There shall be the following departments, boards and commissions of
the borough:
A. Departments.
(1) Department of Finance and Audits.
(2) Department of Public Works.
(4) Department of Transportation and Public Utility.
(5) Department of Property and Planning.
(6) Department of Health and Welfare.
[Amended 6-25-1997 by Ord. No. 97:06]
The Council shall have the sole and exclusive authority to establish
standing committees of the Council and to appoint the chairpersons and members
thereof, which committees shall include but not be limited to finance and
insurance, public safety, property, zoning and planning, public works, buildings
and sewers, public utilities, health and welfare and personnel/labor relations.
The Mayor and Council may appoint an administrative department head
for any department in accordance with this Code. The administrative head of
the department, subject to the Code and the approval and direction of the
Mayor and Council, shall:
A. Prescribe the internal organization of the work of his
department.
B. Direct and supervise the subordinate officers and employees
of the department and make, alter and enforce individual work assignments.
C. Approve or disapprove payrolls, bills and claims chargeable
to departmental appropriations.
D. Maintain such records of work performance and unit costs
thereof as may be approved or required by the Mayor and Council.
E. Provide such information and reports on the work of his
department as may from time to time be required by the Mayor and Council.
F. Exercise such other or different powers
of administrative supervision and direction as the Mayor and Council may delegate
to him.