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A department of engineering is hereby created, the department
head of which shall be the director of engineering, who shall report
to the administrator except as to the functions for which the engineer
has specific authority granted by statute or ordinance. The director
of engineering may also be referred to as the municipal engineer or
engineer.
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The engineer shall be a person qualified and licensed to practice
professional engineering in the state and such person shall possess
the scientific engineering skill that is necessary to qualify such
person to personally perform the duties of the office. Such person
shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the
council for a term of three years as the council shall designate,
computed from January 1 of the year in which appointed. Any vacancy
in such office occurring other than by expiration of term shall be
filled by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council for
the unexpired portion of the term.
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The engineer shall perform or supervise all duties of an engineering
nature pertaining to the office of an engineer of a municipal corporation,
except in particular cases where for special reasons another engineer
is employed, and shall also have such powers and duties as are conferred
or imposed by law or ordinance or as otherwise specified by the council.
The engineer, subject to the oversight of the administrator, shall
have full charge and management of the employees of the office and
of the property belonging or assigned to the engineering department.
Including but not limited to the following, the municipal engineer
shall:
(a) Have charge of and be responsible for all municipal engineering for
Princeton, including but not limited to land use engineering, construction
engineering and management, design engineering and developer compliance;
(b) Have charge of and be responsible for all surveying of streets and
shall keep records thereof;
(c) Have charge of all municipal maps, plans, specifications and engineering
data, except such of these as may, by law or by resolution of the
council, be required to be filed in places other than the engineering
department;
(d) Be responsible for filing all plans and specifications submitted
by public utility companies and make, from time to time, revisions
in the municipal maps that relate to underground utility lines;
(e) Have charge of plans and specifications and select materials, hire
contractors or labor, and supervise all construction work done by
or for the municipality, except when otherwise provided for by law
or by the council, and subject to the limitations of the New Jersey
Local Public Contracts Law;
(f) To the extent permitted by law, oversee the work of the subcode officials,
zoning officer and the municipal inspectors; and
(g) Have charge of the work of the planning department and supervise
the work of the planner.
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The engineer shall submit a report to the administrator each
month as to the progress of the work under the engineer's control;
and at the end of each year shall submit an annual summary of the
work done by the department of engineering.
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The engineer shall receive such salary or compensation as shall
be fixed and determined by the council in the annual salary ordinance.
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In case of the absence or disability of the municipal engineer,
the administrator may designate an assistant engineer or other qualified
person as acting municipal engineer, and the acting municipal engineer
shall have and perform all the powers and duties of the municipal
engineer when acting in that capacity.
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The engineer is hereby authorized to recommend for employment
qualified assistants who, when approved by the administrator, shall
enter upon their duties as assigned by the engineer and shall receive
such compensation as may be determined by the administrator subject
to the annual salary ordinance. Such assistants shall include but
not be limited to a construction engineer, design engineer and land
use engineer.
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The engineer is hereby authorized and empowered to delegate
to assistants such of the powers and duties delegated or imposed upon
the engineer by this Code or as, in the engineer's judgment, they
are qualified to undertake and capable of performing in the best interests
of the municipality, and such assistants are hereby authorized and
empowered to have and perform such powers and duties so delegated
to them, under the supervision and direction of the engineer. The
engineer shall retain responsibility for all such work performed by
others.