The Department of Public Works shall perform all functions involving public works or utilities surveys, reports, maps, drawings, specifications and estimates; the custody of maps and plans of the County; the supervision of the execution of and performance of all contracts for capital projects, as defined in Section 702 of this Charter, except for school projects; the construction of capital projects by its own employees; the maintenance and cleaning of roads, streets, alleys, other public places, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses; the acceptance of roads and dedicated ways as prescribed by law; the maintenance of watermains, sewers, drains and culverts; the maintenance and operation of sewage disposal and treatment plants; the collection of garbage and other refuse and the operation and maintenance of facilities for its disposal; the regulation, operation, maintenance and control of water supply; the control of fire hydrants; mosquito control; the administration and enforcement of rules and regulations relating to water and wastewater; and any other function, not inconsistent with this Charter, that is assigned by directive of the County Executive or by ordinance of the County Council.
(Bill No. 85-82; Res. No. 20-06)
Editor's note – The 2006 amendment deleted provisions relating to the Department of Utilities that became obsolete as a result of a reorganization ordinance enacted in 1993 by the County Council pursuant to Sec. 503 of the Charter.