There shall be in the Town of Webster a Department
of Public Works.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. The principal executive
officer and administrative head of such Department shall be the Commissioner
of Public Works, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure
of the Town Board and for a compensation fixed by said Board.
B. The Commissioner
of Public Works shall be appointed on the basis of his administrative
experience and qualifications for the duties of such office and shall
be in the unclassified service.
C. The Commissioner
of Public Works shall also have all the powers and be subject to all
of the duties of a Town Superintendent of Highways.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
There shall be within the Department of Public
Works the following divisions: Community Development, Engineering,
Highway and Sewer, together with such other and further divisions
as may from time to time hereafter be deemed necessary and established
by the Town Board. Each of said divisions shall be supervised by an
administrative officer who shall be a director of such division. Such
director shall be appointed by the Town Board and have the powers
and duties of the Commissioner of Public Works in his/her absence.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Department of Public Works shall have the
following powers and duties, to be exercised under the general supervision
of the director of the division indicated:
A. Community Development
Division: to have oversight of building plan review, land use planning
and zoning administration, permitting, inspection and compliance,
property maintenance code enforcement, and building/fire inspection.
To manage community development services and activities including
the processing of land use applications and coordinating code compliance.
B. Engineering Division: to provide
professional engineering advice to the town and supervise inspection
of construction within the town. To supervise preparation of plans
for major public works projects, and the preparation of legal descriptions
for deeds and easements.
C. Highway Division:
to have exclusive charge and supervision of the design, construction,
repair, maintenance, cleaning and lighting of all highways, roads,
streets, culverts, bridges, parking facilities and stormwater drainage
systems under the jurisdiction of the town or any special district
or agency thereof.
D. Sewers Division: to construct, operate and maintain sewers, pumping stations, force mains, treatment plants and other facilities for the collection, conveyance and disposal of all sanitary sewage within the Town of Webster and the sanitary sewer districts established and existing in the town and to perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be granted to the town by Chapter
257, Sewers, of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Commissioner of Public Works or his/her
division heads or agents or designees, with the consent of the Town
Board, may from time to time employ such additional persons, including
such special engineering, architectural or other technical counsel,
as may be necessary to the performance of the duties imposed upon
the Department of Public Works.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All employees of the Department of Public Works
shall be under the general supervision and control of the director
of the applicable division and may be removed by him/her for cause
in accordance with applicable procedures and regulations of the Civil
Service Commission.
All costs and expenses incurred by the Department
or its officers, agents or employees on behalf of a special improvement
district or special town project shall be charged against such district
or project and paid from the funds duly appropriated for the purpose
of such district or project.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to delegate or transfer any power of the Town Board contained in § 61
or 64 or Articles 12, 14 and 15 of the Town Law of the State of New
York or any other powers which may be lawfully exercised by said Board
or the presiding Supervisor.