The Utility Special District is a District created under Ordinance No. 2972. Since its inception the Board of Directors have intended and treated the Utilility Special District as a City department under the direction and supervison of the City Manager. All previous directors have been appointed and supervised by the City Manager pursuant to the service agreement between the District and the City that indicates in that agreement that it would provide for the District a Utilities Director.
Because the District is a separate legal entity. Under the statute and ordinance creating the district, the power and authority to create and appoint a "Utility Director" is vested in Utility Board.