City Engineer: Appointment, Duties.
Milwaukee City Charter § 8-07
in effect8-07. City Engineer: Appointment, Duties.
1. The city engineer shall be a qualified professional engineer registered under the laws of Wisconsin.
2. The city engineer shall superintend and do or cause to be done all the civil engineering required by the commissioner of public works, in the management and prosecution of all public improvements committed to the city engineer's charge and all other surveying as may be directed by the commissioner or the common council. The city engineer shall possess the same powers in making surveys and plats within the city that are given by law to county surveyors, and the like validity and effect shall be given to his or her acts, and to all plats and surveys made by him or her, as are or may be given to the acts, plats and surveys of county surveyors. The city engineer shall keep a record of all official acts and doings, shall keep on file a copy of all plats of the lots, blocks and sewers embraced in the city limits, of profiles of streets, alleys and sewers, and of their grade and of all drafts and plans relating to bridges, harbors and any public buildings belonging to the city, and shall keep a record of the location of bench marks and permanent corner stakes from which subsequent surveys shall be started, all of which such records and documents shall be property of the city, open to the inspection of parties interested. The city engineer shall make an annual report of all the acts and doing of the engineer's department to the commissioner of public works on or before February 1.
(HISTORY: Section 8-07 rc. File #880330, Feb. 14, 1989; eff. May 5, 1989. 8-07-2 am. File #890298, Sept. 19, 1989; eff. Dec. 6, 1989.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/CH8.pdf#page=4Fetched: 10/26/2026