04-130ORDINANCE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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An administrative ordinance to amend Saint Paul Administrative Code Chapter 6, Department of
Public Works, to facilitate the transfer of the real estate division from the Department of
Technology and Management Services to the Deparhnent of Pubiic Works.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
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Section 6, Department of Public Works, of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
5ec. 6.01. Department generally.
(a) Departrnent established. There is hereby established an executive department of the City
of Saint Paul to be Irnown as the department of public warks. The head of such
deparhnent shall be the city engineer and director, who, prior to such appoinhnent, shall
possess such qualifications as the council may by ordinance provide. The deparpnent of
public works shall be organized into the divisions of: streets and bridges, traffic and
lighting, sewers and utilities, solid waste and energy, equipment services, municipai
engineering, real estate, and administration.
(b) Departmental functions. The department ofpublic works shall be responsible for the
design, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of the city's publac works
projects involving and including all streets, sidewalks, alleys, bridges, sewers, lighting
systems, flood-control devices, solid waste collection, disposai and reclamation systems,
traffio-control devices, and the coordination of placement of other facilities in the public
ways, including gas, electric, steam and water, and prope management, includin�pace
allocation and communicarion sYStems, the coordination of buildin€� maintenance, and a
svstem of assessments and valuations.
(c) City engineer and director powers and duties. The city engineer and director of the
department of public works shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the
council, and shall be in the unclassified service of the city. The city engineer and director
shall be accountable to the mayor and, subject to his/her supervision and control, shail
administer the affairs of the deparhnent. He/she shall have general authority and control
over all departmental staff and shall oversee the proper fulfillment of all tasks and duties
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assigned to the deparhnent. He/she shall have the power to prescribe such rules and o�'l3�
regulations as he/she deems necessary or expedient for the proper operation of the
department and to that end shall keep himselfflierself informed of the latest administrative
4 practices. The city engineer and director shall have the power and the duty to take all
5 personnel actions, inciuding hiring, assigning and reassigning employees, including
6 supervisory personnel, within hisfher depariment and shall supervise their perfonnance.
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Section 6, Department of Public Works, of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6.09. Division of real estate.
Within the denarhnent of �ublic works, there shall be a division of real estate. Under the
sunervision ofthe director,the division shali:
j� Maintain a compilation of all city-owned real estate to include a svstem indexin_g
all �ro�ertv and pronert�interests of the city.
� Administer the sale ar acguisition or lease of real property bv the citv includine.
but not limited to, the acc�uisition of oropertv, when necessarv, through eminent
domain proceedin¢s and the vacation of streets and public ways.
� Administer the assessment orogram relative to the assessment of benefits in
connection with the conshuction of local imnrovements. pursuant to polic�
established by the council of the Citv of Saint Paul.
u Process public hearines to be held bv the citv council relative to assessments,
condemnations, demolition of daneerous buildinas, sewer repairs, service charees,
and sutnmar� abatements.
� Admiiiister the coliection, receipt and maintenance of assessment receivable
accounts, advancepavments for sewer and SAC chazges. Assist other city
deparhnents and divisions in the collection and receipt of receivables. U�on
request to the division, a person shal] be permitted to inspect and copy records
conceming assessment receivable accounts and the esrimated costs of�ending
local improvement assessment pro�ects. Access to these records shail be provided
at a reasonable time and vlace and without char�e to the individual. If the division
is asked to provide copies of the data, the actual costs of�rovidin the cooies will
be borne bp the individual makin�; the request. If the division is requested to
calculate, compile or make copies of assessment data concernine nroperties not
owned by the re uesting�artv, the division shall provide the appropriate service
within a reasonable time of the request and require the requesting�parry to�av the
actual costs of makinQ. certifving and compiling the information requested. The
procedures used to nrocess these requests and the calculation of the actual costs of
compiling and copvinythis information shall be determined by the division and
a�proved by administrative order.
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� Perforxn citv-wide real properry administration, including. but not limited to. ��� t�^'
facility maintenance practices, capital improvements, space aliocation planning,
property insurance coveraQe for citv buiidings and equipment, and environmental
imvact and liabilitv.
� Administer all properties assi�ted to be under the control of the division of real
estate.
9 � Administer all annual maintenance assessments and service charQes including, but
10 not limited to, right-of-way maintenance, above-standazd street li�$tine, and
11 storm sewer svstem char�es �ursuant to olicv as established by the councii of the
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(9� Supervise the erection and alteration of public buildings through the: vrenaration
of all desi�ns, plans, s�ecifications and esrimates for public buildi�s to be
erected or altered by the city or anv departrnent or a ency thereof: and insnection
of construction sites to ensure compliance with contract terms and desi�n
snecificataons.
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That this ardinance revision shall take affect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage,
approval and publication.
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DeoartmeM Se`rt To Person
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Action Requested:
Cl�anges to Adminisirarive Ordivance, Chapter 6.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R):
Planning Commission
� CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
Personai Service Contracts Must Answer the Foilowing Questions:
1. Has this persoNfirtn ever worked under a co�tract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this personlfirtn ever been a aty employee?
Yes No
3. Does Nis person/firm passess a sicill cwt nortnally possessed by any
cuReM city employee?
Yes No
F�cplain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
., I Initia8ng Problem, lssues, OppoAunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
Adnilnisffafive Ordinance Code changes to Chapter 6. See Attached.
AdvanWges If Approved:
See above.
DisadvanYaS�es If APproved:
None.
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
Changes not made.
Totai Amount of �
Transactio�:
funding Source:
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