{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-3-4441","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-3-4441","heading":"Department of public service.","body":"Subject to the control and supervision of the city manager in all matters, the director of public service shall:\n(1) manage and have charge of:\n(a) the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, bridges, viaducts, and other public highways;\n(b) sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, canals, streams, and watercourses; and\n(c) boulevards, squares, and other public places and grounds belonging to the municipality or dedicated to public use, except parks and playgrounds;\n(2) manage market houses, sewage disposal plants and farms, and all public utilities of the municipality; and\n(3) have charge of:\n(a) the enforcement of all obligations of privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the municipality;\n(b) the making and preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates for public work;\n(c) the cleaning, sprinkling, and lighting of streets and public places;\n(d) the collection and disposal of waste; and\n(e) the preservation of contracts, papers, plans, tools, and appliances belonging to the municipality and pertaining to the department.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Part 44. Municipal Commission-Manager Government Continued"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0030/part_0440/section_0410/0070-0030-0440-0410.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:39Z","sha256":"d14b4a7cc56810502d2722c557c34e4ae1488cfc024e389dae5094d2a6e39ec2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-3-4437","next":"us-mt/7-3-4442"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}