Weed Municipal Code Ch. 2.19 Public Works Department

A public works department is created and established, and shall be subject to the general administrative direction of the city manager.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)

The department of public works shall include all those functions of the city relating to streets, roads, highways, alleys, water works, water department, sewers, and public buildings and property.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)

The office of director of public works is created.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)

The director of public works, under the supervision and direction of the city manager, shall have supervision, direction and control of the department of public works.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)

The director of public works shall have the supervision, direction and control of all duties, functions and property heretofore supervised, managed and directed by the superintendent of streets and shall perform all duties heretofore performed by the superintendent of streets, and wherever in the ordinances of the city reference is made to the superintendent of streets, the same shall refer to and designate the director of public works.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)

The director of public works is delegated the authority to exercise discretionary approval of plans, designs and any design amendments or addenda for public improvement or subdivision improvement projects. The director of public works or his/her designee shall sign the plans and designs.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)

The director of public works shall have charge of all streets, alleys, public places and parks, and of the sidewalks of the city. The director shall keep the same in proper repair, and do and perform thereon such work and improvements as may be ordered by the city council and the city manager. The director shall also have charge of the city waterworks, including the pump and mains, and shall keep the same in repair and shall run the pump whenever necessary in order to furnish water to the inhabitants of the city. The director shall have general supervision over all work on the streets, alleys, public places, parks and sidewalks, as well as the waterworks. The director shall also have charge of all sewers in the streets of the city. All work or changes that may be made shall be made under the director's supervision. All telegraph and telephone and electric power poles shall be placed in places selected by the director and under the director's supervision; and the director shall have the power to cause changes in the location of such poles. No changes shall be made or repairs put upon any of the streets, alleys, public places, sidewalks, water pipes or sewers, without the director's permission and such changes and repairs shall be made according to the director's plans, and under the director's orders, save when plans have been prepared by the civil engineer and adopted by the city council.

All the streets, alleys, public places, parks, water mains and pipes, and sewers, and generally pertaining to the same are placed under the director's supervision and control subject always to the orders of the city council and city manager.

(Ord. No. 435-2016, § 2, 2-9-2017)