Yreka Municipal Code Ch. 2.24 Public Works Department

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6. As to the authority of municipal corporations to establish, operate and/or regulate public works, see Const., Art. 11, §19.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 836, § 4, adopted Nov. 21, 2013, repealed § 2.24.010, which pertained to appointment of director, engineer and collector of water rents, and derived from Ord. 69, § 1, adopted in 1910; and Ord. 424, § 6 (part), adopted in 1968.

The department of public works is established and created.

(Ord. 424 § 1, 1968).

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. 424 § 2, 1968)

The office of director of public works is created.

(Ord. 424 § 3, 1968).

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. 424 § 4, 1968)

(Ord. No. 836, § 3, 11-21-2013)

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. 424 § 5, 1968).

The public works director 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 public works director or his/her designee shall sign the plans and designs.

(Ord. No. 849, § 2, 12-1-2016)

The director of public works shall have charge of all streets, alleys, public places and parks, and of the sidewalks of the city. He 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. He 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. He shall have general supervision over all work on the streets, alleys, public places, parks and sidewalks, as well as the waterworks. He 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 his supervision. All telegraph and telephone and electric power poles shall be placed in places selected by him and under his supervision; and he 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 his permission and such changes and repairs shall be made according to his plans, and under his 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 his supervision and control subject always to the orders of the city council and city manager.

(Ord. 424 § 6(part), 1968: Ord. 69 § 2, 1910).

The civil engineer shall make all surveys and all plans and specifications for any public work on the streets, alleys, public places, parks, water mains and pipes, and sewers that may be ordered by the city council, and any work done thereon must conform to such plans and specifications after the same are adopted by the city and it shall be the duty of the civil engineer to see that all the work done shall conform to such plans and specifications. He shall also do and perform all such other work as is generally done and performed by such officers, and as may be ordered by the city council.

(Ord. 69 § 4, 1910).

The collector of water rents shall collect all rents for the use of water and pay the same to the treasurer at the end of each and every month, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which must by him be filed with the clerk before any compensation for such collection can be paid him. He shall also make such reports of such collections as may be required by the city council, each and every month, to be filed before the regular month's meeting of the city council, such report to be approved by the council before any compensation can be paid him.

(Ord. 69 § 6, 1910).