ORDINANCE NO. 1288

 

 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 - 29 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, CONCERNING THE ENGINEERING DEĀ­PARTMENT OF THE CITY; AMENDING SECTION 2-31 OF SAID CODE, CONCERNING THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY; REPEALING SECTION 2-35 OF SAID CODE, CONCERNING THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, AND SUBSTITUTING A SECTION ON THE AIRPORT DEPARTMENT.

 

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 

 1. THAT SECTION 2-29 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

 

 Section 2-29. Engineering Department. The Engineering Department is responsible for engineering planning and project estimates for the City Manager as well as for all operating departments. The use of consulting firms may be necessary, particularly in construction. All engineering is coordinated through this office. The City Engineer shall also be responsible for the direction of public works. This Department shall be responsible for such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by resolution of the City Council.

 

 2. THAT SECTION 2-31 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

 

 Section 2-31. Utilities Department. The water, sanitary sewer and sanitation utilities owned and operated by the City comprise the Utilities Department. All activities involved in securing a water supply, building and maintaining water and sewer lines, filtering water or treating sewage and collecting and disposing of garbage and refuse, whether done by City forces of by contract, are administered by this department under the direction of the Utilities Director. This Department shall be responsible for such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by resolution of the City Council.

 

 3. THAT SECTION 2-35 (LIBRARY DEPARTMENT) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION BE REPEALED; AND THAT THERE BE SUBSTITUTED THEREFOR AS SECTION 2-35 OF SAID CODE THE FOLLOWING:

 

 Section 2-35. Airport Department. The Airport Department administers the operation of Walker Field, the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County Airport, under the direction of the Airport Manager with. an advisory board composed of the Mesa County Commissioners and three members of the City Council. Final policy and fiscal determinations are made by the Mesa County Commissioners and the City Council. The operating costs of the Airport are shared equally by the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County.

 

 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of July, 1968.

 

/s/ R. G. Youngerman

President of the Council

 

ATTEST:

 

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 

 

 

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1288, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 26th day of June, 1968, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 18th day of July, 1968.

 

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 

Published: July 2, 1968

Published: July 23, 1968