HomeMy WebLinkAbout0838ORDINANCE NO . 83$
AN ORDINNCE to distribute the executive and administrative
• powers, authority and duties into and among the several departments of
the City government of the City of Port Angeles, and to determine the
powers and duties to be performed and assign the to the appropraite de-
41 DINWrnrs ii - officers; repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY COrmSSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS
ECU-O.iS :
SECTION I. That the executive and administrative powers, au-
thority and duties in the city are distributed into and. among the sever-
al departments and the powers and duties to be performed are determined
and assigned to the appropriate departments and officers all as herein-
after set forth.
SECTION 2. The City Corission. The City Commission has and
shall, exercise all legislative powers, functions and duties conferred
upon the city et its officers. It shall mace all orders for the doing
of wor'f, or the making, construction, repair or alteration of any improve-
ment, bridge or building. It shalllevy all taxes, apportion and appro-
priate all funds, and audit and allow all bills, accounts, pay -rolls and
claims, and reject or order payment thereof. It shall make all assess-
ments for the cost of street improvements, sidewalks, sewers and other
work, improvement or repairs which may be specially assessed. It shall
!rake or authorize the making of all contracts, and no contract shall bird
or be obligatory upon the city unless either made by ordinance or reso-
lution adopted by the City Commission, or reduced to writing and approv-
ed by the City Commission or expressly authorized by ordinance or reso-
lution adopted by the City Commission. It shall accept any building
erected, work done or improvement made, when completed according to con-
tract.
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`t �.,��s � All superintendents of departments and 'opffi�cers are accents of
the ^ ity Commission only, and their acts shall be subject to review and
41044iozg or revocation by the City Co srso J Shalt hG
,very superintendent or offices shall from time to time as re-
quired by law or ordinance, or when requested by the. City Commission, or44h
whenever he shall deem it necessary for the good of the public service,
reki't "to the City Commission in writing respecting the business of his
depart'ent, office or employment, or matters connected therewith. The y r-
City Commission may, by ordinance or resolution, assign to a superinten-
dent, officer or employee, duties in respect to the business of any oth-
er department, office or emplonment, and such service shall be rendered
without additional compensation.
The City Attorney4 together with+ itirassistants and all offi-
cers or employees of the legal department, shall be and iro hereby as-
signed to all three of the departments of the city government and shall
give advice and perform legal services in and for any or all of said de-
,r.0ewr.#saents; when called •upon, ' rectuest•ed or instructed so to do by the
City Commission,
SECTION 3. The Department of Public Safety. The Z:ayor shall
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be 5xttp=1==== of the Department of Public Safety, and as such shall
have sreneral supervision and oversight over al1 departments and offices
in the citn; he shall be the chief executive officer and representative
of the city, shall sign all warrants for the payment of money, vouchers
and contracts on behalf of the city, and shall have charr'e of and cause
to be nrepared, published and distril^uted all law or ordinance or reso-
lution of the City Commission. The Chief of Police, Police 'patron and
Polic Department, and all policemen, officers and employees therein,
and all police stations and property and apparatus used in said Police
Department; the Chief of the Fire Department, and au firemen, officers
and employees therein, and all fire stations and property and apparatus
belonging to or used it said lire Department; the fire and police alarm
system, and all property and apparatus belonging thereto; the Health
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Officer, department of health, and all officers and employees therein,
and all buildings, property or apparatus belonging to or used therein;
• the Fire Marshall, Fire Cnief, Sanitary Inspector, Humane Officer, Pound
Master and all officers, employees or assistants of them or either of
.them,._and their offices or employments, and all property and apparatus
Obeiangingto or used therein; the Police Judge, nis court, the City Li-
brary, Library Trustees; and all other officers, employees, business or
affairs of said city not by law or ordinance otherwise assigned; are all
distributed and assigned to the Mayor and to the Department of Public
Safety.
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The Mayor as the txtparcl===zt of the Department of Public
Safety shall have charge of and supervision and direction over all busi-
ness, officers and employees distributed and assigned to his said depart-
ment, anlover all said property, offices, employments and apparatus. He
shall have charge of all purchases of property or supplies for his said
department or any of the offices and affairs distributed thereto. He
shall have charge of and supervision over the removal and disposal of
garbage, refuse and debris. All notices of quarantine and release must
bear his signature.
The Mayor shall have charge of the enforcement of the laws or
ordinances relating to bill boards. he shall also nave charge and su-
pervision over the City Hall, City Hall janitor, and the grounds and
premises adjoining the City aall. He shall also nave control of and su-
pervise'all dumping grounds and dumps.
SECTION 4. The Department of Streets and Public Improvements.
Cirat Tne of the Department of Streets and Public Improvements
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shallA. all public work not speeifica4g assigned to another de-
partment, shall have charge of the grading, cleaning and
sprinkling of all public streets,'alleys and places, the entire erection,
making, construction or re- construction of all street improvements, side-
walks, sewers, bridges, viaducts, public buildings, and of the repair
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thereof, where not otherwise assigned,
. He shall approve the estimates of the
OCity Engineer, which may be made from time to time, of the cost of such
work, as the same progresses, and perform such other duties as may be
provided by:ordinance or resolution.
The Stre t , City Engineer, Engineering Department
wand ill` en l.oyees ther 'n, inspectors, and all officers and employees
working in connection in any way with the work of said department; are
distributed and assigned to the said Department of Streets and Public I m-
provements, and shall be under the supervision of the $si 45 aRr
thereof.
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The said maggSgaUFFEFEb of Streets and Public Improvements
shall have charge of and supervision over the City Park, and of all oth-
er public parks and pleasure grounds of said city, and of all employees
in connection therewith, including park commissioners, trustees and lomat
n employed in or about said parks or pleasure grounds, and of all
tvro'perty°'tfelonging to said parks or pleasure grounds or kept or used in
connection therewith. tie shall have charge of and supervision over all
public cemeteries in the city or owned or controlled thereby and of all
sextons and other employees in or about said cemeteries, and of all pro-
perty belonging to or used or kept in connection therewith. tie shall
have charge of and supervision over all boulevards and park -ways; he
shall have charge of; and supervision over the improvement, maintenance
and care of all of the said parks, pleasure grounds and cemeteries, and
of all of the buildings and improvements therein or thereon. tie shall
f',have charge of the enforcing of the provisions of law and ordinances re-
lating to the improvement and care of street parkings and the planting
and growing of trees therein or thereon.
SECTION 5. Department of finance and Accounting. The Raped*.
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of the Department of Finance and Accounting shall have charge
of all records of the city, and all officers, boards or departments and
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employees required to keep or make accounts, records or reports. rie
shall inspect or cause to be inspected all records or accounts required
. to be in any of the offices or departments of the city and shall cause
proper records and accounts to be kept and proper records to be made. He
shall audit or cause to be audited at frequent intervals the accounts of
every city officer or employee who does or may receive or disburse money.
ife shall have charge of the purchase, care and distribution of all sup-
plies and other articles not otherwise provided for by law or ordinance.
He shall have charge of the supervision over all printing by or for the
city, unless otherwise provided for by law or ordinance. rte shall exam-
ine or cause to be examined, and report to. the City Commission„ upon all
bills, accounts, pay -rolls and claims before they are acted upon or al-
lowed, unless otherwise provided for by law or ordinance.
The Treasurer, City Clerk and their respective offices and de-
partments and all assistants, deputies and employees therein, and all
bookkeepers and accountants, are distributed and assigned to the Depart-
Accounting, and shall 'be under the supervision and
direction of th thereof.
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The of the Department of Finance and Account-
ing shall procure from all persons and corporations operating public ser-
vice utilities in the city such reports as they are by law or ordinance
or otherwise required to make to the City or any of its officers or de-
partments, and procure copies of such reports as are made to the State
or any public office or department, and shall collect or cause to be coi-
lected all license fees, franchise taxes, assessments, general, local
l, and special, rentals and other.moneys: which may be due or become due to
the City. He shall report to the City Commission any failure to make re-
i,. r,. y w
ports or pay money due `to' the cite, With sucz recommendations in relation
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thereto as he may deem proper. iie shall, whenever the city or any offi-
cer thereof has authority so to do, cause to be examined the reports and
accounts of any person or corporation operating any public utility in
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the city, and shall report to the City Commission any refusal to permit
such examination, with such recommendations in relation thereto as he may
•deem proper. tie shall have charge of all lamps, lights, lighting mater-
ial, equipment and lighting plant, system and department of the city, and
all persons charged with the furnishing and care or operation thereof or
employed therein, tie shall have charge of the water department and all
rt441l+lworks system or properties, materials, equipment, and the operation
thereof, construction, reconstruction, renewal, repair and maintenance
thereof, and all persons or employees engaged or who shall be engaged in cthe construction, care or operation thereof. He, the said
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of the Department of Finance and Accounting, may, on application receive
assistance from any other officers and departments of the city.
SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance,
the superintendent of each department nay and shall appoint or employ
such assistants or employees as may be authorized by the City Commission
and necessary to the efficient conduct of such department.
TION 7. The Super
endent of each
rtment sha make
and enfor•e su 1 rules and re •ulati. s, not into
he Stat• of Wash ngton, t ordinanc of the City
e rule: and regul-tio - adopted by th
ent with
Commission
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may be ne•es-
sar to secure effici t conduct of the se ice of his de.= tment or the
busin s thereof.
SECTION *.1 All ordinances, regoutions and rules of the City or
City Commission, or sections or parts thereof, inconsistent or in con-
flict with this ordinance or any part thereof, are hereby repealed and
4, abrogated.
SECTION $. This ordinance is declared to be urgent and neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safe-
ty, and shall take effect and be in force from and after and immediately
upon its passage, approval and lawful publication.
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rassed first reading January 11, 1928.
Passed second reading, JanuaryV, 1928.
• Passed third reading and adopted by the City Commission, Jan-
a-
uary , 1928.
and signed by the Mayor, January , 1928.
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ATTEST:
M yor.
City Clerk.
Approved as to .form: LZA.A.,;ig 14/ 09--L,s■cl<%
City Attorney&
."& 1928.
Date of Publication
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