The Committee on Public Utilities, Public Health, and Safety shall exercise general supervisory control of public utilities owned by or operating within the city and shall exercise general supervisory control over the health and safety of the inhabitants of the city; shall have full and complete control, charge, and management of the waterworks of the city; shall see that all revenues of the waterworks are segregated from other city revenue and deposited into the separate funds required by ordinance; shall supervise the location of fire hydrants and water mains, sewers, artificial drainage ditches, telephone and electric lines, poles, and installations within the city; shall periodically inspect the city, at least quarterly, to determine the existence of any nuisances therein detrimental to the public health and safety of the inhabitants of the city and report same to the Board or Board of Health, if found; shall recommend rules for the government of the waterworks system and rates to be charged for water, services, and installations of the waterworks system made by the city.
(Prior Code, § 700.020) (Ord. 146, passed 10-1-1970)