[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Gardner 3-20-1972 by Ord. No.
501. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
There shall be established in the City of Gardner a Department of
Public Works administered by a Director.
B.
The Director shall:
(1)
Be
responsible for and carry out the supervision of the following divisions:
Highway, Water, Sewer, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Municipal Garage
and Municipal Grounds (inclusive of Parks, Recreation, Cemetery, Forestry,
and Plant and Pest Commission). The Director shall have all the duties
and powers vested in the separate boards and commissions and any amendments
thereto and shall succeed to all rights, privileges, duties and liabilities
of said separate boards and commissions.
[Amended 12-2-1974 by Ord. No. 576; 9-17-1979 by Ord. No. 708, 3-7-1983 by Ord. No. 801; 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549; 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(2)
Meet
when requested by the City Council Public Service Committee. The Director
shall have the power to make rules and regulations for the governing
of the Department of Public Works and sections thereof and shall attend
to the proper enforcement of the same. The Director shall have jurisdiction
over the sections and over each member of each section. The Director
shall sign all vouchers for the Department of Public Works. In the
event that the Director is absent from the City, he shall notify the
City Auditor in writing of the person designated by the Director to
assume his responsibilities during his absence.
[Amended 10-7-1974 by Ord. No. 570; 9-20-1976 by Ord. No. 620, 2-19-1985 by Ord. No. 858; 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(3)
Appoint
on merit and fitness alone and remove all personnel of said divisions
contained herein, subject to prevailing General Laws and ordinances.
[Amended 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549]
(4)
Attend
meetings of the City Council and recommend to the City Council for
adoption such measures requiring action by it as he may determine
necessary or expedient, with approval of the City Council and Mayor.
(5)
Keep
full and complete records of his office and render to the Mayor and
the City Council, as often as may be required by them, a full report
of all operations under his control.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(6)
Keep
the Mayor and the City Council fully advised as to the needs of the
City within the scope of his duties and furnish the Mayor and the
City Council, on or before the first day of December of each year,
a detailed list of appropriations required during the next ensuing
fiscal year for the proper conduct of all departments under his control
and make and furnish also a master plan for all major public works
for the City, giving priority to the projects in accordance with their
necessity and importance, and establish long-range planning as may
be determined for the best interest of the City.
(7)
Cause
to be performed all of the work of all construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair, maintenance, and upkeep and all other work incidental
thereto of the present Department of Public Works, including the following
divisions: Highway, Water, Sewer, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Municipal
Garage and Municipal Grounds, inclusive of work incidental thereto
of the former Board of Cemetery Commissioners and Park Departments.
Such work shall be performed in accordance with the policy of long-range
plans and priorities of major projects and capital outlay requirements
as may be authorized and established by the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 3-7-1983 by Ord. No. 801; 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549; 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(8)
Have
and exercise all the supervisory powers over the work force pertaining
to the assessments of betterments and their abatements vested immediately
prior to his appointment and from time to time by general or special
law or by City ordinance in the following boards and offices of the
City: Highway, Water, Sewer, Cemetery, Forestry, and Plant Pest Control
and Park Departments, said commissions being abolished upon the appointment
of a permanent director.
[Amended 9-17-1979 by Ord. No. 708; 3-7-1983 by Ord. No. 801; 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549]
(9)
Coordinate
with the City Engineer the direction and supervision of all types
of construction and planning relating to divisions herein. Knowledge
of the provisions of the General Laws of the commonwealth relating
to the operation of the Park and Cemetery Divisions; knowledge of
contract procedures; ability to prepare specifications in the procurement
of new equipment; ability to train and plan, assign and supervise
the work of Department personnel; and ability to establish effective
working relationships with employees, engineering personnel, City
officials, contractors and the general public shall be required.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549]
(10)
Have
all the duties and powers vested in the separate boards and commissions
of the Park, Recreation, Cemetery and Recreation Commission, except
that the Cemetery Commission shall have sole control and responsibility
for the management of perpetual care funds pursuant to MGL c. 114,
§ 19, and MGL c. 44, § 54. Except as already provided
for herein, the Director shall succeed to all the rights, privileges,
duties and liabilities of the above-mentioned boards and commissions.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549]
C.
Each petition submitted to the City Council and referred to the Director
shall be returned to the City Council with the recommendation of the
Director or the reason for the absence of such recommendation within
13 days of the submission of each petition to the Director.
D.
The duties, powers and responsibilities of said Director may be broadened
or diminished at any time by ordinance by a two-thirds vote of the
City Council consistent with prevailing General Laws or ordinances.
A.
The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the confirmation of the City
Council, a Director of Public Works for a term of three years. The
Director of Public Works shall be especially fitted by training and
experience to perform the duties of said office. Said Director shall
hold office until his successor is appointed.
[Amended 12-2-1974 by Ord. No. 576; 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549; 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
B.
Said Director may be removed from office in the same manner as department
heads as provided by Section 8 of the City Charter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 3 of Ord. No. 501, which immediately
followed this section and was amended 12-2-1974 by Ord. No. 576, was
repealed 5-17-1976 by Ord. No. 616.
[Added 11-18-2013 by Ord.
No. 1563]
The salary of the Director and other employees of the Department
of Public Works shall be established in the ordinances designating
salaries and wages for the City employees.[1]
[Amended 9-20-1976 by Ord. No. 620; 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 1549]
All persons employed by and under the supervision of the named
divisions, boards and commissions shall, upon the effective date of
this chapter, be transferred to the Department of Public Works. All
such transfers of personnel shall be made without loss of pay and
without change of rating, seniority, retirement or pension rights,
or any other privileges under any provisions of this chapter. The
incumbent working foremen of the aforementioned divisions and offices
affected by this chapter, when transferred to the Department of Public
Works as hereinbefore provided, shall become working foremen of the
corresponding divisions of said Department of Public Works.
