139.01 DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED; PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

   There is hereby established pursuant to Art. V, Section 6, of the City Charter, in and for the City, a department to be known as the Department of Public Works, which shall be administered by an officer to be known as the Public Works Director, and such assistants, clerks and employees as are hereinafter provided. The Public Works Director shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirmation of Council, and shall continue in office until removed therefrom by a majority vote of the members elected to Council. The Chief of Police shall be eligible to appointment and to hold the office of Public Works Director so long as such service will not interfere with his full-time duties as Chief of the Police Department.

(1964 Code §23.30)