Sec. 582. Director of Public Works

   There shall be a chief administrative officer of the Department of Public Works, known as the Director of Public Works, who shall be appointed and removed as provided in Section 508. Instead of those powers and duties set forth in Section 509, the director shall have the power and duty to:

   (a)   enforce all orders, rules and regulations adopted by the board;

   (b)   administer contracts;

   (c)   supervise and manage construction and maintenance work authorized by the board;

   (d)   approve those public works contracts within the authority delegated to the Director by the board or by ordinance;

   (e)   grant street encroachment and other permits necessary for the temporary use of City rights-of-way;

   (f)   make recommendations to the board about short- and long-range public works plans and programs;

   (g)   oversee the functions of departmental accounting and management-employee services including any bureaus charged with performing those functions, and issue instructions to, appoint, discharge, suspend and transfer the employees that perform those functions, all subject to the civil service provisions of the Charter;

   (h)   recommend to the board prior to the beginning of each fiscal year an annual departmental budget covering the anticipated revenues and expenditures of the department, conforming so far as practicable to the forms and dates provided in Article III in relation to the general City budget; and

   (i)   file with the board and the Mayor a written report on the work of the department on a regular basis as requested by the Mayor or board.