There shall be a Department of Public Works which shall have
administrative powers and duties as are set forth in this Charter.
There shall be a Director of Public Works who shall be appointed
by the Selectmen to serve for an indefinite term at the pleasure of
the Selectmen and who shall be responsible to the Board of Selectmen.
The Director of Public Works shall possess practical and technical
qualifications for the duties of the office and shall not engage in
any other business or hold any other office, public or private, for
which a salary or emolument is paid.
There shall be a Town Engineer who shall be appointed by the
Selectmen and shall report to the Director of Public Works, to serve
for an indefinite term at the pleasure of the Board of Selectmen.
The Town Engineer shall be a professional engineer registered in Connecticut,
and shall not engage in any other business or hold any other office,
public or private, for which a salary or emolument is paid.
The Director of Public Works shall supervise the Department
of Public Works and have charge and control of all buildings, materials,
apparatus and other equipment of the department or to which the functions
of the department relate. The Director of Public Works and the Town
Engineer shall be the chief technical advisors of the Town and of
the Town Council and of all boards, commissions, committees and officers,
except the Board of Education, concerning the physical matters of
the Town and the design and construction of its physical plant as
provided for in this Charter. The Director of Public Works, with the
Town Engineer, shall furnish at the request of the Town Council or
of any board, commission, committee or officer of the Town such technical
advice as is reasonably required relating to any function of the Town
or of its government and shall perform such other reasonable and related
duties as the Board of Selectmen may direct. The Town Engineer shall
be in charge of and shall make or superintend the making of all surveys,
maps, plans, drawings, bids and estimates thereon relating to the
work of the Town or any of its departments, boards, commissions, committees
or officers except the Board of Education. The Town Engineer shall
have custody of all maps of the Town not entrusted by ordinances,
bylaws or otherwise to any other department, commission, committee
or officer thereof and shall prepare with and upon direction of the
Planning and Zoning Commission all maps or other records showing highways,
building and veranda lines, street profiles and plans, profiles of
storm and sanitary sewers, planning and zoning districts and planning
maps of the Town which involve engineering.
Except as otherwise provided by ordinance, the Department of
Public Works shall have full control of the inspection and the construction,
reconstruction, care, maintenance, altering, paving, repairing, draining,
cleaning and snow clearance of all public places and of all streets,
highways, sidewalks and curbs, and of the installation and maintenance
of public lighting, street signs and guideposts.
The Department of Public Works shall have full control of the
inspection and the construction, reconstruction, care, repair and
maintenance of all public buildings, public works and public improvements
except school buildings and grounds.
The Department of Public Works shall be in charge of the work
involved in the maintenance, care and improvement of, and construction
required in connection with, all real property of the Town, including
public cemeteries, parks, playgrounds, recreational areas and other
areas not specifically designated for a particular Town use, except
recreational facilities or areas for which responsibility for maintenance,
care or improvement is delegated to any other board, commission, committee
or authority by the charter or by any bylaw or ordinance adopted by
the Town Council. The Department of Public Works shall not undertake
any new construction in park, playground or recreational area except
that for which funds have been appropriated and then only after consultation
with the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The Department of Public Works shall have full control of the
care, repair and maintenance of all equipment, including automotive
equipment, used in the Department of Public Works or in any other
department of the Town, except school, police and fire equipment.
The Department of Public Works shall have full control of the
construction, reconstruction, establishment, re-planning, restoration,
enlargement, improvement, removal, care, repair and maintenance of
all public sewage-disposal systems, public refuse-disposal systems
and public water-supply systems in the Town.
The Department of Public Works may maintain and care for school
buildings or grounds and may undertake engineering work and supervision
on behalf of the Board of Education, but only if and to the extent
and for the periods voted by the Board of Education, provided that
the costs thereof are charged against the Board of Education's
appropriations.
