Section 45-44-130 Employment of county engineer; qualifications; requirements. The Macon County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body, shall appoint and employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer and may or may not be a land surveyor. The county engineer shall possess all of the qualifications as specified […]
Section 45-44-130.01 Duties. It shall be the duty of the county engineer to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of the county, and prescribe the duties, discharge employees for cause, or when he or she is not needed. (2) Perform engineering and […]
Section 45-44-130.02 Wage or salary scale. It shall be the duty of the commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, ferries, and public facilities. The wage or salary […]
Section 45-44-130.03 Compensation. The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from appropriate road and highway funds. (Act 97-663, p. 1272, § 8.)
Section 45-44-130.04 Bond. Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount set from time to time by the county commission, payable to Macon County, conditioned on the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as engineer, and for the faithful […]
Section 45-44-130.05 Office space and equipment. The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article. (Act 97-663, p. 1272, § 10.)
Section 45-44-130.06 Accountability for equipment; inventory. The county engineer shall be the custodian and accountable to the county commission for all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by Macon County. The county commission shall establish necessary policies and regulations governing accountability and relief therefrom. The commission shall furnish the necessary storage […]
Section 45-44-130.07 Expenditure of funds; appropriation by commission. The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the requisition for the expenditure of funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, ferries, or any other duties for Macon County as may be set aside and appropriated by the commission […]
Section 45-44-130.08 Requisition for materials, supplies, etc.; authority and accountability of county purchasing agent. The county engineer shall make written requisition to a county purchasing agent for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of Macon County. The requisitions shall be […]
Section 45-44-130.09 Inspection and approval of materials, supplies, etc., prior to payment. It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect and approve on delivery all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by the county for the use on public roads, bridges, and ferries prior to payment. Any deviation from this policy […]
Section 45-44-130.10 Employment of road supervisor in emergency. In the event of an emergency in which it would be impossible for the commission to employ an engineer, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so employed shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer, […]
