(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 2, § 41)
(a) 
The city engineer shall be the head of the department of city engineering and shall exercise a general supervision of all matters within such department.
(b) 
He shall be consulted in relation to public improvements of every kind where his advice may be necessary or advisable.
(c) 
He shall draw the specifications for all construction work make all surveys, measurements, levels, designs, estimates and plans pertaining to the streets, drains, sewers, waterworks, bridges and lands of the city, and shall supervise all construction in accordance with such plans or designs.
(1) 
He shall furnish such specifications and make such surveys, measurements, designs, levels, estimates and plans when required so to do by the mayor, the city council, by any committee thereof, or by any administrative board or officer having the same in charge.
(2) 
All work done shall be in accordance with such plans and specifications and under the supervision of the city engineer.
(d) 
He shall have charge, under the direction and control of the city council, of all plans of every kind not especially belonging to other departments, and shall keep the same properly classified and indexed, and he may make such rules and regulations concerning the taking of plans from his office as he may deem necessary to ensure their safety.
(e) 
He shall furnish the city solicitor, at his request, with descriptions of lands, and with the details concerning any proposed taking of lands, or the location, widening alteration or discontinuance of streets.
(f) 
When requested to do so by the mayor, the city council, any committee thereof, or any administrative board or officer of the city having the same in charge, he shall measure, or cause to be measured, all work done by contract for the city, and shall report thereon to the board or officer making such request.
(g) 
He shall perform all other duties as are incident to this office.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 2, § 42)
The city engineer shall give to all applicants, so far as the files and records of his office will permit, any information they may desire as to lines and grades of streets on which their estates are situated, or upon which they intend to build; and all information of this character furnished to owners of estates or persons representing them or to those intending to build shall be without charge.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 2, § 43)
The city engineer shall examine carefully all the bridges within the city limits, annually, or oftener if required to do so by the mayor, and shall make a report to the mayor respecting their condition as to safety, need of renewal or repairs.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, Pt. 2, Ch. 2, § 44)
The city engineer shall present to the mayor annually, if requested, a report in relation to his department, showing the number of persons employed, the detailed expenses of the department, the general nature of the work, the property under his charge, the condition of all structures under supervision that may be in process of construction, or that have been completed during the previous year, and such other general information in relation to the same as he may deem expedient.