Section 1. There shall be the following executive departments:
I. Department of Public Safety.
II. Department of Public Works.
III. Department of Collector of Delinquent Taxes.
IV. Department of Assessors.
V. Department of City Treasurer.
VI. Department of City Controller.
VII. Department of Law.
IX. Sinking Fund Commission.
X. Department of Public Health.
XI. Department of Supplies.
No department shall be created other than those herein enumerated; but councils may, by ordinance, provide that the city treasurer may be appointed collector of delinquent taxes, and also that the city treasurer may be appointed Director of the Department of Supplies.
Councils shall provide, by ordinance, for such bureaus, clerks, or other subordinate officers, as may be required for the transaction of the business of the departments.
Each department shall have power to prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with any law or ordinance or with the provisions of article one hereof, for its own government; regulating the conduct of its officers, clerks, and employes, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the books, records, papers, and property under its control.
Each department shall furnish to the mayor or councils or either branch of councils, such information as he or they may at any time demand in relation to its affairs.
The heads and members of all departments, and all subordinate officers, clerks, and employes, shall give bonds as may be fixed by ordinance.
The Department of Supplies shall be under the charge of a director, who shall be the head thereof.
The mayor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the select council, appoint the Director of the Department of Supplies.
The Department of Supplies shall have the direction, control, and administration of the purchase and supply of all personal property required in the conduct of the business of the city. All other departments shall obtain such personal property by requisition upon the Department of Supplies, and not by purchase direct. The manner and form of such requisition may be prescribed by ordinance, or, in default thereof, by standing rule of the Department of Supplies. All appropriations of money for the purchase and supply of such personal property shall be made to, and be expended by, the Department of Supplies; and all contracts for the purchase of such personal property shall be made and entered into by and with the mayor and Director of the Department of Supplies, in the manner now required by law.
(1 amended May 27, 1943, P.L.752, No.320)