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Article IV Department of Highways and Traffic Section 4.160. The director of highways and traffic shall be a registered professional engineer with at least five years' experience in a responsible position in transportation, highways, or traffic engineering or a combination thereof, at least three years of which shall have been in an administrative capacity.Section 4.170. The director of highways and traffic shall exercise those powers and perform those duties required by law to be performed by a county surveyor and by a county highway engineer and such other powers and duties as may be required by ordinance. The director shall supervise the construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction and traffic control of all county and urban highways, streets, roads, sidewalks, bridges and culverts. Section 4.180. There shall be within the department of highways and traffic, a board of highways and traffic composed of residents of the county holding no other county office, appointed by the county executive subject to confirmation by the council. The board shall consist of one member residing in each of the council districts and two other members in addition. Members shall serve overlapping terms of four years except those appointed to fill a vacancy occurring during the term of a member. The board shall advise the director and the council relative to the functions and affairs of the department and shall perform such other duties as may be required by ordinance. Department of Human Resources Section 4.190. The director of human resources shall have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college and at least five years' experience in a responsible executive or administrative position in social services or related programs. The director shall also be known as the county welfare commissioner.Section 4.200. The director of human resources shall exercise those powers and perform those duties required by law or by ordinance and all of the powers and duties conferred by law or ordinance on county welfare commissioners. In addition and without limitation the director shall administer programs relating to unemployment, community development, housing and neighborhood preservation and improvement, senior citizens, drug abuse prevention, delinquency prevention and public assistance and shall promote cooperation relating to welfare services and human services programs between the county and other public and private agencies and such other powers as may be provided by statute or ordinance. Department of Parks and Recreation Section 4.210. The director of parks and recreation shall have had at least five years= experience in an executive or responsible administrative position in the field of parks or recreation. The director shall also be known as the commissioner of parks and recreation.Section 4.220. The director of parks and recreation shall exercise those powers and perform those duties required by law or by ordinance. In addition and without limitation the director shall: 1. Manage, maintain and control the operation of all parks, park facilities, and parkways owned or operated by the county; 2. Promote and administer all recreational services, programs and activities sponsored by the county. Section 4.230. There shall be a county parks and recreation advisory board composed of nine residents of the county holding no other county office, appointed by the county executive subject to confirmation by the council. Members shall serve overlapping terms of three years except those appointed to fill a vacancy occurring during the term of a member. The advisory board shall advise the director of parks and recreation relative to the functions and affairs of the department. Department of Planning Section 4.240. The director of planning shall have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college, with a major in planning or a related field. The director shall have had at least five years' experience in a responsible planning position, three of which shall have been in an administrative capacity.Section 4.250. The director of planning shall exercise those powers and perform those duties with respect to planning and zoning required of him by ordinance. Section 4.260. There shall be within the department of planning a planning commission which shall consist of nine members holding no other county office, appointed by the county executive subject to confirmation by the council. Six of the members shall be residents of that part of the county outside incorporated cities and three shall be residents of municipalities in the county. Members shall serve overlapping terms of three years except any appointed to fill a vacancy during the term of a member. The commission shall advise an make recommendations to the director and the council with respect to planning and zoning and shall perform such other duties a may be required by ordinance. No ordinance relating to zoning which is contrary to the recommendation of a majority of the members of the planning commisison shall be adopted by the council except by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the council. |
