There may be a town engineer appointed by the town administrator. The town engineer shall be a civil engineer, a registered professional engineer, and need not be a resident of the Town of Middletown. He or she may be appointed to serve either full time or part time. He or she shall be available to provide engineering advice and services to the town administrator, the town council, and all other departments, offices and agencies of the town government. He or she shall be responsible for the custody and proper maintenance of all the files and records that pertain to his or her office, including surveys, plans, maps and the like. He or she shall maintain these files and records in the Town of Middletown. The results of all engineering studies or similar work he or she performs for the town shall become the property of the town. (Added, November 4, 2008; Amended, November 6, 2018.)