[Amended 11-9-1977; 5-27-1980; 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 24-1981; 10-12-1982 by Ord. No. 14-1982; 12-30-1982 by Ord. No. 23-1982]
There shall be a Department of Public Works,
the head of which shall be a member of the unclassified service, who
shall be qualified by training, education or experience for the duties
of his or her office. The Director shall be responsible for supervising
all of the divisions and offices hereinafter named.
[Amended 8-21-1984 by Ord. No. 21A-1984; 2-15-1992 by Ord. No. 12-1992]
The work of the Department shall be organized
among and within the Divisions and Offices designated as follows:
There shall be a Division of Roads and Bridges,
the Director of which shall be a member of the unclassified service,
who shall be qualified by training, education or experience for the
duties of his or her office. The Division shall:
A.
Maintain the County road system and perform all those
activities necessary to the construction, repair, reconstruction and
upkeep of County roads and bridges.
C.
Maintain County roads and bridges in a clean and safe
condition for passage, properly lighted as authorized pursuant to
law, free of obstructions and hazards, and shall remove leaves, snow
and ice and debris therefrom as required.
D.
Install, maintain and repair road signs, traffic signs,
signals, markers, devices and lines as authorized pursuant to law.
E.
Operate, maintain and repair public parking areas
and facilities acquired by the County pursuant to law.
[Added 7-3-2001 by Ord. No. 15-2001]
A.
There shall be an Office of Mosquito Control, the
Superintendent of which shall be a member of the classified service
and who shall be qualified by training, education or experience for
the duties of his or her office.
B.
Powers and duties. The Office shall:
(1)
Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers
and duties of a Mosquito Control Commission as provided by law under
the New Jersey Health Statutes, N.J.S.A 26:29-1 through 26:9-31, and
any subsequent amendments thereto.
(2)
Operate a thorough, scientifically based mosquito
surveillance program, finding, monitoring and documenting mosquito
larval breeding sites, monitoring and documenting adult mosquito populations
both before and after control and monitoring mosquito borne viral
activity.
(3)
Based on surveillance, provide cost efficient and
environmentally sound mosquito control with the integration of modern
mosquito control methodologies, including education, source reduction,
biologic control and chemical control.
(a)
Eliminate mosquito breeding habitat through source
reduction. This includes sanitation and water management in freshwater
wetlands and saltmarsh mosquito breeding habitats.
(b)
Employing biological control by introducing fish and
other mosquito predators into mosquito breeding habitats.
(c)
The judicious use of insecticides (larvacides) carefully
targeting the juvenile stage of specific mosquito species in their
breeding habitats. The application of insecticides targeting adult
mosquitoes (adulticides) only when adult mosquito populations reach
a significant nuisance level or when the potential for mosquito borne
virus transmission to mammals is considered high.
(d)
Maintaining an ongoing public education program to
enhance the public awareness of mosquito control activities and to
promote household mosquito prevention activities.
A.
There shall be a Division of Parks and Recreation,
the Director of which shall be a member of the unclassified service
and who shall be qualified by training, education or experience for
the duties of his or her office.
B.
Powers and duties. The Division shall:
(1)
Acquire, maintain and develop, within the limits of
available appropriations, public parks, playgrounds and recreation
places within the County.
(2)
Preserve, care for, lay out, construct, maintain and
improve any such parks and places for the County or jointly with any
municipality or other public body.
(3)
Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers
and duties of a Shade Tree Commission as provided by law.
(4)
Preserve, care for, maintain and improve historic
sites within and controlled by the County in conjunction with the
Cultural and Heritage Advisory Board.
(6)
Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers
and duties imposed pursuant to the Bennet Bill Plan of Open Space
N.J.S.A. 40:12-15.1 et seq.
[Added 9-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
(7)
Preserve, care for, maintain and develop the Atlantic
County Veterans Cemetery.
[Added 10-5-2004 by Ord. No. 9-2004]
[Amended 8-21-1984 by Ord. No. 21A-1984; 2-15-1992 by Ord. No. 12-1992]
There shall be within the Department of Public
Works an Office of Fleet Management. The Office shall have the responsibility
for the repair, maintenance and management of all County vehicles
and shall operate the County garage.
