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AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; PRESCRIBING THE QUALIFICATIONS THEREFORE AND DUTIES THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: CREATING OFFICE. There is hereby created and established the office of Public Works Engineer of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The said Engineer shall be appointed by a majority vote of the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, and shall serve and hold office at the will and discretion of said City Council.
SECTION 2: QUALIFICATIONS. The Public Works Engineer of the City of Jonesboro shall be a duly qualified and registered engineer.
SECTION 3: SALARY AND REMUNERATION. The said Public Works Engineer shall receive such salary and remuneration for his services to the City and for the duties hereinafter prescribed as shall be from time to time fixed by resolution of the City Council of the City of Jonesboro.
SECTION 4: DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. The duties and authority of the Public Works Engineer of the City of Jonesboro shall be as follows:
(A) He shall have complete control of and supervision over the Street Department and Sanitation Department, and shall supervise and direct the operation and employees of said departments, and the maintenance and repair, construction and reconstruction of all street improvements, sidewalks, cross-walks, drains, ditches, gutters, culverts, bridges, and all other City improvements, construction and repair thereof; and he shall do all the engineering required therein or incident thereto.
(B) He shall do all the engineering and supervise the work in connection with or incidental to the expenditure of any special or general funds of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, when so directed by City Council.
(C) He shall prepare and submit plans and specifications with estimate of cost, when so directed by the City Council, of all proposed construction, reconstruction, extensions, or improvements, and shall supervise and be responsible for such construction or maintenance after same has been approved by the City Council and the construction or improvement authorized, and shall, when such work is done by contract, execute all certificates given to contractors, showing the amount and value of work performed, or the proper performance and completion of the contract for such improvements. All such plans, specifications and estimates, and all surveys, profiles, diagrams or specification made by said engineer shall be the property of the City of Jonesboro, and shall be and remain on file in the office of the Public Works Engineer of said City.
(D) He shall examine and approve all plats and specifications of all proposed sub-divisions within the corporate limits or under the jurisdiction of the City Planning Commission, and shall certify to their agreement with the master street plan and that such subdivision plat, plans and specifications conform to the subdivision ordinance, rules and regulations of the City of Jonesboro.
(E) He shall from time to time as deemed necessary inspect all such subdivision improvements as the subdivision work progresses to determine and insure that such work is done in conformity to the subdivision rules, regulations and standards provided for by the laws and ordinances of the City of Jonesboro, and shall institute prosecution on any deviation from such regulations or violations thereof.
(F) He shall establish all grades for streets, curbs, sidewalks, drains, and storm sewers within the City of Jonesboro, and when such improvements are done by contract or by a sub-divider shall check and certify that such grades meet engineering specifications.
(G) He shall check and inspect all building permits as to their conformity with city ordinances.
(H) He shall be responsible for and supervise all of the duties now imposed upon the plumbing inspector, electrical inspector, building inspector, and zoning officer, and shall make all examinations and inspections required under the ordinances of the City of Jonesboro pertaining to such duties and offices, and shall enforce the provisions of all such ordinances. The plumbing, electrical, and building permit fees shall be collected by and paid to the city collector of the City of Jonesboro who shall issue the permits for such work under the supervision and control of the said public works engineer.
(I) Said engineer shall perform such other duties and exercise such other duties and powers as may from time to time be required or conferred by the City Council of Jonesboro, and shall keep his office in the City Hall.
SECTION 5: REPORT TO COUNCIL: Said engineer shall make a report to the Mayor and City Council at the first regular monthly meeting of the City Council each month, and shall meet with the City Council upon its regular meeting the first Monday of each month for the purpose of reporting to and advising with the City Council upon matters coming before such council meeting.
SECTION 6: CONTROL AND EMPLOYMENT OF DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES: The said engineer shall have complete supervision and control of all employees within his departments, and shall recommend the employment and discharge such employees as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the work of such departments and for the proper inspection herein provided for. Said engineer shall recommend the employment of such additional personnel in his departments as form time to time he believes are necessary, the salary scale of the employees in his various departments to be set and determined by the City Council.
SECTION 7: VALIDITY: If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so declined to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 8: EMERGENCY CLAUSE: It being found and determined by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that the affairs and business of the City of Jonesboro have reached such an extent and involve so many problems of a technical nature that it is absolutely essential that the City have technical engineering training, experience and advise upon its many engineering problems, and that the office of Public Works Engineer is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; therefore, and emergency is hereby declared to exist ant this ordinance shall be in full force and effects from and after its passage, adoption and publication.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 1959.