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The engineer shall have not less than five (5) years' practical experience as a civil engineer. He shall perform all the engineering and surveying required in the carrying on of public works and improvements done under the authority of the mayor and council. All maps, plats, profiles, filed notes, estimates and other memoranda of surveys and other professional work made or done for or under his direction or control during his term of office shall be and continue to be the property of the city. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all maps, plats, profiles, field notes and other records and memoranda belonging to the city, pertaining to his office and the work thereof, all of which he shall keep in proper order and condition, with full and complete indexes thereto. He shall have the decision, subject, however, to any ordinances that the mayor and council may enact, as to the proper locality and height of telegraph, telephone, electric light and other poles, as well as. the proper alignment and height above the ground of telegraph, telephone, electric light and other wires, the depth below the surface and alignment of all water, gas, sewer and other pipes and conduits, the grade and proper alignment of all streets and street railway tracks. He shall perform such other and further duties as are or may be required of him by this Charter, by ordinance, or the laws of the state.
Cross References: Appointment, term and removal of city engineer, ch. V, § 6.
It shall be the duty of the superintendent of streets to see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions, orders and regulations relative to the public streets and highways are fully carried into execution, and the penalties for breaches thereof are rigidly enforced. He shall superintend and direct the sweeping, cleaning and sprinkling of the streets, and the cleaning and flushing of all sewers, and shall keep himself informed of the condition of all public streets, highways and alleys. He shall have the general care of, and frequently inspect the streets, highways and alleys of the city. He shall receive and investigate all complaints as to their condition, and shall have charge of the enforcement of all ordinances and laws pertaining to street obstructions. He shall frequently inspect all public works, pertaining to street improvement, while same are in course of construction; inspect all work and material used in such construction; and reject all material or work not in conformity with good engineering or the contract, and shall at once report to the manager all deviations from contracts and the use of improper material and bad workmanship in such construction, and deliver to the clerk a duplicate of such report for the use and benefit of the mayor and council. He shall perform such other duties as are or shall be required of him by this Charter, ordinance, resolution or the laws of the state.
There shall be maintained a police department, the members of which, other than the chief of police, shall be qualified and appointed under civil service rules and regulations. There shall be appointed a chief of police as provided in chapter V., Section 7 of this Charter. Such chief of police shall keep a public office, to be provided by the mayor and council, which office shall be open day and night. The chief of police shall devote his or her entire time to the discharge of the duties of that office, and shall have full control of the police force of the city.
In addition to the chief of police, the mayor and council, in the organization of the police department, shall provide for a permanent police force, which shall consist of such number of policemen as the mayor and council shall, from time to time, deem necessary to preserve the peace, protect the lives and property of the citizens, and enforce the laws and ordinances within the city.
The chief and members of the police department shall have power to make arrests for violations of the ordinances of the city, and shall have the same power and authority to make arrests, and to serve processes, within the city, other than civil processes issued from the superior or justice of peace courts, or is or may be vested in sheriffs or other peace officers by the laws of the state. They shall have such other powers and duties as the mayor and council may, by ordinance, provide.
(Prop. 404, eff. 2-2-2016)
Cross References: Appointment, term and removal of police chief, ch. V, 7; authority of police to serve process of magistrates court, ch. XII. § 5; previously employed policemen declared under civil service, ch. XXV, § 10; effect of civil service on police chief, ch. XXV, § 11.
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