§ 4-901. Functions.

The Department of Public Works, headed by a Director of Public Works, shall:

(1)

Provide for the design, construction, paving, maintenance, and marking of streets, bridges, and related structures and approaches.

(2)

Supervise, regulate and control installations in, above or under streets.

(3)

Establish elevations and control grades of streets.

(4)

Collect and compile traffic data as directed by the Mayor or by ordinance; prepare engineering studies with regard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic as directed by the Mayor or by ordinance; prescribe regulations governing traffic and parking on streets and other public places; and determine the type, need, and location of all traffic control devices and markings and install, design, construct, operate, and maintain them.

(5)

Coordinate construction and maintenance projects with other departments, boards, and agencies of government and public utilities.

(6)

Coordinate or manage public works projects in the process of construction or acquisition and monitor their present status, the amounts spent or to be spent thereon, and the work required to complete each undertaking with a schedule for such completion.

(7)

Keep the Mayor, the Council, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the City Planning Commission informed as to the status of public construction and maintenance projects.

(8)

Recommend terms to be incorporated in contracts for supplying utility services for City buildings or facilities and for supplying street lighting services to the City and shall supervise performance under such contracts.

(9)

Perform such other duties as are required by this Charter or assigned in writing by the Mayor.

Annotation: Sec. 4-901. Functions. The duties herein described in subsection (8) were formerly performed by the now dissolved Department of Utilities. (See Ordinance No. 21,028 M.C.S.)