7-3-4441. Department of public service. Subject to the control and supervision of the city manager in all matters, the director of public service shall:

(1)manage and have charge of:

(a)the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, bridges, viaducts, and other public highways;

(b)sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, canals, streams, and watercourses; and

(c)boulevards, squares, and other public places and grounds belonging to the municipality or dedicated to public use, except parks and playgrounds;

(2)manage market houses, sewage disposal plants and farms, and all public utilities of the municipality; and

(3)have charge of:

(a)the enforcement of all obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the municipality;

(b)the making and preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates for public work;

(c)the cleaning, sprinkling, and lighting of streets and public places;

(d)the collection and disposal of waste; and

(e)the preservation of contracts, papers, plans, tools, and appliances belonging to the municipality and pertaining to the department.