There is created and established, a department of public works,
and the duties, powers and appropriations of the engineering department
relating to streets, water and sewers are transferred to the department
of public works.
(Prior revision § 2-31; C.O. 83-52 § 26)
The department of public works shall be under the general supervision
of a superintendent who shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to
city council confirmation. The superintendent of public works shall
serve for a term of four years coterminous with the four-year term
of the mayor, and until the superintendent's successor is duly
appointed and qualified.
(Prior revision § 2-31.1; C.O. 82-46 § 1; C.O. 24-086, 5/6/2024)
A.
The
superintendent of public works shall have the supervision and control
of construction, alteration, maintenance and repair of the streets
and ways, sidewalks, bridges, water system, sewers and drains, and
all public buildings with the exceptions of the schools, whose maintenance
and repair shall remain within the control of the school committee,
and the Carnegie Public Library, whose maintenance and repair shall
remain within the direction and control of the board of trustees of
such library, and any and all other such public buildings which have
specific ordinances or statutes which provide for their maintenance
and repair.
B.
The
superintendent shall have charge of street cleaning, collection of
rubbish and shall perform all other services properly connected with
the public works department as may be required by the mayor or the
city council.
(Prior revision § 2-31.2)
B.
Each
division of the department of public works, with the exception of
the administrative division, which shall be under the charge of an
accountant, shall be under the immediate charge of a foreman, who
shall be responsible for making work schedules, maintaining discipline,
and providing for the care and maintenance of all equipment in the
foreman's division, under the direction of the superintendent, who
shall retain the authority to review decisions of such foreman.
C.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this chapter, the superintendent shall have the
power to transfer personnel and equipment as the superintendent deems
necessary for the efficient and economical operation of the department
of public works.
(Prior revision § 2-31.3)
A.
Incumbents
of positions in the administrative, janitorial, meter reader and labor
divisions of the engineering department, except the city engineer,
junior engineering aide, senior clerk and stenographer and personnel
in the engineering department presently performing the duties of the
draftsman, rod-men or engineering aides, on the effective date of
the ordinance from which this chapter derives, whether or not these
positions are held on a permanent or temporary basis, are transferred
to the department of public works.
B.
The incumbents mentioned in subsection A of this section shall be transferred in accordance with subsection A, without impairment of seniority, retirement rights or other rights, and without reduction in compensation or salary grade, whether the grade is temporary or otherwise. Tenure rights of such incumbents or civil service status shall be preserved.
(Prior revision § 2-31.4)
The superintendent of public works, subject to the approval
of the mayor, shall establish rules for the conduct of the public
works department not inconsistent with law or ordinance.
(Prior revision § 2-31.5)
A.
The
public works department, referred to in this section as the department,
with the assistance of the office of the city engineer, shall be responsible
for establishing and maintaining a program for the issuance of permits
and emergency permits for curb cuts, water service, street occupancy
and sewer layers, etc., on all public ways and properties under the
jurisdiction of the department.
B.
The
program shall include:
1.
The
establishment of rules and regulations;
2.
The
setting of fees;
3.
The
collection of fees and the depositing of them in a self-sustaining
revolving account by the city treasurer;
4.
The
creation of a program to be funded by the revolving account for permanent
repairs on a semiannual or annual basis, or on a time period deemed
appropriate by the department after consultation with the office of
city engineer;
5.
The
expenditure of the funds in the revolving account;
6.
The
keeping of all records; and
7.
The
inspection of all work done.
C.
The
permanent repair program shall also include permanent repair of municipal
excavations on street openings, if funds have been transferred to
the revolving account from the appropriate city accounts.
(Prior revision § 2-31.6; C.O. 81-293(b) § 3)
