7-3-4441. Department of public service. Subject to the control and supervision of the city manager in all matters, the director of public service shall:
     (1) manage and have charge of:
     (a) the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, bridges, viaducts, and other public highways;
     (b) sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, canals, streams, and watercourses; and
     (c) boulevards, squares, and other public places and grounds belonging to the municipality or dedicated to public use, except parks and playgrounds;
     (2) manage market houses, sewage disposal plants and farms, and all public utilities of the municipality; and
     (3) have charge of:
     (a) the enforcement of all obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the municipality;
     (b) the making and preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates for public work;
     (c) the cleaning, sprinkling, and lighting of streets and public places;
     (d) the collection and disposal of waste; and
     (e) the preservation of contracts, papers, plans, tools, and appliances belonging to the municipality and pertaining to the department.

     History: En. Sec. 65, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5463, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5463, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3264; amd. Sec. 394, Ch. 61, L. 2007.