Engineering

Mission

The mission of the Engineering Division is:

  • To provide leadership and guidance in establishing design and construction standards for new and existing infrastructure
  • To establish, administer, and maintain rules held to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort, prosperity, and general welfare of the city
  • To provide assistance to citizens and others with the goal of making city government easy to understand and relate to
  • To foster professional development and engineering principals, resulting in a better place to live, work, and do business

City Engineer / Supervision

The city engineer is responsible for organizing, planning, assigning, directing, and supervising the work of the Engineering Division. This is done by:

  • Conferring with and advising developers proposing expansion of public infrastructure
  • Establishing standards for design and construction for public infrastructure
  • Overseeing and approving the procurement and work of all engineering consultants
  • Preparing operating and capital budgets
  • Representing the city as technical liaison regarding all engineering-related matters

The City Engineer also participates as a member of the Board of Public Works and works with the following boards and commissions: