(a) The Department of Public Service shall be under the supervision of the Director of Public Service who must be a qualified elector of the City. The Mayor shall serve as Director of Public Service until such time as the Council may decide it to be in the best interest of the City for this office to be filled by some other qualified elector. At such time the Council shall direct the Mayor to appoint an elector to the office of Director of Public Service with the appointment subject to the approval of Council.
(b) The Department of Public Service shall consist of a Division of Streets and a Division of Public Properties, operating under the direct supervision of the Director of Public Service. The Director of Public Service shall appoint the heads of these divisions subject to approval of the Council. Disapproval of an appointee by Council shall be accompanied by a public statement of the reasons for disapproval. The duties of each division shall be determined by ordinance of Council.
(c) The Director of Public Service shall have charge of all public works and construction thereof. He shall be responsible for the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, lanes and bridges; of sewers, sewage systems, drains, ditches and culvert streams; and of all public places belonging to the City or dedicated to public use.
He shall manage all public utilities of the City supported wholly or in part by taxation, and shall enforce all obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the City.
He shall have charge of the cleaning, resurfacing, repairing, sprinkling and lighting of streets and public places; the collection and disposal of waste; and the preservation of all property belonging to the City and pertaining to the functions thereof.
He shall perform such other duties consistent with his office as may be required by this Charter, by ordinance of the Council or, in the case of an appointee, as directed by the Mayor.
(Approved Nov. 5, 1968; Nov. 4, 2003)