Town of Charlestown, RI
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Part 7 Department of Public Works
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Article XXIX Powers and Duties
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Pt 7 Art XXIX Powers and Duties
- § C-106 Department.
- § C-107 Director.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Commission
- Ch 4 Agriculture
- Ch 6 Charter Revision Advisory Committee
- Ch 11 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Climate Resiliency Commission
- Ch 15 Council, Town
- Ch 20 Economic Improvement Commission
- Ch 26 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 27 Municipal Court
- Ch 30 Officers and Employees
- Ch 34 Ordinances
- Ch 36 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 37 Personnel
- Ch 40 Planning Commission
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Hearings
- Ch 54 Surplus Property
- Ch 58 Tax Assessment Review
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 Alarm Systems
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Cannabis
- Ch 78 Amusement Devices
- Ch 86 Boats and Waterways
- Ch 91 Building Construction
- Ch 93 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 96 Coastal Ponds and Mooring
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 108 Entertainments
- Ch 111 Firearms
- Ch 114 Flea Markets
- Ch 117 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 128 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 129 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 133 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 138 Junkyards
- Ch 143 Land, Sale of
- Ch 147 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 152 Noise
- Ch 155 Nuisances
- Ch 158 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Areas
- Ch 162 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Public Trees
- Ch 165 Residential Collection Center
- Ch 167 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 172 Sanitary Facilities, Temporary
- Ch 174 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Snowmobiles
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 188 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 192 Taxation
- Ch 197 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 203 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 210 Wastewater Management District
- Ch 213 Yard Sales
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 11-4-1986]
[Amended 11-8-1988; ratified by Town Council 2-10-1992]
The Department of Public Works shall be responsible
for town engineering, town lands, town roads, streetlighting, town
parking lots, sanitary landfill, future sewer and water supply projects,
public buildings.
It shall be the duty of the Director to:
A.Â
Recommend annual projects to Administrator for consideration;
final approval resting with the Council.
[Amended 11-5-1996]
B.Â
Assist the Administrator in the preparation of an
annual budget for consideration by the Budget Commission.
C.Â
Assist the Planning Commission in the preparation
of long-range plans of town projects for consideration by the Council.
D.Â
Recommend the hiring of personnel to the Administrator.
E.Â
Recommend the termination of personnel to the Administrator.
F.Â
Assist the Town Engineer(s) with projects approved
by the Council.
G.Â
Perform such other functions as may be prescribed
by this Charter, by ordinance, by the Administrator, or required by
the Council.
[Amended 11-5-1996]
