The City Engineer shall perform such civil engineering and surveying necessary in the prosecution of public work done under the direction or supervision of the Board as the said Board may require. The City Engineer shall make such certificates and reports upon the progress of such work, and shall make such surveys, inspections and estimates, and perform such other surveying or engineering work as may be required by said Board or by the Council. The City Engineer shall devote their entire time to the duties of the City Engineer’s office, and shall receive no compensation in addition to their salary.
The City Engineer shall have all the powers and perform all the duties imposed upon the City Engineer by the Charter, the ordinances of the City, the general laws of the State and orders of the Board of Public Works, and shall be custodian of and responsible for all maps, plans, profiles, field notes and other records and memoranda belonging to the City pertaining to the City Engineer’s office and the work thereof, all of which the City Engineer shall keep in proper order and condition, with full index thereof, and shall turn over the same to the City Engineer’s successor.
All maps, plans, profiles field notes, estimates and other memoranda of surveys, and other professional work made or done by the City Engineer, or under the City Engineer’s direction or control during the City Engineer’s term of office, shall be property of the City.
The City Engineer shall, subject to directions from the Board, design and construct, or cause to be designed and constructed, public buildings for the City of Los Angeles, and, subject to cooperation agreements with the Department of Recreation and Parks and to financial and other necessary resources being provided for that purpose by that department or by the City Council, provide design and project management services for the construction of buildings and other facilities for the Department of Recreation and Parks.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 49.
Amended by: 4th unnumbered para. added, Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79; 4th unnumbered para., Ord. No. 176,359, Eff. 2-8-05.