(A) Department established. The Department of Streets and Sanitation is created and established with full power and authority to act as provided by law.
(B) Superintendent. The operation of the Department of Streets and Sanitation shall be directed by a Superintendent, who shall receive for his services compensation fixed by ordinance.
(C) Duties of Superintendent. The Superintendent shall have the power and the following shall be the duties of the Superintendent, within the general and fiscal policies prescribed by the Common Council.
(1) Exercise general supervision of and make regulations for the administration of the affairs of the department.
(2) Maintain and keep in repair all streets, alleys, crosswalks, public parking areas and public sewers, within the city.
(3) Maintain and keep in repair all drains within the radius of the corporate limits of the city as prescribed by law and which drains afford outlets for storm waters or sanitary sewage for property within the city.
(4) Erect, maintain, and keep in repair all street name signs, traffic signs, and regulatory signs and street or pavement markings as have been or shall be ordered installed by the Board of Public and Safety Works or the Common Council.
(5) Provide for regular refuse collection within the city.
(6) Operate and maintain the Street and Sanitation Department Building.
(7) Keep all trucks, tractors, loaders, graders, sweepers, machinery and equipment of the department in good repair.
(8) Designate, in the absence of the Superintendent while on vacation, sick leave, or out of the city on official business, the employee of the department who shall serve in the absence of the Superintendent.
(9) Employ any necessary workmen at rates prescribed by the Common Council, set up work schedules and assign duties, keep accurate records of the hours of employment on forms to be furnished by the Clerk-Treasurer, and supervise employees under his control.
(10) Maintain maps and other permanent records of all sewer repairs, installations, and cleaning operations.
(11) Prepare and submit an annual budget, accompanied by a complete inventory of the equipment and supplies of the department, giving age and condition of the major items.
(12) Advise the Common Council from time to time as to the operation of the Department and of its needs and requirements, and cooperate with other departments, boards and agencies of the city.
(`84 Code, § 2-32)