19-27,181.   Sedgwick county; public improvements; definitions.When used in this act:

      (a)   "Acquire" means the acquisition of property or interests in propertyby purchase, gift, condemnation or other lawful means and may include theacquisition of existing property and improvements already owned andpreviously financed by the county;

      (b)   "benefit district" means an area deemed by the governing body to bebenefited by an improvement and subject to special assessment for all or aportion of the cost of the improvement;

      (c)   "consultant" means engineers, architects, planners, attorneys andother persons deemed competent to advise and assist the governing body inthe planning, making and financing of improvements;

      (d)   "cost" means all costs necessarily incurred for the preparation ofpreliminary reports, the preparation of plans and specifications, thepreparation and publication of notices of hearings, resolutions and otherproceedings, necessary fees and expenses of consultants and interestaccrued on borrowed money during the period of construction; and the cost ofissuing bonds, including amounts necessary to fund reserves, together withthe cost of land, materials, labor and other lawful expenses incurred inplanning and doing any improvement which may include a charge of not toexceed 5% of the total cost of an improvement or the cost of work done bythe county to reimburse the county for the services rendered by the countyin the administration and supervision of such improvement by its generalofficers. Where property and improvements already owned by the countyand previously financed by the issuance of revenue bonds is acquired thecost shall include not to exceed the principal amount of such outstandingrevenue bonds plus the amount of matured interest, interest maturing within90 days, and the amount of any call premium or purchase premium required;

      (e)   "county" means Sedgwick county, Kansas;

      (f)   "governing body" means the board of county commissioners;

      (g)   "improve" means to construct, reconstruct, maintain, restore,replace, renew, repair, install, equip, extend or to perform anywork which will provide a new facility or enhance, extend or restore thevalue or utility of an existing facility;

      (h)   "improvement" means any type of improvement made under authority ofthis act and includes reimprovement of a prior improvement.Such term shallnot include residential wastewater treatment projects, projects located withina residential subdivision, or projects that would serve only residential areasor that would extend services only to residential areas;

      (i)   "newspaper" means any one of the official designated newspapers of thecounty;

      (j)   "storm water and sanitary sewer systems" means any trunk lines,outfall or intercepting sewers, manholes, pumps, pumping stations, liftstations, disposal plants, and any appurtenances and apparatus necessaryfor the collection, storage, treatment and disposal of storm water or sanitarysewage and wastewater;

      (k)   "street" means street, highway, road, alley, avenue, boulevard orother public way or any part thereof.

      History:   L. 1991, ch. 51, § 1; April 25.