There shall be an Engineer of the City whose duties and responsibilities
shall be as hereinafter set forth.
The City Engineer shall be appointed by the Mayor.
The City Engineer shall be paid an mutual salary as the Mayor determines
is appropriate based upon qualifications, experience and performance, subject
to approval of the Board of Aldermen.
The City Engineer shall be eligible to submit a competitive bid to consult,
design or otherwise participate in specific building, road or other such capital
improvement projects to be performed by or on behalf of the City. In such
instances, a contract shall be executed for the performance of such work and
invoices shall be paid in accordance with lit terms of the contract and/or
the regular practice of the City.
The City Engineer shall undertake to perform work only when requested
by the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, a department head or other person duly
authorized by the Mayor or Board of Aldermen. All requests for work shall
be contained in the standard municipal requisition order and shall define
the specific scope of the work. When the total number of hours and/or total
cost of the project is unknown, the requisition order shall be issued as not
to exceed a specified amount and the City Engineer may not bill nor receive
an amount in excess of the amount stated in the requisition order without
a written amendment to the original requisition order. All requisition orders
for work to be performed by the City Engineer shall be signed by the Department
Head and by the Mayor. Upon submission of the duly executed requisition order,
the City Clerk shall issue a purchase order to the City Engineer. All invoices
submitted for payment by the City Engineer shall reference the purchase order
number. Upon confirmation by the department head and/or Mayor that the work
billed by the City Engineer has been completed, the City Clerk shall forward
the billing invoice together with the requisition order and purchase order
to the Mayor, the Finance Committee and/or the appropriate board, commission
or agency of the City for release of payment.