The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
LEGAL ADVERTISING


 Sec. l90. Acceptance of Dedica- ion. No street or other space dedi- ,ated to public use by the proprietor n the city shall be deemed a public street or space, or under the care or control of the city, unless the dedi- cation be accepted and confirmed by ordinance. The council shall, by ordinance, provide regulations gov- srning the plotting of all lands of new subdivisions so as to require all streets to be of proper width, grade and location and to be CO., with adjoining streets, and otherwise to conform to the city plan, and to require the completion of paving, curbs and sidewalks, be- fore acceptance by the city. Such may also require that sewers, pavements, sidewalks, curbs, and other public improvements shall be of such nature as to con- form to the plan of the city and to be adequate to the future needs of the city and of the newly plated territory. No plat subdividing lands within the corporate limits shall be received for record except after ac- ceptance by the city council in ac- cordance herewith.
 Sec. 191. Work at Expense of Pro- perty Owner. The council may, by general ordinance, provide for lay ing and constructing curbs and sidewalks or either of them, when- ever in the opinion of the city man. ager or other officer having such matter in charge, public convenience or necessity shall so require. One- half of the expense thereof shall be charged against the owner of the property and may be col- lected in the manner provided here- in. The city council may, by general ordinance, require owners of proper ty to clear their property of weeds, trash or other unsanitary matter, or to fill unsanitary excavations and depressions, and to make sewer, water, gas or other pipe connections, whenever, in the judgment of the city manager or the officer un- der his direction having charge thereof, such action needs to be taken. The city manager or other such officer in any such case, shall give personal notice of the work re- quired to be done, to the owner of each parcel of property responsible therefor, stating the time within which such work is required here- under to be completed. If the work so ordered shall not be completed within the time so limited, the city may proceed to execute such work at the expense of the owner and to bill the owner therefor. The council shall provide for keeping curbs and sidewalks in repair at the expense of the city. The city shall not be re- sponsible for damage for personal injuries resulting from snow or ice on pavements or sidewalks, except in case of structural defect which is made more dangerous by such snow or ice.
 Sec. 192. Water Rates. The city council, on the recommendation of the city manager, approved by the board of works, shall establish and, from time to time, revise, a schedule of charges for water, classified by service charges and quantity charg- es. The rates of service charges may vary with the sizes of meters or services and the quantity charges by classes of consumers based on quantities of water used, but the rates SO established shall be general in their application as to all con- sumers of the same class. There shall be no free service or services
 at special rates not provided for ir
 one of the classes of service pro.
 vided; but the council shall have
 power to establish special rates ant
 conditions for supplying surplus
 water to consumers outside the city
 limits, and to make special contracts
 with outside municipalities for the supply of such surplus water. Nc discounts shall be given, nor shall any abatements or corrections be made of acc0nnts rendered, except in the manner expressly provided herein. All departments of the city using water from the system shall pay at the same rates as other con- sumers for like service. The rates established shall be based, so far as practicable, on the costs of the ser- vice calculated over period of years, having in view prospective costs of necessary new develop ments, and including all expenses of operation and maintenance, capital improvements and debt service.
 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
 Sec. 193. Personnel Bureau. The commissioner of finance shall ap- point personnel director selected as herinafter provided who shall ap- point such examiners, investiga- tors, clerks and other assistants as may be necessary to assist him in performing his duties as herein set forth. Such persons shall be in the classified service. The personnel di- rector shall be person thoroughly in sympathy with the application of merit and sound business principles in the administration of personnel, shall be thoroughly familiar with the principles and methods of pulp lie personnel administration and skilled therein and shall have had at least three years of successful ex- perience as director or assistant di- rector in the administration of an employment system involving at least five hundred positions or em- ployes. He shall direct and supervise the administrative work of the per- sonnel bureau and perform such other functions as may be required of him by the board of finance. He shall be selected on the basis of a competitive examination prepared by a special examining committee of three members, one member of which shall be the city manager and the other two members shall each be a chief administrative of- ficer of public personnel agency administering a merit system in the federal government or in a state, city or county, who shall be reques- ted to act on such committee by the board of finance as soon as practice able after its appointment by the city manager. Within two months of