Section 45-16-130 Duties of county commission and engineer.
Section 45-16-130
Duties of county commission and engineer.
In addition to all other authority now vested in the Coffee County Commission, the Coffee County Commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within Coffee County, Alabama, to insure the people of Coffee County with a safe and adequate road system. It shall be the further duty of each associate member of the commission to inspect the roads of his or her district from time to time, and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the same to the commission with his or her recommendations; to advise with the county engineer concerning the problems of his or her district, particularly; and to assist in securing rights-of-ways, and assist in public service generally. It shall be the duty of the county engineer to provide the necessary equipment and personnel to respond to any request of an emergency nature made by an associate member of the Coffee County Commission or any citizen in the absence of a commissioner wherever and whenever an emergency shall arise in Coffee County.
(Acts 1973, No. 116, p. 147, §1.)