[Added 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-25]
A. 
The Office of the City Engineer within the Department of Engineering and Planning shall perform such services as properly come under the care of a surveyor and civil engineer. It shall be charged with the superintendence of the construction of all bridges, structures and public works, under the general control and direction of the City Engineer or of the division or department having charge of such construction, and shall prepare all plans and specifications for such structures and works. The division shall also make all surveys and plans relative to the laying out, widening, altering or grading of streets, and shall also make all surveys, estimates and descriptions required by the Mayor or the City Council.
B. 
The City Engineer shall provide professional civil engineering advice and assistance to other municipal departments.
Those personnel whose primary responsibilities are to inspect City streets and/or sidewalk construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, repair and permit excavation shall operate from within the Office of the City Engineer. They shall avail themselves of the expertise of the engineering personnel.
Annual inspections and examinations of all the bridges and public works belonging to the City shall be made by the Office of the City Engineer. A report of their condition as to safety or need of removal or repairs, as the City Engineer in consultation with the Director of City Operations shall deem necessary, shall be made to the Mayor and the City Council on or before February 1 of each year.