13-2402.   Superintendent; duties; salary; bond; contract formanagement; term; ratification, when.Said board shall appoint a superintendent of waterworks, who shall havecharge of the said waterworks and all property connected therewith, andshall manage and control the same under the direction of said board. Thesuperintendent of waterworks shall inspect all parts of said waterworks andsee that they are maintained in good condition for use, and that allemployees of the water department attend to their respective duties. He orshe shall keep in good repair the pumps, hydrants, and all other waterworksproperty. All officers, employees, servants and agents of said departmentwhen appointed by said board, shall be under the immediate control andmanagement of said superintendent.

      The superintendent shall perform all such other duties as may beprescribed by the said board of commissioners by ordinance or resolution.The superintendent of waterworks shall receive a salary which shall befixed by ordinance. He or she shall give a good and sufficientsurety-company bond to the city, in the sum of five thousand dollars($5,000) to be approved by the board of commissioners, conditioned for thefaithful performance of duties and for a true and faithful accounting ofall moneys that may come into his or her hands by virtue of his or herposition. The actual cost of said bond shall be paid out of the revenue ofsaid department: Provided, however, That any such city may in lieu of,or in addition to, the appointment of a superintendent of waterworks, be aparty to a contract with a corporation skilled and experienced in themanagement of waterworks properties under which contract such corporationshall have the management of such waterworks properties and the operationof the waterworks system of which such properties are a part, subject tothe general supervision, discretion and control of such city in theexercise and discharge of its duties under the law: Provided further,That such contract shall be for a term of not more than five years and maycontain such other conditions and provisions, not inconsistent with theforegoing proviso, as may be necessary or desirable: Provided further,That any management contract executed without authority of law prior to theeffective date of this act by the board of commissioners of any city shallbe of no force or effect unless ratified, confirmed and approved after theeffective date of this act by a majority vote of the board of commissionersof said city.

      History:   L. 1907, ch. 114, § 100; L. 1913, ch. 85, § 6; L. 1921, ch. 111, §1; R.S. 1923, § 13-2402; L. 1939, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 99, § 26;L. 1957, ch. 125, § 1; May 1.