1970-25Bill No. 1970-25
AMENDMENT TO PART II CHAPTER II OF THE
ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
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CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Part II, Chapter II, of the ordinance code of the City of Richfield',:
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Minnesota, relating to the departmental organization of the city is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"2,13, CITY MANAGER.
Subdivision 1. General. The manager is the chief administrative officer
of the city. He is responsible to the council for the supervision of all de-
partments and divisions of city administration except where other wise provided
by law. He shall prepare and distribute to department and division heads such
rules and regulations as he deems necessary for the orderly and efficient con-
duct of city administrative affairs. The manager shall periodically review the
administrative structure of the city and may recommend to the council changes
in the administrative organization of the city.
Subd. 2, Specif is Duties. The manager is the chief purchasing agent of
the city and is responsible for the preparation of estimates for the annual
budget. He may employ an administrative assistant and such other employees
including an administrative intern as are necessary for the execution of his
duties. The manager's personal office staff is a separate department of the
city administrative service.
"2.14. DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION. The administrative service of the city
is divided into the following additional departments and divisions and heads
thereof;
Finance Department - Director of Finance
Division of Clerk-Treasurer - Clerk-Treasurer
Division of Assessor - City Assessor
Division of Accounting - City Accountant
Public Works Department - Director of Public Works
Division of Engineering - City Engineer
Division of Streets and Sewers - Superintendent
Division of Inspection - Chief Inspector
Division of Water -Water Superintendent
Municipal Liquor Store - Liquor Store Manager
Public Safety Department - Director of Public Safety
Police LDepartmentl Division - Chief of Police]
Fire [ Department:[ Division - Fire Chief
Civil Defense [Departmen Division - Civil
Legal Department - City Attorney
Health Department - Health Officer and Sanitarian
Planning Department - Planning Director
of Streets and Sewers
- Director of Public
Safety
Defense Director
Parks and Recreation Department - Parks and Recreation Director
Division of Parks - Superintendent of Parks
"2.15. GENERAL DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION HEADS.
Subdivision 1. Administration. Department and division heads are the
administrative officers of the city. They are responsible for the efficient
administration of their respective departments or division and shall inaugurate,
with the approval of the manager, whatever practices, programs and procedures are
necessary to fulfill that responsibility.
Subd. 2. Assignment of Duties. The manager may assign the same individual
to head two or more departments or to head a division within a department. The
manager may be a department head. Such department head shall perform such additional
duties as may be assigned him by the manager.
"2.16. F INANCE DEPARTMENT.
Subdivision 1. Duties of Director. The director of finance is responsible
to the manager for the organization, planning, administration, and coordination
of the financial affairs of the city.
Subd. 2. Divisions of the Department of Finance.
(1) Division of Clerk-Treasurer. The division of clerk-treasurer is
supervised by the clerk-treasurer, whose duties include, in addition to those
imposed by law upon city clerks and treasurers, acting as secretary to the council
and filing and maintaining all city records. He is responsible for the safekeeping
of all city funds and shall maintain such records of the financial affairs of the
city as may be required by the director of finance.
(2) Division of Assessor. The assessor's division is supervised by
the city assessor. He is responsible to the director of finance for the mainten-
ance of whatever system of records is necessary for the systematic and expeditious
assessment of property for general taxation purposes.
(3) Division of Accounting. The division of accounting is supervised
by the city accountant. He is responsible to the director of finance for the
maintenance of general accounts of the city and the accounts of the various de-
partments and divisions.
"2.17. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Subdivision 1. Duties of Director. The director of public works is respon-
sible to the manager for all activities relating to the planning, construction,
maintenance, and operation of public ways, garbage and waste disposal facilities,
city buildings, parks, real property and rolling stock. He is further responsi-
ble for the supervision of the city public works inspection program.
Subd. 2. Division of Public Works Department.
(1) Division of Engineering. The engineering division is supervised
by the engineer who is responsible to the director of public works. His duties
include the supervision of the preparation of all plans, specifications and other
engineering documents incident to city construction projects, the supervision
and inspection of city construction and maintenance projects, and such other duties
of an engineering nature as may be imposed by the director of public works.
(2) Division of Streets and Sewers. The streets and sewers division
is supervised by the superintendent of streets and sewers who is responsible to
the director of public works for the maintenance of all city streets, street-
lighting systems, traffic control signs and devices, alleys, public ways, sewers
-and sewer systems.
(3) Division of Inspection. The inspection division is supervised by
the chief inspector who is responsible to the director of public works for the
implementation of the city public works inspection program. The chief inspector
shall supervise the inspection of all work performed by the building, plumbing,
electrical, gas installation, and heating and ventilating inspectors to insure
compliance with city construction regulations and state law.
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[(4) Division of Parks. The parks division is supervised by the
superintendent of parks who is responsible to the director of public works
for the implementation of the city parks program and for the maintenance of
the city park system.]
[(5)] (4 Division of Water. The water division is supervised by the
superintendent of water who shall be responsible to the director of public
works for the operation and maintenance of the city water system, including the
water plants and meter system.
112.18. MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE. The liquor store manager is responsible
to the manager for the operation of the city liquor stores.
" [2.19. POLICE DEPARTMENT. The chief of police is responsible to the
manager for the enforcement of state laws and city ordinances and the preser-
vation of law and order in the city. He shall direct the assignment of police
officers, establish training programs and supervise police personnel in all
matters not within the jurisdiction of the police civil service commission.]
'° [2.20. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The fire chief is responsible to the city
manager for the direction of fire fighting, fire protection and fire prevention
activities of the city. He,shall supervise and direct the assignment and
training of fire personnel and supervise fire personnel in all matters not
within the jurisdiction of the fire civil service commission.]
"2,19. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
Subdivision 1. Duties of Director. The director of public safet is re-
sponsible to the manager for all activities relating to public safety including
enforcement of state laws and city ordinances and the preservation of law and order
in the city, the direction of fire fighting, fire protection and fire prevention
activities of the city, the direction of civil defense activities within the city,
the assignment of personnel within the public safety department subject to ap lic-
able civil service laws, and the establishment of public safety training programs.
Subd. 2. POLICE DIVISION. The police division is supervised by the director
of public safety.
Subd. 3. FIRE DIVISION. The fire division is supervised by the fire chief
who is responsible to the director of public safety.
Subd. 4. CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION. The civil defense division is su ervised
b~ a civil defense director who is res onsible to the director of ublic safety.
"[2.21.] 2,20. LEGAL DEPARTMENT. The city attorney is the legal advisor
to the council and the manager. He is responsible to the manager for adminis-
trative matters affecting the legal department. The city attorney shall represent
the city in legal proceedings to which the city is a party and perform such other
functions of a legal nature as the council may direct.
10[2.22, ] 2.Z1, HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Subdivision 1, Sanitarian. The sanitarian is responsible to the manager
for the enforcement of the provisions of this code and state laws affecting
public health. He is responsible for the development and execution of an in-
spection program covering establishments preparing, manufacturing, storing and
handling commodities intended for human consumption.
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Subd. 2. Health Officer. The health officer is the medical advisor
to the council and the manager in matters affecting public health. He
shall advise the sanitarian on the preparation of inspection programs, recommend
to the manager appropriate action for infranctions of city health ordinances
or state health laws, rules or regulations, and recommend the abatement of
nuisances affecting the public health. The health officer shall be a doctor
of medicine licensed to practice in Minnesota.
Subd. 3. Board of Health, Whenever the council resolves itself to sit
as the board of health, the health officer and the sanitarian shall be ex-
officio members of such board and shall advise the board on matters relating
to health and shall recommend to the board such measures for adoption as they may
deem essential.
B1[2.23. CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. The civil defense director is responsi-
ble to the manager and council in all matters affecting the defense of the civilian
population. The director is empowered to do all things necessary during times
of civil defense emergencies.]
"[2.2~.] 2.22. PLANNING DEPARTMENT. The planning director is responsible
to the manager of the planning activities of the city.
"[2.25.] 2.23. PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. The parks and recreation
director is responsible to the manager for the parks and recreation properties
and programs of the city. He is responsible for supervision of the activities of
the superintendent of parks."
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, this 10th
day of August, 1970,
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Stanley W. Olson Mayor
Attest:
Thomas J. Moran Clerk
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6601 W. 78th St.
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
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has been the secretary
and has full knowle
is printed in the En
equivalent in printed s
is distributed at least on
to news of local inter
duplicate any other p
advertisements. (4) Sai
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i'~ ~ SChapter II, of the ordinance code
of Richfield, Minnesota, relating
trtmenfal organization of the city is
Tended to read as follows:
n`~n'ston 1 iGeneralRThe manager is the
t(le.ninistrative officer of the city. He is
ble to the council for the supervision
and departments and divisions o[ city
IS a~- jywnH shall prepareoand distribute
1@S~artment and division heads such rules
~gulations as he deems necessary for the
gjl.ly and efficient conduct of city adminis-
a've affairs. The manager shall periodi-
j review the administrative structure of
9j_ city and may recommend to the council
:nges in the administrative organization of
cityy.
Subd. 2. Specific Duties. The manager is
fie chief purchasing agent of the city and is
esponsible for the preparation of estimates
or the annual budget. He may employ an
administrative assistant and such other
employees including an administrative intern
sing duly as are necessary for the execution of his
and ) duties. The manager's personal office staff is
d e Of a separate department of the city administrate
g five service.
gush taut 2.14. DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZA
pace t0 g TION. Tbe administrative service of the cif}
is divided into the following additional depart
ce each Wt merits and divisions and heads thereof:
ash t0 the Finance Department -Director of Finance
ubhcatiOn Division of Clerk-Treasurer -Clerk
Trmsurer
d newspap Division of Assessor -City Assessor
500 copies Division d Accounting -City Accountant
al Circulat Public Works Department - Director o
Public Works
rid•class n' Division of Engineering -City Engineer
Chfleld 1ri Division d Streets and Sewers - Superin
lcomin tOri tendent of Streets and Sewers
g Division of Inspection -Chia[ Inspector
g Of rieWS, Division d Water -Water Supedntenden
g officer O Municipal .Liquor Store Liquor Stor
Manager
~OTICES
Potlce Safety pepr/oteM • Director of a
Pudic Safety
Police (Department) Division - (Chief of v
Police) - Direcsor of Pudic Sdety
Fire (Department) Div{slon -Fite Chief
Civil Defense (Department) Dividoo -
Civil Defense Director
Legal Department -City Attorcey .
Health Department - Health Officer and a
Sanitarian
Planning Department -Planning Director d
Parks and Recreation Department -Parks r
and Recreation Director
Division o[ Parks - Superintendent of
Parks
"2.15. GENERAL DUTIES OF DEPART-
dENT AND DIVISK)N HEADS.
Subdivision 1. Administration Department
ud division heads are the administrative
rffcers of the dty. They are responsible for
~.he efficient administration of their respec-
ive departments or division and shall inaugu-
ate, with the approval d the manager, what-
aver practices, programs and procedures are
necessary to fulfill that responsibrhty.
Subd. 2. Asstgtunent d Duties. The man-
ager may assign the same individual to head
two or more departments or to head a divi-
sion within a department. The manager may
be a department head. Such department head
shall perform such additional duties as may
be assigned him by the marrageE~
"2.18. FINANCE DEPARRTTMM
Subdivision 1. Duties of Director. The
director of finance is responsible to the
manager for the organization, planning,
admirdstration, and coordination of the finan-
cial affairs of the city.
Subd. 2. Divisions of the Department of
Finance.
(i) Division of Clerk-Treasurer. Tbe divi-
sion of clerk-treasurer is supervised .by the
clerk-treasurer, whose duties include, m.addi-
tion to those imposed by law upon city clerks
and trrosurers, acting as secretary to the
council and filing and maintaining all city
records. He is responsible for the safekeeping
of all city fords and shall maintain such rec-
ords of the financial affairs d the city as
may be required by the director of finance.
(21 Division o[ Assessor. The assessor's
division is supervised by the city assessor. He
is responsible to the director of finance for
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business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. ((i) 'Said news-
paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news-
paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day
or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of
State of Minnesota prior ho January 1, 19611 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and
sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
He further states on oath that the printed .. B 1Z~.. NO w, _ 19.7E-2~.
.hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for .03'?e . , successive weeks
that it was first so published on ..}.'hue.'.. the . ~.3'trl r~i.ll . U.S'fi ... .
day of ...~. 19 7Q.
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
.... the ... day of .. 19 and that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is 'hereby acknowledged as being
the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
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December 26, 1973
e maintenance o[ whatever system of ree-
ds is necessary for the systematic and
rpeditious asses~ttent d property [or gea-
•al tazation purposes.
(3) Division of Acewnting. The division
' aceounting, is apervised by the City
ccounfant, He rs responsible to the director
f fitance la the matntenance,ot general
ccounts d` the dry and the accatnts of the
arioua departments and divisions. • ,"
"2.17. PUlII.1C WORKS DEPARTMLNT.
Subdivision 1. Duties e[ Directors'; The
director d public worts is responsible, to the
manager for all activities relating';`to the
lancing, construction, maintenance, and
pennon of public ways, garbage and waste
isposal [adhties, city bwithngs, parka, real
property and rolling stock. He is further
esponsible far the supervision of the city
public works inspection program. a
Subd, 2. Division of Public Werks~Depart1
maul.
(11 Division of Engineering. The engi-
neering division is supervised by the engineer
who is responsible to the director d, public
works. His duties include the supervision of
the preparation of all plans, specifications
and other engineering documents incident to
city construdion projects, the supervision and
inspection of dry rnnstruction and mainte-
nance protects, and such other duties of an
engineering nature as may be imposed~by the
direMOr of pabhc works.
(2) pivis,on of Strcefs~atd Sewers. The
streets and sewers division is supervised by
the supedntendent of streets and sewers whc
is responsible to the director of public, work.
Eor the maintenance of allcity streets, streeb
lighting systems, Vaffic control signs anC
devices, alleys, public ways, sewers anc
sewer systems.
(31 Division d Inspection. Tbe inspectior
division is supervised Dy the chief inspector
who is responsible to the director of public
works for the implementation d the dry pub
lie wodts inspection program. The chie
insppeta' shall supervise the inspection of al
work performed by the building, plumbing
electrical, gas installation, and heatingg an
ventilating inspectors to insure compliane
with city constroction regulations and slat
]aw
Went d the provisions d thi:
laws affecting public health. 1
Eor the devebpment std t
inspection program coveggr~~ing
dung ca~n'modities intemleds
sumption.
Subd. 2. Health Officer. TI
is the medical advisor to the
manager in matters affecfit
He shall advise the satafadai
lion of inspection programs
the manager appropriate a.
lions of city Health ordinance
laws, rules or regulations,
tM abatement of nuisances
be health. The health officer
of medicine licensed to pract
Srrbd. 3. Board of Healt!
council resolves itself to sit
health, the health officer a
shall be exofficio members
shag advise the board on m
health and shall recommend
measures for adoption as
essential
"12.23. CNII. DEFENSE
The civil defense director
the mareger and council in
ing the defense of the civili:
director rs empowered to di
nary during times of civil
des'.1
`(2.24.1 1.22. PLANNING
The planning director is r
manager of the planning act
"(2.25.1 Y.23. PARKS AP
DEPARTMENT. The pad
director is responsible to tt
parks and recreation propel
of the dry. He is responsrl
of the activities of the
parks.,'
Passed by tbe City Cwt
Richfield; Minnesota, t
( AUGUST, 1970.
Attest:
THOMAS J. MORAN
Clerk
(Aug. 13, 1970
( (4) Division of Parks. The parks divi-f
sion is supervised bY, the superintendent of
parks who is responsible te.the director of
pubhc works for the implementation of the
city parks program and for the maintenance
of the cdy park system.l
( (Sf 1 (41 Division d Water. The water
division is supervised by the superintendent of
water who shall be responsible to the director
of public wodts for the operation and mainte-
nance of the city water system, including the
water plants and meter ssyystem.
"2.18. MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE.: The
liquor store manager is responsible to tbe
manager for the operation, of the city liquor
stores. r
"(2.18. ppLICE'ISEPARTMENT. The chief
of police, is responsible to the manager for the
enforcement d state laws and city ordinances
and the preservation of law and order in the
city. He shall direct the aaigriment of police
officers, establish traininrigg programs and
supervise police personnelin_all matters not
within the jurisdiction of the police civil serv-
ice commission.)
"(2.20. FIRE .DEPARTMENT. The fire
chief is respo jbe;¢ity:ataruiger for
the diredion_ hrelprotection
and fire p ads ea at;She dry. He
shall supeMs€ ae6~d[tect t6e~p , Cut and
training of fire;petsonnel-and rvlire
personnel in all matters not ve~'tEha' ris-
diction d the fire dull service' on•1
"2.18. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT 1'MEP1T•
$ubdivisloo 1. Datfea of Director. ~Tbe
direMor of pnbBc'aatety is reaponsfble to the
manager for aU actlvides. rela{}ng to. public
safety including edorcemeat of state laws
and dtY Ordinances aced rte preservatlon of
law and order in the dry, tbe direction of fire
fighting, Bre protection and fire prevention
activities of.the dry, th'e direction of dull
defense activhies witbin ibe dry, the assign- .
meat of personnel within the public safety
department subject to applicable dull service
laws, and the establishment of pubGe safety
treiroog programs.
Subd. 2. POLICE DNISION. The police
division is supervised by the direMor of public
safety.
Sabd. 3. FIRE ANISION. The lire division
is supervised by the fire chief wbo is respon-
sible to the director of public safety.
Subd. 4. CNIL DEFENSE DIVISION. The
civil defense division is supervised by a civil
defense director wtio is responsible to the
director of public safety.
"`(2.21.12.20. LEGAL DEPARTMENT. The
city attorney is the legal advisor to the coun-
cil and the manager. He is responsible to the
manager [or administrative matters affecting
iw a al department. The city attorney shall
m legal proceedings to
^~vl perform such
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