The city director of public works is responsible for engineering, planning, organizing and directing the maintenance and repair of the city’ s infrastructure, including streets, sidewalks, city-owned and operated utilities, buildings, lands and other properties and is responsible for directing the maintenance and operation of city equipment and city vehicles.

    An appointee to the position of director of public works is responsible for completing, directly or through subcontractors, design and engineering specifications required by the city. The director of public works shall work closely with the superintendent of public works and shall supervise, plan, organize, schedule and direct the programs and activities of the city’ s public works department. The director of public works shall be responsible for planning, assigning and inspecting the work of city maintenance employees involved in construction and maintenance tasks and equipment operations, and shall coordinate work performed by contractors, engineers and public utilities in the city. The director of public works is responsible for monitoring the performance of subordinates, resolving maintenance work-related problems, and investigating citizens complaints pertaining to public works. The director of public works shall be under the direct supervision of the city director of community development and administration and his performance shall be reviewed and evaluated by the city director of community development and administration through conferences and reports.

    The director of public works may also be appointed by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, to serve as the city engineer for the same or such additional salary and/or the same or such additional other compensation as the city council shall, from time to time, decide. (Ord. 824 § 1 (part), 1990: prior code § 2-18-2)

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