CHAPTER 16
WATER COMMISSIONER
SECTION:
1-16-1: Appointment
1-16-2: Duties
1-16-3: Employees Of Water Department
1-16-1: APPOINTMENT:
There shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council a water commissioner to serve for a period of two (2) years unless otherwise specified in the order of appointment and until his successor in office is appointed and qualified. (1953 R.C.)
1-16-2: DUTIES:
The water commissioner shall be the general executive officer of the city waterworks and shall have charge of all employees and property pertaining to the waterworks or system. He shall give written orders for all supplies and materials and preserve a copy of such orders in his office. He shall have charge of all contracts and shall see that they are faithfully executed. He shall have charge of the erection, alteration or repair of all buildings, engines, pumps, fixtures, wells, reservoirs and grounds and other property of the city water department and shall generally do and perform any and all duties as required of him in the successful and efficient operation of the water department of the city. (1953 R.C.)
1-16-3: EMPLOYEES OF WATER DEPARTMENT:
The city water commissioner shall have the power to recommend the appointment of all employees of the water department which shall be appointed upon the confirmation of the council. (1953 R.C.)