Legal Documents of Baneberry

The Baneberry Road Commission shall:

1. Regularly inspect the city's accepted public roadways, roadway infrastructure, curbs, sidewalks, drainage ditches, spillways, outfalls, storm sewers, bridges, culverts, laterals, abutments, guard railing, and street signs, roadway markings, traffic control signage, and street lighting to identify and note needed repairs. Reports of needed repairs with estimated repair costs shall be provided to the city manager and reported to the city council at regularly scheduled or as needed, special emergency city meetings.
2. Identify and facilitate planned and emergency repairs and maintenance of all paved/improved roads previously accepted by the city council.
3. Develop and coordinate a snow removal plan with the city manager and the city council and initiate and supervise the snow removal plan as and when needed.
4. Facilitate removal and cleanup of fallen trees, hazardous tree debris, and other traffic hazards found on Baneberry's public roads and property.
5. Collect data and information to assist the city manager in the preparation of bid specifications and contracts for roadway construction and repair projects including the installation and/or repair of streets, roadways, roadway infrastructure, curbs, sidewalks, drainage ditches, spillways, outfalls, storm sewers, bridges, culverts, laterals, abutments, guard railing, and street signs, roadway markings, traffic control signage, and street lighting and related roadway structure and infrastructure.
6. Collect data and information to assist the city manager in coordinating installation, maintenance and emergency repair of public utilities including natural gas, water, electricity, sewerage, and communications equipment located under the city streets and in the utility easements located in or adjacent to the city's roadway right-of-way in accordance with each utilities company's policies, practices and procedures.
7. Assist the city manager in maintaining up-to-date bidder/contractor lists for road projects, road maintenance and public works equipment and services.
8. Review plans and specifications provided by consultant firms and/or contractors for municipal roadway and other public works projects and advise the city manager and city council.
9. Ensure implementation and/or compliance with state and federal regulations and applicable city ordinances regarding all public works and engineering activities.
10. Receive roadway and/or public works inquiries or complaints and attempt to resolve. Maintain records of caller and subject by date and include resolution and feedback provided and apprise the city manager of all such calls.
11. Advise the city manager, planning commission and city council on all public works activities, progress, costs, problems and completion.
12. Develop, maintain and sustain a five (5) year rolling road maintenance and development plan with cost estimates for each year's proposed projects.
13. Maintain the major road plan for the City of Baneberry, Tennessee. A certified copy of the major road plan shall be filed in the Office of the Registrar of Deeds for Jefferson County, Tennessee. (Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 13-4-301 to 13-4-309).
14. Facilitate road repair and improvements in accordance with this chapter.
15. Prepare and submit an annual "roads" budget to the city manager.
16. Work with the city manager to file and maintain all road and public works records, instruments, plans, plats, profiles, records of surveys, user manuals, inspection and maintenance records, blueprints, drawings, warranties, and all other property records and papers relating to roads and engineering work.
17. Communicate with the Jefferson County Highway Department; the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT); the Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS); and other applicable government and private concerns for advice as needed.
18. Apply the guidance detailed in the city's subdivision regulation (currently Ord. #211-5) and zoning ordinance (currently Ord. #212-5) as applicable to all roadway and public works projects.
19. Accept and complete other responsibilities, duties and assignments as may be provided by the city manager and/or the city council. (Ord. #215-12, Dec. 2015)