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CITY OF BOSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II: FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER III: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER IV: CONTRACTS
CHAPTER V: ADMINISTRATION
5-1 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
5-2 ART COMMISSION.
5-3 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.
5-4 DEPARTMENT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED AGENCIES.
5-5 BOARDS, DEPARTMENTS: OFFICERS, SUBORDINATES AND EMPLOYEES.
5-5.1 Acceptance of Office.
5-5.2 Residency and Voting Requirements for Certain Officers.
5-5.3 Residency Requirement.
5-5.4 Selection Process for Applicant for Provisional or Temporary Positions.
5-5.5 Suspension of Employees; Order of Suspension.
5-5.6 Bonds of Officers and Subordinates.
5-5.7 Personal Liability of Auditor and/or Collector-Treasurer.
5-5.8 Bonds Not Required by Statute or Ordinance.
5-5.9 Allowance of Premium as Expense.
5-5.10 Salary Categories for Certain Offices.
5-5.10A Boston Compensation Advisory Board.
5-5.11 Provisions Regarding Holdovers.
5-5.12 County Officers.
5-5.13 Temporary Officers.
5-5.14 Vacation and Other Absence.
5-5.15 Boards to Organize First Monday of May.
5-5.16 Office Hours.
5-5.17 Records of Acts and Doings of Departments.
5-5.18 Employment, Compensation and Tenure of Subordinates.
5-5.19 Reimbursement of Legal Expenses to City Employees Incurred Within the Scope of Employment.
5-5.20 Paid Parental Leave for City Employees.
5-5.21 To Expend Gifts as Directed.
5-5.22 Personal Property Not Required by Department.
5-5.23 Inspection and Certificate by Weigher.
5-5.24 Printing and Office Supplies.
5-5.25 Settlement of Claims.
5-5.26 Fees and the Like Received for Services.
5-5.27 Bills and Demands Sent to Auditor.
5-5.28 Certification by City Auditor.
5-5.29 Pay Rolls.
5-5.30 Conditions in License of Permits.
5-5.31 Subordinate Acting Temporarily for Officer.
5-5.32 Mandatory Referral of Capital Improvements.
5-5.33 Estimates of Appropriations and Income.
5-5.34 Annual Reports of Departments.
5-5.35 Notice of Illness of Inmates of Public Institutions.
5-5.36 Equal Opportunity Policy.
5-5.37 Public Access to Computerized Information.
5-5.38 Public Information Officer; Prohibition of.
5-5.39 Comparable Worth Commission.
5-5.40 Notification of Employees Regarding Municipal Ethics Laws.
5-5.41 Reporting Requirements to the City Retirement Board.
5-5.42 Gender Identity Nondiscrimination in Health Care Coverage for City Employees.
5-6 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES AND ANNUITIES.
5-7 BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD.
5-8 LAW DEPARTMENT.
5-9 BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL.
5-10 RESIDENCY COMPLIANCE.
CHAPTER VI: GENERAL SERVICES
CHAPTER VII: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER VIII: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER IX: BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER X: HOUSING SERVICES
CHAPTER XI: PUBLIC SERVICES
CHAPTER XII: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER XIII: NATURAL GAS
CHAPTER XIV: LICENSING AND CONSUMER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS
CHAPTER XV: DIVISIONS OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE
CHAPTER XVI: PROHIBITIONS, PENALTIES AND PERMITS
CHAPTER XVII: LICENSES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING CERTAIN TRADES
CHAPTER XVIII: FEES AND CHARGES
CHAPTER XIX: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XX: CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XXI: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUILDINGS
CHAPTER XXII: SUFFOLK COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIII: TRASH AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER XXIV: BOSTON JOBS, LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE
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5-5.33   Estimates of Appropriations and Income.
   (A)   Every Officer in charge of a Department shall annually, on or before November 1, send to the Mayor an estimate in detail of the appropriations required for such Department for the next financial year, and an estimate of the income of such Department during said year.
   (B)   Department and Agency heads and employees of the Budget Division of the Administrative Services Department, when testifying before the Boston City Council or a Committee thereof concerning an appropriate order pending before the Council in accordance with CBC St. T. 6, S 251, or a loan order or an order approving the expenditure of funds received from the commonwealth or federal governments, shall do so under oath and subject to the penalties of perjury in accordance with the procedure set forth in M.G.L. Chapter 233, Section 8, and such testimony shall be recorded by a stenographer, excepting when the Council or a Committee to which the examination of any Department or Agency budget is assigned by express vote authorizes the dispensation of said requirement for sworn testimony and stenographic record.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 3 § 25; CBC 1975 Ord. T5 § 125; Ord. 1980 c. 15; CBC 1985 5-5.33)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 6-1.8
5-5.34   Annual Reports of Departments.
   Every Officer in charge of a Department shall, within 30 days after the close of the financial year, transmit to the Mayor a report containing a statement of the acts and doings, and receipts and expenditures, of the Department for such financial year, together with such other matters as may be required by law, or as the Mayor or Officer may deem to be of public interest. Every Board within a Department not subject to the supervision or control of the Officer in charge of the Department shall make an annual report containing a statement of its acts and doings and such other matters as may be required by law or as it or the Mayor may deem to be of public interest, which report shall be annexed by the Officer in charge of the Department as an appendix to his or her annual report.
(Ord. 1954 c. 2 § 12; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 3 § 25; CBC 1975 Ord. T5 § 126; CBC 1985 5-5.34)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 6-1.8; Ord. ss 11-1.1; Ord. ss 12-3.2; Printing of Reports, 5-1.10
5-5.35   Notice of Illness of Inmates of Public Institutions.
   Every Officer or Board in charge of a public institution shall, in case of serious illness of any inmate of such institution, notify or cause to be notified, promptly, the nearest relatives or friends of such inmate.
(Ord. 1900 c. 3; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 3 § 27; CBC 1975 Ord. T5 § 127; CBC 1985 5-5.35)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 12-8.3
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