01. Ordinance 1693 - Amend Ordinance 1166 - Administrative Code - 2nd Reading-----------------
Ci*ty of Kali*spell
Post Office Pox 1997 - Kalispell, Montana 59903
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TO: Mayor Tammi Fisher and City Council
FROM: Jane Howington, City Manager
SUBJECT: Amending ordinance 1166 — Administrative Code — 2nd Reading
MEETING DATE: March 21, 2011
BACKGROUND: The City of Kalispell's Administrative Code, Section 2-45, requires the position
of Public Works Director to act as the city engineer and possess the proper education and professional engineer
(PE) licenses.
ANALYSIS: The Public darks Director must be able to manage complex functions, have
knowledge of municipal budgeting, understand regulatory environments, and be able to manage and lead
a team of employees. Acting as the city engineer is not a mandatory function of the director's position
and therefore should be an option rather than a requirement.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve, on second reading, ordinance 1166, Section 2-45(E), to read:
"Qualifications; Must possess the proper education and experience to be able to adequately supervise
a professional engineer (PE) employed by the City and who shall act as City Engineer".
Respectively submitted,
Jane Howuigton
City Manager
AMENDINGAN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE / 66 CODIFIED AS KALISPELL
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.L CODE 2-45 PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, TO WAIVE
REQUIREMENT THAT THE DIRECTOR POSSESS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
F.-jICENSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council adopted Kalispell Municipal Code 2 -45 under Ordinance
1166 that defined the duties and job requirements of the Public Works Director; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to that ordinance at subparagraph E, the Public Works Director is required
to possess a current professional engineer (PE) license; and
r EA.S, in Class 1 cities in Montana, such as the City of Kalispell, the function of a Public
Works Director is primarily administrative that requires a solid background in
municipal public works and the administration of utilities; and
WHEREAS, as long as the Kalispell Public Works Department employs an individual who
possesses the education, training, and licensing of a professional engineer, it is not
necessary that the director of the department possess the same qualifications.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 2-45(E) of the Kalispell Municipal Code be amended to read
as follows:
E. Qualifications: Must possess the proper education and experience to be able
to adequately supervise a professional engineer (PE) employed by the City and who
shall act as City Engineer;
SECTIN II. This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after thirty (30) days of its
passage by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 21 ST DAB' OF MARCH, 2011.
Tanum Fisher
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clem