[Amended 12-23-2008]
Under the authority of MGL c. 43, § 5
there is hereby established a Department of Parking under the jurisdiction
of the City Manager in conformity with Plan E, Form of Government.
The Department of Parking has an enterprise fund established under
MGL c. 44, § 53F 1/2.
The Department of Parking will be responsible
for the direct supervision of the management and security of parking
structures, parking lots and on-street metered parking both existing
and future in the City of Lowell.
The Department of Parking shall be headed by
the Parking Director who shall be appointed by and shall serve at
the pleasure of the City Manager, and said position shall not be subject
to the provisions of MGL c. 31.
[Amended 12-23-2008]
The positions for the Department of Parking
are the Parking Director, meter maids, Working Foreman - Meter Repairman,
Parking Meter Repairman, and such other personnel as the City Council,
with the advice of the City Manager, shall from time to time authorize
(Plan E, MGL c. 43, § 105). Some positions are presently
positions in the Police Department and shall be transferred to and
become part of the Department of Parking.
The Parking Director will have primary responsibility
for the planning, management and administration of the City's on-street
and off-street parking systems. Activities will include budgeting,
financial review and forecasting. The Director plans, organizes, oversees
and reviews programs, staff and activities related to the construction,
operation and maintenance of the City's parking programs, garages
and facilities and acts as the City's representative in meetings and
public forums regarding parking. The detailed job descriptions of
the Parking Director and of the other employees in the Department
of Parking are on file with the Human Relations Department.