(A) The Superintendent of Public Works shall be vested with all the power and authority and charged with the performance of all the duties now performed or pertaining to the offices abolished by § 31.095 of this chapter. In addition to that he or she shall perform all such duties as may from time to time be required by the Council or by the Mayor.
(B) He or she shall be in charge of and have control over all parks and parkways in the city, and all public places which are now or may hereafter be improved as parks or public playgrounds.
(Ord. passed 5-15-1917)
(C) He or she shall have charge of the improvement, repair and cleaning of all streets, alleys, and public grounds, and shall supervise the construction and repair of all sidewalks, but no improvement or repairs, except those actually necessary, shall be made without the previous order of the Council. The Superintendent shall, without delay, cause all breaks in any street, alley, crossing, ridge, culvert, apron, or other unsafe place to be repaired, and report the cost thereof to the Council for allowance; but when the probable cost of any repair shall exceed $25, the same shall be made only with the concurrence of the Mayor and the Committee on Streets and Alleys.
(D) He or she shall cause all provisions of this code relating to streets, sidewalks, and public grounds to be enforced.
(E) He or she shall each spring cause the streets, alleys, and public grounds to be cleaned and the gutters opened, and shall, as far as is practicable, keep them in such condition throughout the year.
(F) He or she shall supervise all connections of private drains with the public sewers, and shall see that the same are made in such manner that no injury is done to the public sewers.
(G) He or she may procure the necessary implements for performing street labor, or materials for bridges, culverts, or crosswalks, but he or she shall make no purchase without making a written requisition to the chairman of the Committee on Streets and Alleys, and obtaining an order therefor. He or she shall cause all implements or tools belonging to the city to be legibly marked or branded with the letters City, and shall cause them to be properly housed and protected from the weather when not in use.
(H) He or she shall make and submit plans, estimates, and specifications for public works which may be proposed or ordered by the Council.
(I) He or she shall, when required by the Mayor or Council, superintend the construction of any public works of the city, and shall as often as may be necessary examine the public works under his or her supervision to see that the same is properly executed, and if the contractor shall neglect or refuse to execute the work in accordance with his or her contract and specification, the Superintendent may suspend the work, and shall thereupon report the facts to the Mayor and Council.
(J) He or she shall, when required, receive, inspect, or measure any lumber, brick, stone, or other material, to be used in any public work of the city, and if necessary shall keep an accurate account of the quantity or quality of the same, the cost thereof, from whom received and for what purpose used; and shall examine all bills for materials so received in connection with the Department, and if found correct, shall certify to the Council for allowance.
(K) He or she shall, when required by the Council, make a survey of the grade or boundary of any street or alley of the city, and prepare a plat or profile thereof, and report the same to the Council; and no such survey shall be deemed established or valid until the plat or profile thereof shall be approved by the Council. Any plat, profile, or other paper belonging to the office of the Superintendent shall be returned to him or her by the Clerk as soon as the Council shall have no further use for the same.
(L) He or she shall, without charge, give or mark the grade of any street or alley, where established, at the request of any person desiring to erect any building, or to lay any sidewalk thereon.
(M) He or she shall keep in his or her office plats of all grades and boundaries of streets established by the Council, correcting the same when any grade shall be changed, and adding thereto when any new grade or boundary shall be established. He or she shall also keep correct surveys of all public sewers and water mains, showing the location, length, and dimensions of the same. He or she shall record in a suitable book, to be provided by the city, the profiles of all surveys of grades and boundaries established, and preserve the original papers relating thereto, and shall otherwise keep a systematic record of all the transactions pertaining to his or her office.
(N) The Superintendent of Public Works shall furnish all engineering services required by the Board of Local Improvements, or any official or employee thereof.
(1963 Code, § 1-12-3) (Ord. 237, passed 6-25-1928)
(O) The Superintendent shall annually, on or before the first Tuesday in April of each year, make out and submit to the Council a report, showing in detail the public works or improvements undertaken or completed in connection with his or her Department during the preceding fiscal year, and the cost thereof to the city.
(1963 Code, § 1-12-4)
(P) The Superintendent shall carefully preserve in his or her office, all plats and records of surveys, and all books, maps, and papers pertaining thereto; and a correct list of all implements, materials and other property in his or her charge, and upon the expiration of his or her term of office, or resignation or removal therefrom, he or she shall, on demand, deliver to his or her successor in office all such property belonging to the city or appertaining to his or her office.
(1963 Code, § 1-12-5)