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Chapter 13.--CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS

PART II.--COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

Part II.--COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

Article 24.--WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT

     
13-2419.   Same; manager of production and distribution; appointment;
salary; qualifications; duties; bond.

The waterworks board may appoint a manager of production and
distribution of the waterworks plant and fix his or her salary, and the
manager's term of office shall be during the pleasure of said board. The
manager of production and distribution shall be an engineer who has had
experience in the supervision and operation of water plants. He or she
shall manage and control the water plant and distribution system under the
direction of said board. The manager of production and distribution shall
inspect all parts of said plant and see that it is maintained in good
condition for use and that all employees attend to their respective duties.
He or she shall keep in good repair all machinery and other property, and
shall advise said board as to the needs of said plant. All officers,
employees, servants and agents of the water plant, when appointed by the
board, shall be under the immediate control and management of said manager.

     
The manager of production and distribution shall perform all such other
duties as may be prescribed by the said waterworks board. He or she shall
receive as a salary the sum fixed by the waterworks board, and shall give a
good and sufficient surety company bond to the city in a sum to be fixed
and approved by the waterworks board, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his or her duties. The actual cost of said bond shall be
paid pro rata out of the revenue of said department.

     
History:   L. 1937, ch. 143, § 6; March 16.