HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-025 Reorganize Dept of Engineering & Utilities ORDINANCE NO. 95- 25
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City administrative departments, reorganizing the
City's administrative departments and consolidating the functions
of the Department of Engineering and Utilities within the
Department of Community and Economic Development and the
Assistant City Manager's office; amending Sections 1 18 015 and
1 18 060; and repealing Section 1 18 065 in its entirety, all of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code.
WHEREAS, in order to promote greater efficiency in the allocation of
personnel and resources within Yakima City government, it is desired to reorganize
the City's administrative departments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima has decided to eliminate the
current Department of Engineering and Utilities and consolidate its functions within
the Department of Community and Economic Development and the Assistant City
Manager's Office, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima deems this reorganization to
be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Yakima, now, therefore,
• BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1 Section 1 18 015 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows.
"1.18.015 Assistant city manager -- Powers and duties.
A. The City manager may appoint an assistant city manager,
or designate an employee of the city as such officer
Whenever the city manager is unable to personally perform the
duties of his office due to disability or absence from the city, the
assistant city manager, at no increase in salary, shall serve as acting
city manager, and shall supervise and be responsible for the effective
management and administration of city affairs and otherwise shall be
empowered with all the powers of the city manager, except the power to
appoint and remove heads of city departments and divisions, provided,
however, that whenever the city manager's absence or disability
appears to the city council to be of continuing duration, the city council
may, in its discretion, appoint the assistant city manager or some other
city employee to perform the duties of city manager
B The assistant city manager shall direct primary divisions,
supervised by division managers, or as otherwise designated, as follows:
1 Office of Personnel. Under the supervision of the
personnel director Human Resources Manager, this office shall.
® a. Prepare and maintain a classification plan based on duties
and responsibilities of positions in the municipal competitive service;
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b Administer procedures for the appointment, promotion,
• discipline, and separation of employees, including recruitment, testing,_
counseling and selection services for all departments and offices;
c. Establish and maintain a personnel record system,
d. Administer all rules and regulations pertaining to civil
service, and provide staff assistance to the civil service commissions;
e. Develop and administer a safety and training program for
all employees, except public safety personnel,
f Participate with the assistant city manager in the
negotiations of collective bargaining agreements;
g Perform such other services as may be required by law or
by the assistant city manager
2. Office of City Clerk and Records. Under the supervision of
the city clerk, this office shall.
a. Receive, on behalf of the city council, all petitions, claims,
filings for office and similar official communications;
b Maintain a journal of council proceedings, record and
index file and ordinances and resolutions and post notices and make
publications as required by law;
c Maintain all council records, books, papers, contracts,
bonds and other valuable documents of the city unless provided for by
other applicable laws,
d. Perform such other services as may be required by law or
by the assistant city manager;
e Provide office support services for animal control and
police and fire pension systems;
f Administer the telephone and information services for
City Hall.
3 Office of Purchasing Under the supervision of the
purchasing agent, this office shall.
a. Purchase all supplies, materials and services for the city,
except the service of specialist, upon properly executed requisitions;
b Store all supplies and materials not delivered to the various
departments,
c. Supervise the disposal of surplus property;
d. Conduct management, operations and productivity
analyses and perform such other services as may be required by the
assistant city manager
1. Rebound Plus Program. Under the supervision of the
a. Conduct efforts to abate public nuisances and . other law
4. Water -- Irrigation Division. Under the supervision of the
water and irrigation superintendent. this division shall.
a. Maintain and operate all domestic water lines. pumps,
distribution systems. water meters. service lines and appurtenances,
and water treatment plant.
b. Review plans of all new water lines and extensions of lines
which are to be connected to the city water system.
e. Install and maintain fire hydrants:
d. Maintain maps and records of water systems:
e. Operate. maintain and improve the irrigation water
system. including all lines. pumps. reservoirs. canals and ditches',
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f. Perform such other services as may be required by law . or
• by the assistant city manager.
S. Wastewater Treatment Division. Under the supervision of
the wastewater treatment superintendent. this division shall.
a. Maintain and operate all sewer lines. pumps. collection
systems and appurtenances of the domestic sewer system;
b. Maintain storm drains:
c. Maintain and operate the wastewater treatment plant and
industrial waste treatment system,
d. Perform such other services as may be required by law or
by the assistant city manager."
Section 2 Section 1 18 060 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"1.18.060 Community and economic development.
Under the direction of the director of community and economic
development 'the following offices and divisions shall perform the
responsibilities and duties generally described as follows:
1 Office of Environmental Planning. Under the supervision
of the planning manager, this office shall.
a. Conduct studies and research relative to the development
and redevelopment of the city of Yakima and its environs;
b Conduct studies and research relative to the amendment of
and additions to the general plan of the city, and relative to zoning,
• rezoning and subdivision of property;
c Administer policies and procedures relative to annexations
to the city, growth management, and the extension of city utilities to
serve property outside the city;
d Provide all staff assistance and counsel, secretarial and
clerical services required by the city planning commission,
e. Perform such other duties as may be directed by the
director of community and economic development.
2. Office of Housing and Neighborhood Conservation. Under
the supervision of the community development block grant manager,
this office shall.
a. Conduct studies and research and administer programs
relative to housing neighborhood rehabilitation and environment, and
community development and redevelopment;
b Provide staff assistance and counsel required by various
housing and neighborhood conservation - related committees and
groups,
c. Administer community development block grants;
d. Perform such other duties as may be directed by the
director of community and economic development.
3. Code Administration and Facility Maintenance Division.
Under the supervision of the code administration manager, this office
shall.
a. Enforce all laws, rules and regulations relative to zoning,
housing, building, fire prevention, life safety, construction codes and
litter control,
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b Provide staff assistance and counsel to the board of
• adjustment, building code board of appeals, board of plumbing
examiners, mechanical code examining board and the housing advisory
and appeals board,
c Be responsible for the maintenance of the City Hall
building;
d. Perform such other duties as may be directed by law or by
the director of community and economic development.
4 Cable TV Programming -- Convention Center and Capitol
Theatre Liaison. Under the supervision of the department director, this
function shall.
a. Be responsible for city staff support and advice to the
Convention Center board and the Capitol Theatre board, and act as
liaison between those boards and the city government;
b Cable TV franchise operations, coordinates and administers
public cable TV programming, and serves as staff support to the cable
television advisory committee, develops and administers cable television
training programs, and develops and administers a cable television
budget.
5. Office of Engineering. Under the supervision of the
director of community and economic development. this office shall
perform the sanitary and civil engineering for the city. including the
following specific functions:
a. Provide for the preparation of all estimates. plans and
sPecifications for all types of public construction projects:
b. Provide surveying and inspection services and maintain
• suitable files and records of all official maps. plats. surveys and
construction projects.
c. Prepare legal descriptions and arrange for the acquisition
of all street rights -of -way by dedication. purchase or condemnation,
d. Negotiate with property owners and prepare cost estimates
and assessment rolls for all local improvement district projects;
e. Administer construction contracts and authorize progress
payments on public improvement projects,
f. Coordinate with other departments and provide survey and
cost data needed in planning projects and applying for federal grants;
g. Prepare and review geometric designs of city streets and
intersections:
i1. Perform such other services as may be required by law or
by the director of community and economic development.
6. Rebound Plus Program. Under the supervision of the
director of o muni and economic dev -lo .m-nt . is .r. -ram sh. 1
a. Conduct efforts to abate public nuisances and other law
violations associated with drug trafficking."
Section 3 Section 1 18 065 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
repealed in its entirety
Section 4 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its
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passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter
• PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this c V"~. day of
1995
ATTEST Mayor
City Clerk
Publication Date: -\
Effective Date: to - \\ -
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