(A) The city hereby establishes the office of the Street and Sanitation Superintendent.
(B) The Street and Sanitation Superintendent shall have and exercise all powers and duties assigned to him by statute, this chapter, and such other municipal responsibilities delegated from time to time by the City Council or the Mayor. He shall be primarily responsible for the operation and maintenance of all public ways within the city, refuse collection and disposal, and for the general cleanliness and repair of all city public ways and properties.
(C) Compensation shall be in the amount as established by the City Council from time to time as set forth in § 31.02.
(D) No person shall be appointed or act as the Street and Sanitation Superintendent unless such person has taken the oath required by Section 228 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has provided bond, if required, with corporate surety authorized to transact business in Kentucky and conditioned upon the performance of the duties specified herein.