[Amended 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to
perform all the engineering and surveying services needed in the affairs
and business of the City and to supervise and design, under the general
direction of the Mayor, all the work done for the City in which the
skill of an engineer may be necessary or required. He shall act as
superintendent of public buildings, bridges, docks and wharves, under
the direction of the Mayor. He shall attend all the meetings of the
Council and act as the adviser of the Council in matters relating
to his profession whenever called upon so to do. He shall certify
to all accounts that shall involve engineering, measurement or inspection.
He shall make, maintain and preserve all profiles, maps, sewer and
other records, notebooks and other data and deliver the same, together
with all other property in his charge, to his successor at the end
of his term of office. During his term of office, the Engineer, with
the approval of the Mayor, shall employ such subordinates as may be
necessary to properly conduct the business of his office, which subordinates
shall serve during his pleasure. Should, in his opinion, the engineering
work of the City require, for a period, the services of a specialist
in some branch of engineering, he shall have power to appoint such
specialist by and with the approval of the Mayor, and provided that
such appointment shall be concurred in by the Council, and a compensation
therefor shall be fixed by the Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of former Secs.
2-112, 2-113 and 2-114, which immediately followed this section, concerning
the Bureau of Traffic and Street Lighting; were repealed 3-4-1974
by Ord. No. 16364.
