(A) Establishment. There is hereby established a Maintenance Department in the city which shall consist of a Public Works Superintendent and such other employees as may from time to time be authorized by resolution of the Council. The compensation to be paid to the Public Works Superintendent and other Maintenance Department employees and the personnel policy regulating their condition of employment shall be as provided by the code and otherwise fixed by the Council.
(1978 Code, § 211.01)
(B) Duties. The Maintenance Department shall have the responsibility for maintaining all city property, building and roads. The duties shall include snow plowing, blading, sanding, mowing of grass and weeds, repairing city equipment and property, maintaining and cleaning all city buildings, maintaining and mowing all parks and maintaining all park equipment and such other duties as are assigned by the Council from time to time.
(1978 Code, § 211.02)
(C) Public Works Superintendent.
(1) The position of Public Works Superintendent is hereby established which will have the duties as set forth herein. The Public Works Superintendent shall be appointed by the Council at a compensation to be established from time to time.
(1978 Code, § 211.03)
(2) The Public Works Superintendent shall be responsible for the proper completion of the following duties:
(a) To develop an operational budget for maintenance within agreed budgetary controls;
(b) To attend Council meetings for both input and direction;
(c) To perform all of the duties of the Maintenance Department; and, when he or she is unable to perform those duties, to assign work responsibilities to other Maintenance Department employees. If he or she deems it necessary to utilize persons outside of the Maintenance Department, he or she shall receive city approval before undertaking the same;
(d) To anticipate operating problems and take corrective steps, minimizing problems which could, otherwise develop;
(e) To review all proposed capital expenditures for the city, and to recommend the best purchases to the Council and, upon approval, direct the actual purchase, delivery and implementation of the purchase;
(f) To plan and oversee the program for snow removal on all city streets, parks and parking areas;
(g) To supervise, train and discipline Maintenance Department employees as provided by the code;
(h) To complete and update semi-annually the property inventory schedule for both supplies and capital outlay items; and
(i) To perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as apparent or as delegated by the Council.
(1978 Code, § 211.04)
(Ord. 83-4, passed 4-11-1983)