[Amended 8-19-1986 by Bill No. 86-6]
The County Commissioners of Worcester County shall have control
over the public roads, bridges, drains, watercourses, public landings,
culverts and curbs and gutters along the same in Worcester County,
subject only to the existing rights and duties of the State Roads
Commission of Maryland.
The County Commissioners of Worcester County are authorized,
empowered and directed, at the time of making their annual levy, to
levy such amount annually as, in their opinion, shall be necessary
for the building, repairing, reconstructing, maintenance and regulation
of the use of the public roads, bridges, drains, watercourses, public
landings, culverts and curbs and gutters along the same in Worcester
County and for the purchase and maintenance of equipment and for the
purchase or rental of land or buildings to be used for that purpose.
Any unexpended surplus remaining in said account at the end of any
year may be carried over and used in future years to carry out the
purposes of this Title or may be used on account of the costs of the
succeeding year's roads program. Title to any such land, buildings
or equipment purchased by the County Commissioners of Worcester County
shall be and remain in the County Commissioners of Worcester County,
Maryland.
[Amended 4-20-1999 by Bill No. 99-2]
The county shall, within sixty days after the effective date
of the taking over of the construction, reconstruction and maintenance
of the county roads in Worcester County, appoint some competent person
as Public Works Director, or his designee, with the qualifications
set out in § 8-634(e) of the Transportation Article of the
Annotated Code of Maryland. The first term of office of said Public
Works Director, or his designee shall run until June 30, 1960, and
succeeding terms thereafter shall run for four years, accounting from
the end of the previous term. He shall be subject to dismissal by
the County Commissioners during his term for proper cause. He shall
be under and subject to the authority of the County Commissioners
and shall have charge of making surface plats, profiles and specifications
for the grading, drainage, maintenance, repair and construction of
the public roads, bridges, drains, watercourses, public landings,
culverts, curbing and guttering in the county and also shall do or
supervise the doing of all necessary engineering and other work in
connection therewith. He shall receive such salary payable in such
manner as the County Commissioners shall determine.
