Sec. 3. (a) The personnel of the department of traffic engineering consists of a city traffic engineer, the traffic engineer's assistants, and other employees necessary to perform the duties of the department. The city executive shall appoint the traffic engineer.
(b) The traffic engineer must:
(1) have a thorough knowledge of modern traffic control methods;
(2) be able to supervise and coordinate diversified traffic engineering activities and prepare engineering reports; and
(3) either:
(A) be a registered professional engineer who has practiced traffic engineering for at least one (1) year;
(B) have a certificate of engineer-in-training under IC 25-31 and have practiced traffic engineering for at least two (2) years; or
(C) have practiced traffic engineering for at least ten (10) years.
A person must furnish evidence of the person's qualifications under this subsection before the person may be appointed by the executive.