The Director of Public Service and Development shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advise and consent of the majority of Council. The Director of Public Service and Development may be removed from office by the Mayor. The Director of Public Service and Development shall be the head of the Division of Building and, if established by Council, the Division of Health. The Director of Public Service and Development shall have charge of all public works and improvements and the construction thereof, and all engineering and inspection in connection therewith, except those having reference to the Departments of Police, Fire and Recreation. The Director of Public Service and Development shall be charged with the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, sidewalks, bridges, wharves, docks, and breakwalls; of water mains, pumps, systems, pipes, purification and filtration plants and the water distribution system; of sewers, sewage systems, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, viaducts, watercourses and harbors, and of all public buildings, dedicated parks, parks, cemeteries, and other public places belonging to the City or dedicated to public use except as otherwise provided in the Charter. The Director of Public Service and Development shall manage and control cemeteries, market houses, sewage treatment plants, waterworks and all public utilities of the City supported in whole or in part by taxation, and shall enforce all the obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the City.
The Director of Public Service and Development shall have charge of the making and preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings and estimates for public work except as otherwise provided in the Charter; 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.
The Director of Public Service and Development shall develop, coordinate, activate, implement, encourage, foster, and promote plans and programs for economic and community development, redevelopment and improvement for and within the City. The Director of Public Service and Development shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the Department of Public Service and Development. The Director of Public Service and Development shall perform such other duties consistent with their office, as may be required by this Charter, by ordinance of the Council, or as directed by the Mayor.
(Amended 11-2-93; 11-2-99; 11-5-19)