City Engineer

General Information

The department's mission and responsibilities include:

• Manages the Capital Improvement Bond Funds.
• Manages Capital Improvement construction projects and renovation projects.
• Prepares plans and specifications for Capital Improvement construction and renovation projects.
• Represents capital improvement construction projects to City Council.
• Performs surveying and construction layout duties on various City projects.
• Provides technical support for all Divisions within Public Works.
• Reviews, approves and issues Boardwalk Vehicle Access Permits.
• Reviews, approves and issues Street Opening Permits.
• Maintains and updates Tax Maps.
• Maintains and updates the City’s Geographical Information System (G.I.S.)
• Maintains records of abstract deeds within City Boundaries.
• Provides research assistance for property searches and history.
• Maintains and updates City’s computerized deed tracking data and transactions.
• Reviews and provides recommendations for approval of applications to the Planning and Zoning Boards.
• Reviews and approves Treatment Works Applications, Traffic Signal Modifications, Minor and Major Subdivisions.
• Manages City’s traffic circulation and intersections.
• Provides Flood Insurance Rate Map information to various governmental agencies and residence.
• Provides affidavits, court depositions, and expert testimony, on the City’s behalf on various claims and lawsuits against the City.
• Documents and reports all accidental sanitary sewerage spills and discharges.
• Manages Brownfields remediation for City properties.
• Manages Bader Field Airport.
• Liaison for City with various Federal, State and County Agencies.
• Provides a variety mapped information to various government agencies and to the general public.
• Provides printing services for most City Departments.
• Provides printed business cards, envelopes and stationary to all City Departments.
• Pursues grants and loans from various governmental funding sources for City construction and improvement projects.
• Investigates and report on accidents pursuant to requests from City Solicitor’s Office.
• Inspects and provides direction to various contractors performing work within City’s right-of-way.
• Creates, assigns and issues street addresses to newly created properties and subdivisions.
• Creates, assigns and issues Lot and Block numbers to newly created properties and subdivisions.
• Performs consolidations of Lots.
• Assists solicitor’s office in the preparation of ordinances for Street Vacations, R.O.W. easements, new traffic patterns, air rights, etc.
• Provides utility markout service for City owned underground utilities to private engineers and contractors.
• Manages City surveying control monuments and information.
• Member of the following City boards and committees:
• Boardwalk Improvement Committee
• Flood Plain Management Committee
• Emergency Management Planning Committee
• Purchasing Board
• Contractor Licensing Board
• Planning and Zoning Boards
• Hazardous Mitigation Planning Committee