(A) There shall be appointed by the City Commission, a Superintendent of the Water Works, who shall be the administrative officer of the water works system, including all engine houses, engines, pumps, reservoirs, stand pipes, elevated tanks, pipe lines, hydrants, meters, wrenches, stopcocks, gate valves, fire plugs, testing equipment and all other property and machinery used in or connected with the water works system. He or she shall have general supervision over all employees or the water works system and shall make frequent trips of inspection over all pipe lines and all other property used in or connected with the water works system, and shall make all repairs deemed necessary and consistent with his or her duties.
(B) He or she shall also report all violations of this chapter to the City Commission and shall forthwith proceed to have prosecuted offenders as set forth in this chapter or any amendment thereof.
(C) He or she shall also attend to and control the water supply and at all times see to the sufficiency thereof, and shall notify the community, unless emergency requires otherwise, of the necessity of shutting off any pipe line for the purpose of making repairs, extensions, connections and the like, should he or she know beforehand the necessity to so shut off the water from any line or lines of the system.
(D) In the performance of his or her duties as required by this section, the Superintendent shall be subject at all times to the city ordinances, rules and regulations. He or she shall serve for a term and receive compensation as may be fixed by the governing body.
(Ord. 104, passed 7-19-1946)