A. Created: The water department shall be under the control of the city manager, who may from time to time as he sees fit appoint certain employees to conduct the duties of that department. The water department shall have charge of the control, operation, repair, maintenance and improvement of the physical plant of the water system, testing, reading, repair and setting of meters, and line extensions.
B. Water Department Clerk: The city clerk shall be the clerk of the water department and shall have charge of all the ordinary financial operations of the water system as a business enterprise, such as billing for water rents, the collection of fees for taps, materials, line extensions when the cost is born by the consumer, water deposits, water rents, penalties and other money payable to the city for the ordinary financial operations of the water system, and the keeping of proper accounts. The city clerk shall issue all permits, turn on orders, cut off orders and other orders relative to the ordinary financial operations of the water system. The conduct of the city clerk's duties under this chapter are to be always under the supervision of the city manager. (2010 Code § 19-2)