A. Appointment: The city may contract with, retain or appoint an engineer licensed to practice engineering in the state of Utah to the office of city engineer. The city engineer shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council. Any person appointed or retained as city engineer shall be a registered professional engineer under Utah Code Annotated title 58, chapter 22, as amended. If the city hires or appoints a person to act as city engineer, such position is deemed an at will position and is exempt from the protections of Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-1105(1)(a), as amended. As such, any person hired or appointed to act as the city engineer may be terminated with or without cause and shall not be entitled to due process appeal procedures as set forth in Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-1106, as amended.
B. Records: The city and/or the city engineer shall maintain all maps, plans, plats, profiles, drawings, final estimates, specifications and contracts which in any way relate to the public improvements and engineering affairs of the city and the holder of such records shall ensure public accessibility to the same as required by law.
C. Recording: The city engineer shall record and file all drawings and documents pertaining to public lands and improvements of the city, and shall maintain such records and files in good condition allowing no alteration, mutilation or changes to be made. The recording or filing of any drawing or instrument with the city shall not conflict in any way with the recording or filing of the same in other offices of record.
D. Fees: The city engineer shall not record any drawings or instruments, file any papers or notices, furnish any copies, or render any service connected with his or her official duties, until the required fees for the same are paid or tendered as required by law or city ordinance.
E. Seal: The city engineer shall have a seal for his or her use, which seal shall be affixed to every certification approval.
F. Additional Duties: The city engineer shall perform such other and further duties as the city council may provide by ordinance, resolution, regulation or directive. (Ord. 2012-18, 5-15-2012)