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The General Manager of the Department shall have the duty, and is hereby authorized to cause the Department, for the City, to:
(a) Test construction, design and engineering materials and services, and environmental samples;
(b) Calibrate and standardize instruments and apparatus;
(c) Evaluate environmental samples, effects of natural occurrences, and unique products, materials and services submitted for tests;
(d) Evaluate performance of product samples, equipment and devices;
(e) Issue certificates or reports covering tests, calibrations, standardization and evaluations performed; and
(f) Implement the above, provided, however, that no test, calibration or standardization of weights or measures provided in Division 5 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California shall be performed.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79.
The Department, upon request by another bureau or department of the City, or as directed by the Council through the budgeting process or amendment thereto or by resolution, shall perform those duties provided for in Section 22.530.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79.
The Department is hereby authorized to charge a fee for each test, calibration or standardization performed under the authority herein, subject to provisions of Section 11.08 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Such fee shall be based on the actual cost to perform such work. The Department shall prepare a document setting forth the fee to be charged and identifying the party to be billed, and shall transmit said document to the Chief Accounting Employee of the Department of General Services who shall bill and collect such fee.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79.
(a) The Department shall be responsible for providing all building services to the departments and offices of the City of Los Angeles, except as otherwise provided for by the Council, to include:
(1) Maintenance and repairs of all public buildings, including library facilities, except those under the jurisdiction of other departments having control of their own funds;
(2) Custodial services;
(3) Operation and maintenance of elevators, heating, ventilation and air conditioning facilities, lighting, intercommunications systems, and related equipment;
(4) Providing construction services for alterations and remodeling of municipal buildings and facilities as approved in the budget;
(5) Providing new construction services, through City forces or hiring hall forces, and letting contracts for specialty work that the department's forces or hiring hall forces cannot perform, for projects for which the Department is selected to act as general contractor by the Board of Public Works, the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, or the Board of Library Commissioners. All contracts for such specialty work shall be let in compliance with applicable City competitive bidding and contracting requirements.
(c) Notwithstanding the Department’s responsibility to provide building services and manage leasing for City departments pursuant to Subsections (a) and (b) above, the Department is exempt from having the primary administrative responsibility for assisting the City’s certified neighborhood councils to secure rented or leased premises when a standard short-term rental and lease agreement with a duration of one year or less is used. This responsibility is transferred to the City Clerk to secure office or meeting space on behalf of the certified neighborhood councils by utilizing space sharing in other City facilities, coordinating the acceptance and use of donated space from private donors, as well as securing suitable office and meeting space on behalf of certified neighborhood councils as set forth in Section 22.801(o) of this Code.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79.
Readopted by Ord. No. 173,281, Eff. 6-26-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
Amended by: Ord. No. 175,937, Eff. 6-1-04; Subsec. (a)(5) added, Ord. No. 176,359, Eff. 2-8-05; Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 184,835, Eff. 5-1-17.
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