SECTION 9.01. DIRECTOR; DUTIES.

The Director of Public Services shall be the head of the Department of Public Services.

The Department of Public Services shall be responsible for construction, improvement and maintenance of all public works, buildings, cemeteries, roads, streets, and all other public facilities, properties and ways of the City, and for the collection and disposal of solid wastes. The Department of Public Services shall also be responsible for such other public service functions including operations as and to the extent as may be directed or authorized by and not otherwise provided for by Council, including utilities such as water supply and distribution, sewage collection and disposal, and surface water drainage and disposition, and City public service programs. The Department shall have charge of and shall supervise the maintenance of all City property and equipment and the storage of all materials and supplies, except that the Police Chief and Fire Chief shall be responsible for the maintenance of all specialized equipment, other than building maintenance equipment, utilized by their divisions.

(Enacted 11-2-04)