
street construction, street sweeping and sign construction, equipment
maintenance, administration of the City vehicle fuel system, residential
and commercial refuse collection, operation of the City landfill,
grant applications and administration on projects relating to the
functions of the department and engineering-related duties.
F. The Director of Municipal Services may be removed from
office in the manner prescribed for the removal of appointive officers
of the City.
[CC 1985 § 2-163; Ord. No. 5947 § 9, 2-21-1984]
The Director of Municipal Services, by and with the advice and
consent of the Council, is hereby authorized and empowered to use
such laborers, mechanics, vehicles, carts and teams, and to purchase
such materials and tools as from time to time may be necessary in
the proper discharge of his or her duties; provided, that the wages
of laborers and mechanics and the compensation allowed for vehicles,
carts or teams so used shall in no event, exceed the rate of compensation
usually paid in the City for similar services at the time of such
use.
[CC 1985 § 2-164; Ord. No. 5947 § 9, 2-21-1984]
The Director of Municipal Services shall have the care and custody
of all tools, machinery, implements and other property of the City
under his or her control in the performance of his or her duties,
and shall be held responsible for their loss or abuse and upon vacating
his or her office he/she shall cause the same to be turned over to
his or her successor in office, or to the committee on streets, alleys,
sidewalks and sewers if his or her successor shall not have been appointed
and qualified and he/she shall take duplicate receipts for all property
so transferred; one copy of which he/she shall file with the City
Clerk.
[CC 1985 § 2-165; Ord. No. 5947 § 9, 2-21-1984]
The Director of Municipal Services shall keep an accurate, itemized
account of all purchases made by him and of all services rendered
by those in his or her employ or under his or her control, and shall
certify to the correctness of all accounts for purchases made by him,
and for services rendered by the persons, vehicles, carts and teams
under his or her control.
[CC 1985 § 2-166; Ord. No. 5947 § 9, 2-21-1984]
The Director of Municipal Services shall cause to be prosecuted
every person he/she may find violating any ordinance of the City relating
to streets, alleys, sidewalks, sewers or other public property of
the City and shall make arrests of all persons violating such ordinances
and bringing them before the Municipal Judge.
[CC 1985 § 2-167; Ord. No. 5947 § 9, 2-21-1984]
The Director of Municipal Services shall perform such other
duties as may hereafter be prescribed by ordinance or resolution of
the Council.