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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 75ORDINAECE NO. 7 6-- AN ORDINANCE TO DIVIDE THE ADI$IWISTRA’I’ION OF THE: CITY OF LODI INTO FIVE DETAFITEEETS AiYD PROVIDE FCR THE ASSIGLQEMT OF THE SEVER‘ TdEXBERS OR ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO BE TKE €@ADS OF SUCH HESPXCTIVE DEPARTUENTS, AND TO BE APPOIMTBD AS THB COB’JISSIOITERS 03’ SUCH RESI’EC T IVE DEPARTIXEXTS; The Board. of Trustees of the City of Lodi do ordain as f 011 ows : Section 1. The administration of the City of Lodi except as otherwise gravid-ed by law, shall be and hereby is divided into five general departments as follows: (a) Department of Public Affairs, ahich shall be under the supervision of the president of the Eoard of Trustees of said City, vrho shall be the Commissioner o€ Public Affairs. (b) Departnient of Revenue md Finance, which shall be under the supervision of the Conmissioner of Revenue and Finance. (c) Department of Public Health and Safety, which shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Health and S8.f e ty . (d) Department of Streets, which shall be under the super- vision of the Commissioner of Streets. (e) Department o€ Public Works and Property, which shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Viorks and Property . See. 2. The Bomd of Trustees shall by a majority vote assign each of its members, ssve its president to be, and shall appoint such member as commissioner of one of said departments other than that of Public Affairs an8 may from time to time by a. like vote change such assignment and appointment, -1- Sec. ‘3. The compensation to be received by the commis- sioner of Public Affairs is hereby fixed at the sum of $?-{’&) dollars per month, and the compensation to, be received by each of the other Commissioners is hereby fixed at the sum of dollars per month. See. 4, The Commissioner of Public Affairs shall be Superintendent of the Department of Public Affairs, and as such (n0t to his exclusion as President of the Board of Trustees) shall be the chief executive officer and. representative of the City. In the ab- sence or inability of any commissioner he shall exercise temporary supervision over the department of such Commissioner. Sec. 5. The Commissioner of Revenue and Finance shall be Superintendent of the Department of Revenue and. Finance, znd as such shall have supervision of all records and accounts of the City, ant! those of all officers and employees required to keep or make accounts, records or reports, He shall cause proper accounts and records to be kept and proper reports to be made. He shall audit or cause to be audited a.t frequent intervals the accounts of every officer or employee of the City who does OT may receive or dis- burse money. He shall examine or cause to be examined and report to the Board oflrustees, upon all bills, accounts, pay rolls, and claims before they are acted upon or allo?-eri unless otherwise nto- vided by law. Ye shall procure from a11 persons or corporations operating public service utilities in the City and cause to be placed on file such reports as they are by law or ordinance re- quired to make to the City, and shall cause any necessary examination to be made of the accounts asd records of any person or corporation operating a public service utility in the City. He shall report to the Board any failure to make any proper report to the City or to pay moneys due to the City, with such recommendations as he may deem proper. The Assessor, Clerk, Treasurer, License and Tax Collector, and all book keepers and accountants are assigned to the Department of Revenue and Finance, and shall be under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner thereof, so far as not otherwise provided by law. He shall also cause a public report of the financial affairs of the City to be made not less than once a year. 7 Sec. 6, The Commissioner of Public Health and Safety shall have charge of and supervision over the Department of Public Health and Safety. Said department shall include the Police De- partment, the Fire Department, the oifice of Plumbing Inspector and the inspection of buildipgs. Such commissioner shall supervise all officers and employees assigned to said departments and all property and apparatus used in connection therewith. Such com- missioner is hereby invested with all the powers and duties of the Board of Health of the City of Lodi and such Board of Realth is abolished. See. 7. The Commissioner of Streets shall have charge of and supervision over the Department of Streets, and the Superinten- dent of Streets shall report to him. Subject to the provisions of the law, such Commissioner shall have authority over and charge of public work, cleaning, sprinkling and repair of streets and public places, the making of street improvements and of all work done on, in or under the streets, whether of construction, maintenance or repair, a,nd of all pipes, cond.uits and other installation placed under the streets and of all tracks, noles and other installation placed on or above the streets. See, 8. The Commissioner of Tublic Vorks and Property shall - 3- I have charge of and supervision over the Department of Public Vorks and Property. He shall have charge of all buildings belonging to or used by the city, except as otherwise provided by law, and of all public utilities of every kind and nature owned 0’1: operated by the city, a.nd of all public parks belonging to the city, and the care of imhich has not been othemise provid.ed for. Sec. 9. The Board of Trustees may assign employees to one or more departments, may require an officer OF employee to perform duties in two or more departments, a.nd may make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or pyoper to the efficient and econordcal conduct of the business of the municipality. , See. 10. This ordinance shall be printed and posted in at least three nublic places in the City of Lodi, and be submitted to the electors of ss-id city at the general municipal election to be held in said city on the 13th day of April, 1914, and, if a majority o€ the votes cast at such election be in favor of said. osdinance, such ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the 23rd day of April, 1914. -4- The foregoing ordinance was at an adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, held on the 16th day of Narch, 1914, finally adopted and passed as an ordinance of said City, by the following vote: AYES: Trustees I hereby approve, sign and certify the foregoing ordinance , 1914. (SEAL) President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi. Attest: