(A) Management and operation. The city-owned public utilities are its water system and sewer system. Subject to the supervision of the City Council, the city-owned public utilities shall be operated by a city employee to be known as Superintendent of Public Utilities, to be employed by the Mayor and subject to the approval of the City Council. The salary of such Superintendent shall be paid monthly and shall be such sum as shall be fixed by the City Council. The Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, shall employ such assistant or assistants as may be necessary for the regular dispatch of the work and business of this Department. Such assistant or assistants shall be under the direct supervision of the Superintendent of Public Utilities.
(Prior Code, § 13.04.010)
(B) Duties of Superintendent of Public Utilities. The duties of the Superintendent of Public Utilities shall be as follows.
(1) He or she shall be responsible for the maintenance and operation of the municipal water plant and its distribution system and also the city sewers.
(2) It shall be his or her duty to keep the public utilities in a good state of repair to the end that service to consumers may be interrupted as little as possible.
(3) He or she shall keep or cause to be kept monthly log sheets on forms to be provided for that purpose on which shall be shown daily well readings, meter readings, and such other facts as may be required to complete such forms.
(Prior Code, § 13.04.020)