There is created and established an engineering department for
the city which will be supervised by the city engineer who shall be
a civil engineer appointed by the mayor.
(Prior revision § 2-29; C.O. 83-52 § 18)
The city engineer shall be consulted in relation to public improvements
and contracts of every kind where the advice of a civil engineer would
be of service. The city engineer shall draw all plans, surveys, measurements
and levels pertaining to the public ways, drains, sewers, public water-works
and public lands and shall perform all other services for the city
which properly come under the direction of a civil engineer as may
be required by the mayor or city council.
(Prior revision § 2-29.1)
The city engineer shall have custody of all the plans of all
the streets, drains, sewers and waterworks that are constructed as
of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter or
are thereafter constructed, and lands that may be accepted or otherwise
acquired by the city. The city engineer shall keep the plans in convenient
form, properly classified and indexed, together with all notes thereon,
and shall make such rules and regulations as the engineer deems necessary
to ensure the safety of such notes and plans.
(Prior revision § 2-29.2)
The office of the city engineer shall be considered as part
of the office of the city clerk for the purpose of filing plans relating
to streets, sewers, water pipes and engineering work which, by General
Laws, are required to be filed in the office of the city clerk.
(Prior revision § 2-29.3)
The city engineer shall be the authorized officer for the purpose
of filing plans to be recorded by the register of deeds.
(Prior revision § 2-30)
