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City of Lowell, MA
Middlesex County
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[Adopted 4-26-1988 as §§ 2-146 to 2-150 of the 1988 Code]
Under the authority of MGL c. 43, § 5, there is hereby established a City Messenger's Department under the jurisdiction of the City Manager in conformity with the Plan E form of government.
It shall be the function of the City Messenger's Department to have general care and custody of the City Hall and the John F. Kennedy Civic Center and their various departments, including the grounds and appurtenances thereto, for the preparation and arrangement of the various rooms of the City Hall and the John F. Kennedy Civic Center for their appropriate purposes and to keep the same clean, warmed and properly lighted and in good order and condition for any occupation authorized by the City Manager, the School Committee, or the City Council or any committee thereof.
The City Messenger's Department shall be headed by a City Messenger. The remainder of the staff shall consist of the following positions: one building manager; one stationary engineer, third class; one senior building custodian; one building maintenance man; two laborers; one janitress; four building custodians; two telephone operators; two house workers; and one fireman, second class, such positions being currently authorized in the Messenger's section of the City Manager's office, and such other personnel as the City Council, with the advice of the City Manager, shall from time to time authorize.
A. 
The City Messenger's Department shall be headed by the City Messenger, who shall be an Assistant City Manager and shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the City Manager.
B. 
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the City Messenger to:
(1) 
Prepare the plans and objectives of the Department.
(2) 
Supervise and coordinate the activities of the employees of the Department.
(3) 
Perform any and all other functions as may be required as a department head.