A. Manage and operate the Bethel ports, small boat harbor, boat ramps and other water-related areas.

B. The port director may prohibit the use of any wharves and docking facilities owned or controlled by the city at any time when closing the facilities is required to protect and preserve the public welfare and safety.

C. Perform all duties imposed by state and federal law upon port directors, harbormasters and administrative directors of ports and harbors.

D. Promptly report to the appropriate federal or state agency any violation of the laws of the United States or the state of Alaska for the protection of navigation and preservation of navigable waters and wetlands.

E. Enforce all ordinances and regulations pertaining to the management and operation of the Bethel port.

F. Make recommendations to the city personnel officer regarding the appointment, hiring, promotion, layoff, suspension, demotion or removal of all employees of the Bethel port.

G. Regulate the use of municipal wharves, including the allocation of wharf space and its use.

H. Regulate and allocate the use of all port facilities, docks and waterways located within or adjacent to the city limits of the city of Bethel.

I. Classify areas within the Bethel port and harbors for various uses, mark mooring spaces to be assigned, and post such signs, numbers, markings or other informational devices as will notify and inform interested parties of authorized and prohibited uses of the Bethel port facilities.

J. Remove, or cause to be removed to a place of safety, any motor vehicle found parked within the port facilities in violation of this title, or in such a manner as to create a significant danger to the safety of persons or property.

K. Take corrective action if a vessel or person fails to comply with a provision of this chapter, an order of the port director, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this title by rendering such performance themselves.

L. Classify areas within the harbor for various uses, mark mooring spaces to be assigned, and post such signs, numbers, markings or other informational devices as will notify and inform interested parties of authorized and prohibited uses of the Bethel port and harbor facilities.

M. Allocate and assign all mooring spaces.

N. Order any vessel improperly anchored, moored or berthed within the port to move to a location designated or cause such vessel to be so moved if the order is not complied with.

O. Prepare and submit to the city manager an annual budget.

P. Prepare and submit to the city manager at the end of each fiscal year a report on the finances and administrative activities of the Bethel port.

Q. Prepare and make available for public distribution an annual report on the Bethel port.

R. Prepare such reports as may be required on any phase of port activity.

S. Attend all meetings of the port commission.

T. Perform any other duty that may be necessary in the interest of the port facilities or waterways in and adjacent to the city limits for Bethel.

U. Assume such other authority and perform such other duties as may be lawfully prescribed by the Bethel city council. [Ord. 17-11 § 2.]