[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Ithaca 4-11-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Pursuant to New York State Town Law § 64
(21-a), there is hereby created in the Town of Ithaca a Public Works
Department.
The functions of the Highway Department of the
Town of Ithaca are hereby transferred to the Public Works Department.
All engineering functions are hereby transferred out of the
Public Works Department.
[Amended 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009; 10-21-2019 by L.L. No. 9-2019]
A.
The Public Works Department's responsibilities shall include the
Town's highway functions, along with responsibilities for the construction,
improvement, repair, care, and maintenance of the Town's parks, trails,
walkways, sidewalks, highways, bridges, sluices, waterways, culverts
for drainage, water and sewer facilities, buildings, grounds and other
Town facilities, and stormwater management. The Public Works Department
shall have such other responsibilities, not inconsistent with law,
as may be assigned by the Town Board.
B.
In addition, the Department of Public Works shall provide all services
required or desirable in order to enable the Director of Public Works
to fulfill any duty or responsibility imposed upon such official,
whether or not in his/her capacity as Town Highway Superintendent,
by this chapter or by any other local law, ordinance or regulation
of the Town, by any lawful directive of the Town Board, or by any
statute or regulation of the State of New York.
C.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this chapter shall not prohibit the
Town Board from providing for construction of any public building,
street, highway, road or other facility by public contract.
[Amended 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009]
A.
The appointed Town Highway Superintendent shall be the administrative
head of the Public Works Department, shall hold office as such administrative
head for the terms set forth in New York Town Law § 64,
Subdivision 21-a, shall have the powers and duties of a highway superintendent
pursuant to the New York State Highway Law, Town Law and other applicable
laws and regulations, and shall have such powers as are necessary
for the proper administration of the Department of Public Works consistent
with applicable laws. The Highway Superintendent's office shall
be in the unclassified civil service. The administrative head shall
also hold the Town's informal administrative title of Director
of Public Works, and he or she may use the titles of Highway Superintendent
and/or Director of Public Works. The Highway Superintendent/Director
of Public Works shall be appointed on the basis of administrative
experience and qualifications for the duties of the Highway Superintendent's
office and for the duties in the Town's Highway Superintendent/Director
of Public Works job description.
B.
During the absence or inability of the Highway Superintendent to
act for any reason, the Deputy Highway Superintendent will assume
the roles, powers and responsibilities of the Highway Superintendent/Director
of Public Works.
[Added 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009]
The salary of the Highway Superintendent/Director of Public
Works shall be fixed annually by the Town Board, and such moneys shall
be paid out of the general fund of the Town as the Town Board shall
direct, or from any improvement or benefit district of the Town pursuant
to New York Town Law § 202-a, Subdivision 7, and shall not
be a charge, in whole or in part, upon any item of the Highway Fund.
The salary of the Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works
may be shown in any budget or notice relating to such budget under
the classification of either Highway Superintendent or Director of
Public Works.
