CHAPTER 3 Title 3 Public Works Division
CHAPTER 3
PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION
SECTION:
3-3-1: Establishment of Public Works Division
3-3-2: Duties of the Division
3-3-3: Public Works Director
3-3-4: Duties of Director
3-3-5: No Private Duty
3-3-1:
ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION: The Division of
Public Works is hereby established as an administrative division of the City.
3-3-2:
DUTIES OF THE DIVISION: The Division of Public Works shall
supervise and control:
(A) The construction, operation, and maintenance of all public streets, sidewalks,
alleys, bridges, highways, and rights of way, including the placement and
operation of street regulatory and informational signs. The need for and the
placement of any sign not existing shall be reviewed and approved by the City
Engineer for compliance to adopted policies, standards or guidelines adopted by
the City.
(B) The construction, operation, and maintenance of all sewer facilities and
appurtenances, including sanitary sewers, pumping stations, storm sewers,
drains, ditches, culverts, streams, and water courses under the jurisdiction of the
City.
(C) The administration of all rules, regulations, and ordinances pertaining to the
construction, maintenance, and operation of all streets, sidewalks, rights of way,
easements, sewers, sanitation facilities, waterlines and pumps, gas lines,
telephone and communication lines, and subdivision improvements.
(D) The making of all surveys, maps, public works plans, drawings, and other
documents required for the construction, maintenance, and operation of all public
works owned or operated by the City.
(E) The preparation of contract drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for all
public works construction and maintenance, and the supervision of such
construction, including field inspections.
(F) The construction, operation, and maintenance of all public water supply and
distribution facilities.
(G) The collection and disposal of all refuse and the cleaning of all streets and alleys,
including the removal of snow there from.
3-3-3:
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR: The Division of Public Works shall be
managed by a Public Works Director, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to
confirmation by the Council. The Director of Public Works may be combined with another
appointive office of the City with the appointment by the Mayor subject to confirmation by
at least one half plus one of the membership of the full Council. The Director may be
removed by the Mayor, with or without cause, subject to a confirming vote of at least
one-half (½) of the members of the full Council, or by the Council on its own initiative,
upon a unanimous vote of the full Council.
3-3-4:
DUTIES OF DIRECTOR: The Director shall, together with the
department heads, prepare and present the annual operating and capital budgets of the
Division. The Director shall have full authority to establish technical standards, methods
and procedures for the Division and to see that they are properly executed. All public
works construction projects approved by the Mayor and Council shall be carried out by
the Director according to design and time schedules within allocated budgets. The
Director shall formulate and recommend to the Mayor and Council policies and
procedures for the planning, design, construction, maintenance, repair, and
improvement of all public works and places owned or operated by the City, except as
otherwise provided in this Code.
3-3-5:
NO PRIVATE DUTY: Nothing in this chapter shall create a private right,
duty or obligation of the City in favor of any person, or give rise to any private right of
action, on account of any failure by the City or any employee of the Public Works
Division to perform the duties prescribed herein.