The City Engineer or the officer designated by the Common Council to act in lieu of a City Engineer, shall maintain on file in his or her office copies of plans and specifications for street and sidewalk construction and for the construction of other public improvements, works, and buildings not required to be filed elsewhere, together with copies of all plans, plats, drawings, and diagrams which by law, this code, or other ordinance require his or her approval. He or she shall maintain a record of street grades and bench marks within the city, and such other records of an engineering or topographical nature as may be of use to the city or any of its officers or employees in the discharge of official duty. Except as may be provided otherwise by law, this code, or other ordinance, the City Engineer shall supervise all engineering, construction, and surveying work done by or for the city, and shall perform such other duties of a professional nature as may be required of him or her by the Common Council.
(Prior Code, § 2-47)