[Adopted 7-26-2007 by Ord. No. 13-2007]
A.
There is hereby established within the City of Somers
Point the position of Municipal Engineer.
The Municipal Engineer shall serve a term of
one year as permitted by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-140; 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i);
and 40A:11-5.
The Municipal Engineer shall be appointed by
a majority vote of the City Council, following receipt of proposals.
The appointment shall be made resolution.
Duties and responsibilities. The Municipal Engineer
shall be a duly licensed Civil Engineer of the State of New Jersey
and shall perform such duties as are prescribed by general law and
ordinance to be performed by the Municipal Engineer, including but
not limited to:
A.
Prepare or cause or be prepared, plans, designs and
specifications for Public Works and improvements undertaken by the
City, either on force account or by public contract;
B.
Provide and maintain surveys, maps, plans, specifications
and control records with respect to Public Works and facilities owned
or operated by the City;
C.
Provide technical supervision with respect to operation,
maintenance and repair of the City storm sewer system;
D.
Provide technical and engineering advice and assistance
to other City departments as needed;
E.
Attend all regularly scheduled meetings of the City
Council, and when his attendance is required at Special Meetings,
to attend Special Meetings as well;
F.
Perform all responsibilities imposed upon the Municipal
Engineer under the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et. seq.
All papers, documents, memoranda, reports and
other materials relating to the administrating of engineering duties
of the Municipal Engineer shall be and remain the property of the
City of Somers Point. At any time when requested by the City Administrator
or a majority of the City Council, and upon the termination of his
services with the City, the Municipal Engineer shall forthwith surrender
to the City Administrator and/or City Council, or following termination
of his services, to any successor, any and all such properties so
required to be returned.
The Municipal Engineer shall be compensated
in accordance with a contract to be adopted annually by the City Council
that will provide a fixed fee basis and/or an hourly rate basis and
based upon actual time and expenses agreed on prior to the rendering
of the services.
