(A) There shall be appointed by the City Administrator a Public Works Director, who shall be the administrative officer of the waterworks system, including all engine houses, engines, pumps, reservoirs, standpipes, elevated tanks, pipe lines, hydrants, meters, wrenches, stopcocks, gate valves, fire plugs, testing equipment, and all other property and machinery used in or connected with the waterworks system. He or she shall have general supervision over all employees of the waterworks system and shall make frequent trips of inspection over all pipe lines and all other property used in or connected with the waterworks system, and shall make all repairs deemed necessary and consistent with his or her duties. He or she shall also attend to and control the water supply and at all times see to its sufficiency, and shall notify the community, unless emergency requires otherwise, of the necessity of shutting off any pipe line for the purpose of making repairs, extensions, connections and the like should he or she know beforehand the necessity to so shut off the water from any line or lines of the system.
(B) In the performance of his or her duties as required by this section, the Public Works Director shall be subject at all times to the city ordinances, rules and regulations. He or she shall serve for such term and receive such compensation as may be fixed by the City Council.
(2012 Code, § 88-36)