Section 1. Section 6-11 of the Lynn City Charter as added by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1985 and amended by Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2018 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph (h):

"(h) the chief financial officer shall supervise and oversee the director of the capital projects who shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the approval of the city council, for a term of three years upon such terms as established by the mayor and approved by the city council. The director of capital project shall oversee, coordinate, all new capital construction projects or repairs to existing facilities, including public schools, projects valued over twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollar. The director of capital projects shall appoint and oversee necessary project managers and other necessary personnel to plan, supervise and manage new building construction and capital repairs projects valued over twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars."

Section 2. Section 10-2(d) of the Lynn City Charter as amended by Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking and repealing the following words:

"(d) city of Lynn public construction and the inspection, maintenance and repairs of public buildings and facilities, including the public schools, and oversight of all capital construction."

Section 3. The second sentence of Section 10-3(a) of the Lynn City Charter as added by Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking and repealed the words:

"lead paint inspectors and the planning department, which shall be responsible for all of its present functions conferred upon it by the General Laws and city ordinances." and replacing said words with: "and lead paint inspectors."

Section 4. The third and fifth sentences of Section 10-3(a) of the Lynn City Charter as amended by Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2014 are hereby amended by striking and repealed the words "deputy building commissioner" and replacing said words with: "director of the inspectional division".

Section 5. The fourth sentence of Section 10-3(a) of the Lynn City Charter as added by Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking and repealing the sentence in its entirety.

Section 6. The fifth sentence of Section 10-3(a) of the Lynn City Charter as added by Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking and repealing the words "and shall be preferred to have a bachelor of science degree in architecture or engineering or 5 years of similar experiencing in the supervision of inspectional staff."

The fifth sentence of Section 10-3(a) of the Lynn City Charter as added by Chapter 378 of the Acts of 2014 shall be replaced by the following language: "and shall be preferred to possess experience in the supervision of inspectional staff."

Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.