Section 28.

The Division of Engineering, Construction, Maintenance and Repairs, shall be in charge of a Commissioner of Engineering, who shall be the Chief Engineer of the City, and shall be the Deputy Director of Public Works. The Commissioner of Engineering shall manage and supervise all public improvements, works and undertakings of the City except as otherwise provided in this Charter. The Commissioner of Engineering shall have charge of the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, bridges, viaducts and other public highways; of drains, ditches, culverts, streams and water courses; the Commissioner of Engineering shall have charge of the collection and disposal of garbage; the Commissioner of Engineering shall manage and control municipal market houses, and public utilities supported in part or in whole by taxation; the Commissioner of Engineering shall enforce all the obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the City. The Commissioner of Engineering shall have charge of the making and preservation of surveys, maps, plans and drawings and estimates for all public work; the cleaning, flushing and lighting of streets and public places; the preservation of contracts, papers, plans, tools and appliances belonging to the City and pertaining to the functions of this Department.

(Amended November 4, 2003.)