The Village Engineer shall be appointed by the Mayor pursuant to Article IV, Section 5(b) of the Charter, subject to the confirmation by a majority vote of the Members of Council. The Village Engineer shall be a professional engineer in good standing, licensed as a civil engineer by the State of Ohio, but need not be a resident of the Municipality. The Village Engineer shall be the chief professional engineer for the Municipality and shall perform such duties, consistent with his or her office, as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Mayor and Council. Among other duties, the Engineer shall perform such service and be compensated for services rendered to the Village as follows:
(a) Preparation of necessary plans, profiles, specifications and estimates of cost for such public improvements as may be authorized by the Council to prepare.
(b) The Village Engineer shall supervise and serve as representative of the Village of Gates Mills in the execution of those public works projects for which the Village Engineer is authorized by Village Council to so act.
(c) The Village Engineer shall, as authorized by Village Council, supervise and direct all construction inspectors and such inspectors shall report to and receive their instructions from the Village Engineer, relative to the improvements covered in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof.
(d) The Village Engineer shall, upon appropriate authorization, furnish to the Council plans, specifications and estimates of cost for such improvements for the guidance of this Council and for the information and guidance of contractors dealing with the Village of Gates Mills.
(e) Upon request, the Village Engineer shall make and deliver progress reports to the Mayor updating the progress of improvements under his or her charge, stating conditions of same, including any changes in construction costs and/or engineering costs, together with any other matters of interest desired by this Council. All plans and specifications shall be the property of the Village of Gates Mills.
(f) The Village Engineer shall be in charge of engineering and other work to be furnished hereunder as the same may be authorized by Village Council, with the right and obligation of calling upon any of the personnel and facilities of his or her Engineering firm as needed from time to time in the performance of said work.
(g) The Village Engineer shall make his services available to any department of the Village of Gates Mills and to any official acting in their official capacity, in connection with Municipal business.
(Ord. 2012-45. Passed 12-11-12.)