(a) Public Service Duties.
(1) The Director of Public Service and Safety shall manage and supervise all public works and undertakings of the City, except as otherwise provided by law.
(2) The Director shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, wharves, docks, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, aqueducts, sidewalks, playgrounds, sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, ship channels, streams and watercourses, the lighting, sprinkling and cleaning of public places and the construction of public improvements and public works, except as otherwise provided by law.
(3) The Director shall manage Municipal water, lighting, heating, power, garbage and other undertakings of the City, and parks, baths, playgrounds, market houses, cemeteries, crematories, sewage disposal plants and farms, and shall make and preserve surveys, maps, plans, drawings and estimates. He or she shall supervise the construction and have charge of the maintenance of public buildings and other property of the City not otherwise provided for in these Codified Ordinances. He or she shall have the management of all other matters provided by the Council in connection with the public service of the City.
(4) The Director shall keep a record of his or her proceedings, a copy of which, certified by him or her, shall be competent evidence in all courts.
(b) Public Safety Duties. Under the Mayor's direction, the Director shall be the executive head of the Police and Fire Departments. He or she shall have all powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, regulation and government of these Departments, except as otherwise provided by law. He or she shall keep a record of his or her proceedings, a copy of which, certified by him or her, shall be competent evidence in all courts. Such Director shall make all contracts in the name of the City with reference to the management of such Departments, for the erection or repair of all buildings or improvements in connection therewith, and for the purchase of all supplies necessary for such Departments.
(ORC 735.02, 737.02; 1978 Code § 33.03)