[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Gardner 12-2-1974 by Ord. No.
577. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Survey Department is hereby established. It shall be under
the charge and control of a graduate certified civil engineer who
shall have the title of "City Engineer." The City Engineer shall be
appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
and shall be appointed for a term of three years.
The duties of the City Engineer shall be as follows:
A.
The City Engineer shall:
(1)
Make
plans for and have supervision of all City engineering structures.
(2)
Perform
all services which properly come under the direction of a certified
civil engineer.
(3)
Give
advice to all City officials authorized to consult with him on matters
relating to public improvements of every kind where the advice of
a civil engineer would be of service.
(4)
Make
regular inspections of all dams, bridges, and other public works belonging
to the City.
(5)
In
consultation with the Mayor, determine which outside engineering firms
shall be selected for service on City projects.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(6)
Coordinate
his activities with the Director of the Public Works Department.
[Amended 3-7-1983 by Ord. No. 803; 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(7)
Administer
the Survey Department.
B.
The City Engineer may employ, from time to time, such full-time or
part-time assistance as may be required, subject, however, to proper
appropriations being made therefor.
[Added 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 1251]
A.
There shall be established in the Survey Department the position
of Survey Department Coordinator. The Coordinator shall be appointed
by and directly report to the City Engineer, subject to confirmation
by the City Council, for a term of three years.
B.
The duties of the Survey Department Coordinator shall be as follows:
(1)
GIS Coordinator. Develop and maintain a GIS System for use of various
City departments, including Survey, Public Works, Community Development
and Planning, Assessing and Building. Initially, research existing
data files which can be used to develop the database. Select software
which will be compatible with existing hardware available in various
City Hall offices. Make recommendations regarding new hardware or
upgrades required, including cost estimates.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
(2)
CADD and information systems implementation in the Survey Department.
(a)
Review files of data maintained by Survey Department and recommend
which are suitable for storage and retrieval via computer. Recommend
and prioritize software and hardware (scanner, digitizer, etc.) acquisition.
Estimate time requirements for data input and skill level for persons
to perform this task.
(b)
Review tasks normally performed by Survey Department drafts
persons and recommend which tasks can be better or more efficiently
performed with a CADD system.
(c)
Implement computer-based construction specifications and contract
document assembly.
(3)
Planning Board Engineer. Provide technical assistance to the Planning
Board as required, including attendance at meetings one or two evenings
per month. Duties will include:
(a)
Review of site plans and subdivision plans, with particular
emphasis on drainage and stormwater management. Prepare cost estimates
where the developer must post bond or security in order to insure
completion of infrastructure.
(b)
Inspect subdivision infrastructure (drainage, sanitary sewers,
water mains, roads and sidewalks) during construction and submit periodic
reports to the Planning Board.
(c)
Develop stormwater management practices and policies for subdrainage
basins within the City.
(4)
Zoning Board of Appeals/Conservation Commission Coordinator. Review
all applications to the above bodies, with particular attention to
potential effects on public underground utilities or streets and sidewalks.
Provide technical advice and/or guidance when necessary to the public
interest.
(5)
Infiltration/Inflow Coordinator. Maintain records of all sanitary
sewer and manhole inspections and repairs/rehabilitation which result
in reduction of infiltration and/or inflow to the City's sanitary
sewer system. Quantify estimates of flow reduction due to these efforts
and prepare and submit semiannual reports to the Department of Environmental
Protection.
(6)
Construction administration. Oversee construction contracts being
performed directly for the Department of Public Works, based on plans
and specifications prepared by the Survey Department. This task will
include construction inspection and field documentation of as-built
quantities and locations. This task will involve supervision of up
to two other Survey Department employees.
(7)
Any and all other duties as assigned by the City Engineer.
The Survey Department shall be responsible for the following:
A.
Whenever any petition for laying out, making public, widening, altering,
relocating, grading or discontinuing any way is presented to the Mayor
and City Council, it shall be the duty of the Survey Department to
prepare a plan and estimate showing the probable cost of said work
apportioned to the several estates liable for the same, together with
the estimated cost of other assessable improvements, such as sewers
and sidewalks, that may reasonably be necessitated by such proposed
alteration, said cost likewise being apportioned to the respective
estates. Said plan and estimate shall be furnished complete with the
names and addresses of the owners of the several estates and the amounts
assessable upon each of them.
B.
The Survey Department shall have charge and custody of all plans
of streets, sidewalks and bridges belonging to the City; it shall
enter in a book to be kept for that purpose the names of all streets
that shall be accepted, laid out and established by the City Council,
with the boundaries and measurements thereof, the names of the owners
of the land, if known, over or through which said streets or ways
are located, and the estates bounding and abutting thereon; and shall
keep a record of all sidewalks that are now or may be hereafter laid
out or established by the City Council, the width, height and grade
of the same, stating the boundaries and measurements thereof, with
the date of such laying out.
C.
To inspect all streets and ways being constructed under the Subdivision
Control Law[1] to ascertain whether said construction complies with plans
filed pursuant to the Planning Board regulations, City ordinances
and state statutes and to give to the Planning Board a report of its
inspection prior to the release of any bond posted by the developer
constructing said street and prior to the approval of said street
by the Planning Board.[2]
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
