(A) The Village Board of Health and Safety shall have control over and supervision of the Board of Health, Chairperson of Health and their respective offices and all property and apparatus used therein; the street corner waste paper receptacles, billboards, the removal of garbage, scavengers and all matters of sanitation; all city parks, and all other parks, playgrounds and pleasure grounds within or belonging to the village, and all animals, birds, reptiles, livestock, plants, trees and shrubbery contained therein, together with all officers and employees, including custodians, matrons and park police officers, employed in and about said parks and pleasure grounds or kept or used in connection therewith.
(B) The Village Board shall have charge of and supervision over the improvement, maintenance, lighting and care of said parks, pleasure grounds and cemeteries, and of the buildings therein or thereon.
(C) The Village Board shall have charge of and supervision over all village property not otherwise assigned by law or ordinance.
(D) All of these departments and subjects are hereby assigned to the Department of Public Health and Safety.
(E) The Village Board shall have such assistance from the Village Engineer as may be necessary in surveying and laying out improvements and receive assistance from other officers and departments of the village.
(F) The Village Board shall have charge of all purchases of the department or the offices or departments assigned thereto, and shall exercise supervision over the construction and repair of buildings assigned to said department, and may, on application, receive assistance therein from other officers and departments of the village.
(1975 Code, § 5-101)