[Adopted 6-22-2015 by Ord. No. 15-203[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. X, Nursing Facility Department, adopted as Ch. II, Art. 19, as amended.
There is hereby established a Public Works Department for the City of Bangor.
It shall be the function of the Public Works Department:
A. 
Construction and maintenance. To perform construction and maintenance of City facilities.
B. 
Garbage. To provide municipal garbage collection and disposal.
C. 
Streets. To operate and maintain municipal roads, streets, and highways.
D. 
Gravel pits. To operate and maintain municipal gravel pits.
E. 
Cemeteries. To operate and maintain municipal cemeteries.
F. 
Electrical. To operate and maintain the streetlighting and traffic-lighting system, to operate and maintain the fire and police alarm system, to supervise and maintain the City's Electrical Division, if any, and to perform related functions as may be assigned.
G. 
Forestry. To supervise and maintain the City's Forestry Division, if any.
H. 
Fleet. To operate and maintain the municipal fleet.
I. 
Other duties. To perform other duties as assigned by the City Manager.
There is hereby authorized and established the position of Public Works Director. The Public Works Director shall be appointed by the City Manager on the basis of merit and fitness alone, subject to the confirmation of the City Council. The Public Works Director shall appoint and supervise all employees assigned to the Public Works Department, subject to the general supervision of the City Manager. The Public Works Director, or their designee, is hereby designated as City Electrician and shall assume the powers and duties conferred upon this position under the laws and ordinances of the City of Bangor. The Public Works Director shall also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the City Manager or any applicable state or local laws or ordinances.
The Public Works Department shall include within it such divisions as the City Manager may deem advisable from time to time.