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Home My WebLink AboutORD 83-03 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION TO INCLUDE THE FUNCTIONS PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION; AMENDING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD COMMENCING OCTOBER 1 , 1982 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1983 TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERA- BILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont desires to combine the Public Works Department and the Urban Transportation Deartment into a department to be called the Department of Urban Transportation; and, WHEREAS, the combination of the two departments will result in certain operating efficiencies and cost savings to the City; and , WHEREAS, the reorganization requires amendments to the Code of Ordinances and the budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1 , 1982 ; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1 . That Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended by repealing Sections: 2-100 , 2-101 , 2-102, 2-130, 2-131 , 2-132, and 2-133, and enacting Sections 2-100 and 2-101 in lieu thereof, which said Sections 2-100 and 2-101 shall provide as follows : Section 2-100: Established; Director; Functions There is hereby established the Department of Urban Transportation, the head of which shall be the Director of Urban Transportation. The department shall be responsible for planning , engineering , construction, maintenance, and operation of streets, drainage, traffic control and information devices, school protection programs, parking meters, public transportation and the municipal airport. The department shall perform such other duties as may be delegated to it from time to time by the City Manager. Section 2-101 : Powers and Duties of Director a) It shall be the general duty of the Director of Urban Transportation to determine and maintain records of the proper planning , design, use, operation, and maintenance of streets, drainage, traffic control devices, public transportation, and the municipal airport, and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve conditions of the above, and to carry out additional duties as may be required. b) Director of Urban Transportation: Whenever any of the following terms are used in this Code, it shall be construed to mean the Director of Urban Transportation or his appointed representative: "Director of Urban Transportation" , "Director of Transportation" , Director of Traffic" , "Director of Traffic and Transportation" , "Director of Public Works" , "Transportation Engineer" , "Traffic Engineer, " City Engineer" , "Transportation Director" , "Urban Transportation Director" , "Traffic Director" , "Traffic and Transportation Director" or "Public Works Director" . Section 2 . That Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended by adding Division 15 - Department of Solid Waste; Section 2-161 to read as follows: DIVISION 15 Section 2-161 : Department of Solid Waste There is hereby established the Department of Solid Waste , the head of which shall be the Director of Solid Waste. The Department of Solid Waste shall be responsible for collection, removal and disposal of solid waste, trash and refuse as required by the provisions of this code and applicable state laws. The department shall perform such other duties and functions as may be delegated to it from time to time by the City Manager. Section 3 . That Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended by adding a new section 26-13 to read as follows: - 2 - Section 26-13 : Authority for Traffic Control Whenever and wherever the congestion of traffic , the dimensions of the streets and sidewalks and the use of property abutting the streets are such that the Director of Urban Transportation finds it to be necessary for the free flow and the expeditious handling of traffic and the safety of persons and property, the director is authorized: 1 ) To designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway. 2) To establish safety zones on any of the streets of the city. 3 ) To mark lanes for traffic on the streets of the city. 4 ) To place proper signs, signals, or marking prohibiting the making of turns at any intersection of streets in the city. 5) To place signs, signals or markings within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections. 6 ) To install or cause to be displayed signs, signals or markings for the direction of traffic near public or private schools, parks and public buildings. 7 ) To determine the location of passenger zones and freight-loading zones and to place and maintain appro- priate signs or markings indicating the same. 8 ) To designate spaces on the streets of the city for exclusive use as bus zones and to mark the same with appropriate signs or marks. 9) To designate areas on the streets of the city which shall not be used as spaces for the parking of vehicles and to mark such areas with the appropriate signs or markings. 3 - 10 ) To designate intersections of streets at which drivers operating vehicles approaching the intersection on one or more of the intersecting streets must bring such vehicle to a complete stop before proceeding into such intersection, and to install and maintain appropriate signs and marking directing such drivers to stop at such intersections. 11 ) To designate intersections of streets at which drivers operating vehicles approaching the intersection on one or more of the intersecting streets must reduce the speed of such vehicle, and to install appropriate signs and markings directing such drivers to reduce the speed of their vehicles. 12) To designate streets and portions of streets on which drivers of vehicles are prohibited from driving except in one direction and to designate the direction in which driving is prohibited and that in which driving is permitted, and to install appropriate signs and markings designating such one-way streets. 13 ) To designate "Truck Routes" which shall be followed by single unit trucks with tandem axles or truck tractor and semitrailer combinations, in using the streets of the city; provided that no such vehicle shall be prohibited from using any street for the purpose of going directly to or from any residential , commercial or industrial establishment abutting on such street for the purpose of delivering or picking up materials thereat. 14 ) To determine and allocate parking time limits on streets and portions of streets and place appropriate signs or markings giving notice thereof. 15) To designate intersections, the crossing of which shall be controlled by red, green and amber lights and arrows 4 - as elsewhere herein provided, and to determine the type of such lights or traffic-control devices to be installed at each intersection and to cause the same to be installed. 16 ) To determine and fix the maximum axle loads of all vehicles to be operated over, on, or upon the streets within the city, taking into consideration the width, condition and type of pavement structures, and other circumstances on such street. Such maximum axle load shall become effective and operative on said streets within the city when appropriate signs, giving notice thereof , are erected. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive , operate or move, or for the owner to cause or permit to be driven, operated or moved , upon any of the streets, any vehicle or combination of vehicles which in any respect exceeds the maximum axle loads designated by said signs. Provided, however, that any person desiring to operate or move a vehicle on said streets in excess of the maximum axle loads established, shall first obtain a special permit from the director, and such permit shall not be issued unless reasonably necessary. Any person moving or causing to be moved a load as set out in said permit, shall be liable to the city for any damage done by any such vehicle to the streets, bridges or culverts in the city and the acceptance of the aforesaid permit shall be conclusive evidence that the person to whom such permit is issued agrees to pay all such damages upon demand thereof made by the city. 17 ) To designate areas of the streets of the city to be known as "Quiet Zones" in the vicinity of any hospital , r 5 - church, school or public institution and to mark such area with appropriate signs directing the drivers of vehicles not to sound the horn or other warning devices while traveling in the areas designated. 18 ) To make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of traffic ordinances and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulations shall remain in effect for more than ninety ( 90 ) days. He may test traffic- control devices under actual conditions of traffic. 19 ) To determine and designate those heavily traveled streets upon which shall be prohibited the use of the roadway by motor-driven cycles, bicycles, horsedrawn vehicles or other nonmotorized traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. 20 ) To designate the location and type of signs to be placed upon railroad property advising persons of the restrictions and prohibitions placed upon the use of such railroad property by the public generally. The expense of such signs and the placing thereof shall be borne by the railroad company owning or controlling the property where such signs are placed. 21 ) To make such changes as changing conditions may require in any designation, determination or regulation he is herein authorized to make. 22) To designate areas along the streets of the city which shall not be used for the parking of vehicles and to provide that vehicles parked in such areas may be removed. Said areas shall be clearly marked so as to sufficiently notify person that the area is a "Tow Away Zone" . r - 6 - 23 ) To designate along the streets of the city , and on any property owned by the city, areas which shall be used only for parking of vehicles operated by handicapped persons in accordance with state law. Section 4 . The budget of the City of Beaumont for the fiscal period commencing October 1 , 1982 and ending September 30 , 1983 , be and the same is hereby amended by deleting the following departmental budgets: 0-B350 - Transportation - Administration 0-B360 - Operations Division 0-B380 - Transit System 0-B390 - Municipal Airport 0-B400 - Engineering Division 0-B420 - Streets and allocating and appropriating in lieu thereof , the amounts in such accounts to the following departmental budgets: 350 ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT FISCAL 1983 NUMBER NAME BUDGET 108 SALARIES & WAGES 1920630.00 109 PART-TIME/OVER-TIME 11,500.00 113 RETIREMENT COSTS 38,620.00 114 INSURANCES 27,210.00 112 TOTAL PERSONNEL 269,960.00 201 OFFICE SUPPLIES 4,600.00 202 POSTAGE 400.00 205 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIP. 1,000.00 206 MOTOR VEHICLES 2,500.00 218 TRAFFIC SIGNS & MATER. 1,000.00 250 TOTAL SUPPLIES 9,500.00 318 TELEPHONE 5,100.00 319 ELECTRICITY 13,000.00 321 WATER & SEWER 600.00 323 ORGANIZATIONAL DUES 700.00 324 AUTO ALLOWANCE 4,650.00 325 FLEET RENTAL 6 INS. 6,200.00 330 BUILDING MAINTENANCE 9,000.00 331 VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE 1,850.00 334 TRAVEL & TRAINING 2,750.00 360 TOTAL SERVICES 43,850.00 TOTAL 323,310.00 360 ENGINEERING PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT FISCAL 1983 NUMBER NAME BUDGET 108 SALARIES & WAGES 678,710.00 109 PART-TIME/OVER-TIME 170400.00 113 RETIREMENT COSTS 136,080.00 114 INSURANCES 95,890.00 112 TOTAL PERSONNEL 928,080.00 201 OFFICE SUPPLIES 10,800.00 202 POSTAGE 800.00 204 WEARING APPAREL 400.00 205 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIP. 2,800.00 206 MOTOR VEHICLES 133-600.00 209 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 600.00 230 FIXED ASSETS 11,950.00 299 SUNDRY SUPPLIES 1,000.00 250 TOTAL SUPPLIES 41,950.00 318 TELEPHONE 5,000.00 323 ORGANIZATIONAL DUES 2,300.00 324 AUTO ALLOWANCE 16,860.00 325 FLEET RENTAL & INS. 11,500.00 326 LEASE & RENT 500.00 331 VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE 3,500.00 332 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 1,500.00 334 TRAVEL & TRAINING 4,800.00 360 TOTAL SERVICES 45,960.00 TOTAL 1,015,990.00 370 DRAINAGE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT FISCAL 1983 NUMBER NAME BUDGET 108 SALARIES & WAGES 1,075,030.00 109 PART-TIME/OVER-TIME 56,990.00 113 RETIREMENT COSTS 215,550.00 114 INSURANCES 151,880.00 112 TOTAL PERSONNEL 1,499,450.00 201 OFFICE SUPPLIES 1,500.00 202 POSTAGE 30.00 204 WEARING APPAREL 14,230.00 205 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIP. 12,400.00 206 MOTOR VEHICLES 177,800.00 207 CLEANING SUPPLIES 1,550.00 209 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 60.00 216 HEAVY MATERIALS 284,000.00 230 FIXED ASSETS 7,750.00 299 SUNDRY SUPPLIES 310.00 250 TOTAL SUPPLIES 499,630.00 318 TELEPHONE 1,860.00 319 ELECTRICITY 7,440.00 320 GAS 4,280.00 321 WATER & SEWER 3,720.00 322 TRASH COLLECTION 0.00 323 ORGANIZATIONAL DUES 0.00 324 AUTO ALLOWANCE 1,490.00 325 FLEET RENTAL & INS. 209,930.00 326 LEASE & RENT 26,660.00 330 BUILDING MAINTENANCE 9,920.00 331 VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE 164,000.00 332 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 12,400.00 334 TRAVEL 6 TRAINING 1,240.00 360 TOTAL SERVICES 442,940.00 TOTAL 2,442,020.00 380 STREETS PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT FISCAL 1983 NUMBER NAME BUDGET 108 SALARIES & WAGES 890,240.00 109 PART-TIME/OVER-TIME 340610.00 113 RETIREMENT COSTS 178,490.00 114 INSURANCES 125,780.00 112 TOTAL PERSONNEL 1,229,120.00 201 OFFICE SUPPLIES 1,300.00 202 POSTAGE 20.00 204 WEARING APPAREL 9,920.00 205 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIP. 8,500.00 206 MOTOR VEHICLES 133,920.00 207 CLEANING SUPPLIES 950.00 209 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 40.00 216 HEAVY MATERIALS 170,000.00 218 TRAFFIC SIGNS & MATER. 78,990.00 230 FIXED ASSETS 4,750.00 299 SUNDRY SUPPLIES 190.00 250 TOTAL SUPPLIES 408,580.00 318 TELEPHONE 1,140.00 319 ELECTRICITY 4,560.00 320 GAS 2,620.00 32.1 WATER & SEWER 2,280.00 322 TRASH COLLECTION 0.00 324 AUTO ALLOWANCE 910.00 325 FLEET RENTAL & INS. 186,380.00 326 LEASE & RENT 16,340.00 330 BUILDING MAINTENANCE 6,080.00 331 VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE 108,980.00 332 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 9,600.00 333 SPECIAL SERVICES 3,500.00 334 TRAVEL & TRAINING 760.00 r 360 TOTAL SERVICES 343,150.00 TOTAL 13,980,850.00 i 390 TRAFFIC PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT FISCAL 1983 NUMBER NAME BUDGET 108 SALARIES & WAGES 346,390.00 109 PART-TIME/OVER-TIME 68,600.00 113 RETIREMENT COSTS 692460.00 114 INSURANCES 48,930.00 112 TOTAL PERSONNEL 533,380.00 201 OFFICE SUPPLIES 1,650.00 202 POSTAGE 500.00 204 WEARING APPAREL 2,200.00 205 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIP. 2,450.00 206 MOTOR VEHICLES 15,080.00 207 CLEANING SUPPLIES 1,000.00 209 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 300.00 217 BUILDING MATERIALS 3,000.00 218 TRAFFIC SIGNS & MAT. 58,610.00 230 FIXED. ASSETS 111,500.00 299 SUNDRY SUPPLIES 700.00 250 TOTAL SUPPLIES 196,990.00 318 TELEPHONE 3,000.00 319 ELECTRICITY 906,200.00 321 WATER & SEWER 250.00 323 ORGANIZATIONAL DUES 250.00 324 AUTO ALLOWANCE 1,040.00 325 FLEET RENTAL & INS. 29,640.00 326 LEASE & RENT 1,500.00 330 BUILDING MAINTENANCE 1,000.00 331 VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE 7,070.00 332 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 2,150.00 334 TRAVEL & TRAINING 1$ 00.00 360 TOTAL SERVICES 953,600.00 TOTAL 1,683,970.00 400 TRANSIT PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT FISCAL 1983 NUMBER NAME BUDGET 602 MUNICIPAL TRANSIT 525 ,000 .00 999 OTHER EXPENDITURES 525 ,000 .00 TOTAL 525 ,000 .00 Amounts allocated and appropriated herein are budgetary amounts as of October 1 , 1982 less all expenditures or encumbrances incurred between October 1 , 1982 and the effective date of this ordinance. Section 5 . There is hereby appropriated and allocated to the General Fund Contingency Account the additional amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Ten Dollars ($262 ,710 .00 ) from unallocated amounts in the departmental budgets deleted in Section 4 herein. The General Fund Contingency Account, after such appropria- tion, shall total Five Hundred Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Ten Dollars ($512,710 .00 ) . Section 6 . That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid , such invalidity shall in no wise effect the remaining portions of this ordinance and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 7 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of 1961.3 f Mayor - a-�-L