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Article IV Department of Public Works Section 4.300. The director of public works shall be a registered professional engineer or architect with at least five years' experience in a responsible engineering or architectural position, at least three years of which shall have been in an administrative capacity.Section 4.310. The director of public works shall perform those duties and exercise those powers with respect to the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance and operation of public and private buildings required of him by ordinance. In addition, and without limitation, it shall be his duty and he shall have the power to: 1. Enforce zoning ordinances; 2. Issue and revoke all electrical, plumbing and other building permits authorized by law or by ordinance, provided that permits for facilities for which community health and medical care department inspection is required by law or ordinance shall not be issued until approved by the department of community health and medical care; 3. Enforce all laws, ordinances and codes regulating building construction; 4. Design, construct, reconstruct, repair, maintain and operate all county buildings and structures and have charge of and manage all real property owned by the county, except as otherwise provided by this charter or by ordinance; 5. Have charge of the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of any interest in real property, except as otherwise provided by this charter or by ordinance. Section 4.320. There shall be a board of zoning adjustment composed of three residents of the county, holding no other public 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 board of zoning adjustment shall have jurisdiction and those powers and duties provided by law or ordinance. Section 4.330. There shall be a building commission of five residents 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 building commission shall prepare and recommend to the council codes and amendments thereto regulating the construction of buildings. When authorized by ordinance the commission shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by law for the building commission and the department and board of plumbing and sewer inspection and such other powers and duties provided by ordinance. The public works director shall be the secretary and executive officer of the commission. The commission may appoint advisory committees to assist with the licensing of trades as may be provided by ordinance. Department of Revenue Section 4.340. The director of revenue shall have charge of the assessment, extension and collection of all taxes and licenses and the recording of all instruments. The director shall supervise the performance of all other related duties and powers as may be provided by law or by ordinance to be performed by the offices of assessor, collector, county clerk and recorder of deeds.Section 4.350. The director of revenue shall appoint under the merit system, the assessor, collector and recorder of deeds. Nothing herein shall affect the merit system status of persons holding the offices of assessor and collector at the time this charter is adopted. Section 4.360. The assessor shall possess and exercise all the powers and duties given by law to the county assessor, and shall possess and exercise all the powers and duties given by law to the county clerk relative to the extension, abstraction, billing, listing and certifying of real and personal property, merchant and manufacturer, railroad, utility or other taxes for state, school, county or other purposes, and shall perform such other duties relative thereto as are provided by law or ordinance, including serving as secretary to the county board of equalization. Section 4.370. The collector shall be responsible for the collection of all real and personal property, merchant and manufacturer, railroad, utility or other taxes for state, school, county or other purposes, and he shall perform such other duties as are provided by law or ordinance. Section 4.380. The recorder of deeds shall possess and exercise all the powers and duties given by law or by ordinance to the recorder of deeds. Section 4.390. There shall be a board of equalization composed of three residents of the county, holding no other county office, who shall be 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. They shall take an oath to equalize fairly and impartially the valuation of all taxable property in the county. The board shall have the powers and duties prescribed by law and by ordinance. |
