HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 347-1953 ORDINANCE NOo 3k7 : ~o:~.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC WORKS AND DEFINING THE POWERS AND
DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Section 1. The office of Director of Public Works
of the City of South San Francisco is hereby created. Said
office of Director of Public Works shall not become a part of
the classified or civil service system of said city, and shall
be filled directly by appointment by the city manager, acting
under the direction and control of the city council. The office
holder shall be appointed solely on the basis of his executive,
administrative, and engineering qualifications.
Section 2. In the absence of the Director of Public
Works from the city or in the event of his temporary disability
to perform the duties of the office, the city manager may
appoint some properly qualified person to perform the duties of
the director of public works, subject to the approval of at least
three (3) members of the city council.
Section 3. Upon his appointment to office, the
director of public works shall file in the office of the city
clerk a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties, to be
approved by said city council, in such amount as may be fixed by
the city council.
Section 4. The director of public works shall be in
charge of all public improvement work within the City of South
San Francisco. In addition, he shall exercise direct control
and supervision over the street and park departments, sewage
treatment plant, and department of the building inspector and,
further, as an incident to his office, he shall perform all the
duties of city engineer and works engineer and all the admin-
istrative tasks of the office of superintendent of streets,
together with all functions in connection with assessment or
public improvement proceedings. Also, he shall perform such
other and additional duties as shall reasonably be delegated
to him by ordinance or by resolution of said city council. The
director of public works shall devote his entire time during
customary working hours to the work and interests of the city.
Also, he shall attend all meetings of the city council and all
meetings of the planning commission or such other commissions
or committees as the city manager shall direct, unless he' shall
be expressly excused therefrom by the city council or city
manager. There shall be appointed by the city manager, with the
prior consent of at least three (3,) members of the city council
and at such salaries or wages as they shall establish, any and
all assistants that the director of public works shall, from
time to time, require in order to fully and completely perform
all the functions of his office. In this connection, the director
of public works may make written recommendations to the city
manager, which shall be given due consideration by him.
Section 5. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 4,
subdivision (2) of Ordinance No. 288, entitled "AN ORDINANCE
CREATING THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO AND DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITY MANAGER",
adopted by said city council on the 2nd day of May, 1949, the
director of public works shall be subordinate to the city
manager of said city and shall receive and carry out such
instructions pertaining to the duties of the office of director
of public works as such city manager shall from time to time
give.
Section 6. The director of public works shall receive
such salary a~..the city council shall, from time to time, fix
by resolution or by motion.
Section 7. Because the director of public works,
which office is hereby created, is required, as an incident to
his office, to perform all the duties of the city engineer and
works engineer the offices of city engineer and works engineer
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are hereby abolished as being unnecessary.
Section 8. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid, such decision or decisions shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The city
council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid.
Section 9. Any ordinance, or portion of an ordinance,
in conflict with this ordinance or any part thereof, is hereby
repealed.
Section 10. This ordinance shall be published once
and shall take effect and be in force upon the expiration of
thirty (30) days after its passage.
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Introduced this 16th day of November , 1953.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City
of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the '
city council of the City of South San Francisco,
this 7th day of December , 1953, by the
following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN John Noonan, Adolph Sani, Emilio Cortesi,
Joseph Bracco
NOE S, None
ABSENT, Telford Smith
APPROVED:
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