CROSS REFERENCES
City departments — See 3rd Class Charter Law
§ 415 (53 P.S. § 41415).
Mayor to control administrative branch — See
ADM. 113.01 et seq.
[Ord. 59-1987 § 1, passed 9-23-1987]
The administrative branch of the City shall be composed of the
departments and bureaus listed herein and shall be composed of the
personnel authorized by Council by ordinance.
At the head of each department there shall be an administrative
officer with the title of Director, and he shall have authority to
direct and supervise his department, subject to supervision and control
by the Mayor. Heads of departments may also serve as heads of bureaus
or other subdivisions of departments. Two or more bureaus or subdivisions
thereof may be headed by the same individual. At the head of each
bureau or subdivision there shall be an administrative officer known
as the Chief of the Bureau or Assistant Director, subject to the department
director and Mayor. The work of each bureau may be distributed among
such subordinate divisions or other units as may be established by
department directors and approved by the Mayor.
[Ord. 59-1987 § 1, passed 9-23-1987]
The following administrative departments of the City government
are established, and present bureaus, divisions, personnel, properties,
functions and duties of the City government are assigned to them as
follows in this article.
[Ord. 59-1987 § 1, passed 9-23-1987; Ord. No. 27-2023, passed 6-7-2023]
The Department of Public Safety shall be headed by a Director
of Public Safety who shall be responsible to the Mayor for the administration
of the laws and ordinances of the City relating to the protection
of persons and property. In the absence of the Director or the vacancy
of this position, the Chief of Police and the Chief of Fire shall
serve as Directors and exercise control of their respective Bureaus
subject to supervision and control by the Mayor. The Director shall
supervise the administration of the following Bureaus:
(a)
Bureau of Police. The Bureau of Police shall be headed by a Chief
of Police appointed by the Mayor who shall command the personnel and
activities of the Bureau of Police.
(b)
Bureau of Fire. The Bureau of Fire shall be headed by a Fire Chief
who shall command the personnel and activities of the Bureau of Fire
as well as the offices of Electrician and Radio Division.
[Ord. 109-1989 § 1, passed 12-27-1989]
There shall be established a Department of Business Administration
and Finance, headed by a Director of Business Administration and Finance,
appointed by the Mayor, who shall serve in the capacity provided in
Section 416 of the Optional Third Class City Charter Law. In addition,
the Director shall supervise and direct the operations of the following
Bureaus or Offices:
(a)
Accounts and Finances;
(b)
Central Purchasing;
(c)
Computer Services;
(d)
Human Relations;
(e)
Job Partnership Training Act which office is hereby established to
administer the provisions of the Federal Job Partnership Training
Act; and
(f)
Personnel, including Office of Contract Compliance and EEOC.
[Ord. 59-1987 § 1, passed 9-23-1987]
There is hereby established a Department of Public Works, Property
and Parks which shall unify the functions of the former Department
of Public Works and the Department of Parks and Public Property under
one Director appointed by the Mayor. The Director along with a Deputy
Director and no more than three Assistant Directors plus the City
Engineer appointed by the Mayor shall be responsible for the administration
of the City's public works, parks, playgrounds, public facilities
and public buildings not specifically delegated to the jurisdiction
of another department as assigned to the following Bureaus:
(a)
Bureau of Engineering. The Bureau of Engineering shall be headed
by the City Engineer who shall perform such services as are required
by statute and City ordinance and shall further furnish engineering
services to all departments of the City, prepare plans and specifications
for construction work, supervise and inspect all construction and
maintain City maps and engineering data and records. In addition,
the Bureau of Engineering shall supervise and direct the Bureau of
Traffic Engineering and its Paint and Sign Division.
(b)
Bureau of Streets.
(1)
The Bureau of Streets shall be headed by a Bureau Chief who
shall be responsible for the upkeep and repair of streets, the paving
of streets, the construction and grading of streets and the lighting
of streets.
(2)
The personnel, properties, functions and duties of the following
former offices, divisions and bureaus are assigned and transferred
to the Bureau of Streets:
(c)
Bureau of Water.
(1)
The Bureau of Water shall be headed by a Bureau Chief who shall
be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the water supply
and distribution system of the City, except for the accounting and
collection of revenues and expenditures.
(2)
There is assigned and transferred to the Bureau of Water in
the Department of Public Works, Parks and Property all of the former
functions of the Bureau of Water of the Department of Public Affairs.
(d)
Bureau of Sewers.
(1)
The Bureau of Sewers shall be headed by a Bureau Chief who shall
be responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of
the sewer system of the City and the Sewage Treatment Plant and facilities
of the City.
(e)
Bureau of Municipal Garage.
(1)
The Bureau of Municipal Garage shall be headed by a Bureau Chief
who shall be responsible for the service, storage and repair of mobile
equipment of all departments, bureaus and other divisions of the City
government.
(2)
All the former property, equipment, personnel and officers of
the former Bureau of Municipal Garage are assigned and transferred
to the Bureau of Municipal Garage.
(f)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation.
(1)
The Bureau of Parks and Recreation shall be headed by a Bureau
Chief and shall be responsible for the development, care and maintenance
of all public playgrounds, golf courses, recreation areas and recreation
programs of the City.
(g)
Bureau of Public Buildings.
(1)
The Bureau of Public Buildings shall be headed by a Bureau Chief
who shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of all public
buildings and facilities of the City not specifically delegated to
the jurisdiction of another department. It shall be the duty of the
Chief of this Bureau to allocate space in such buildings to such departments
of the City government as may require them and to care for and maintain
all such public buildings and facilities.
[Ord. 109-1989 § 1, passed 12-27-1989; amended by Ord. 33-2020, passed 8-19-2020]
There shall be established a Department of Economic and Community
Development, headed by a Director of Economic and Community Development
appointed by the Mayor. This Department shall be compromised of the
Office of Fiscal Administration.
[Added by Ord. 33-2020, passed 8-19-2020]
There shall be established a Department of Planning and Neighborhood
Resources, headed by a Director of Planning and Neighborhood Resources
appointed by the Mayor. This Department shall be comprised of the
Offices of:
