PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
13-1017.Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when.
Before undertaking the construction or reconstruction of any sidewalk,
curb, gutter, bridge, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement of
any street, highway, public grounds or public building or
facility, or any other kind of public improvement in any city of the
first class is commenced or ordered by the governing body, or
under its authority, a detailed estimate of the cost of the
improvements shall be made under oath by the city engineer (or some
other competent person, appointed for such purposes by the governing
body). Such estimate shall be submitted to the governing body for its
action thereon. In all cases where the estimated cost of the
contemplated building, facility or other improvement amounts to more
than $2,000, sealed proposals for the improvement shall be invited by advertisement,
published by the
city clerk once in the official city paper. The governing body shall let
all such work by contract to the
lowest responsible bidder, if there is any whose bid does not exceed the estimate.
If no responsible person proposes to enter into the contract at
a price not exceeding the estimated cost, all bids shall be rejected and
the same proceedings as before repeated, until some responsible person
by sealed proposal offers to contract for the work at a price not
exceeding the estimated cost. If no responsible bid is received within the
estimate, the governing body shall have
power to make the improvement within the estimated cost thereof, and
shall further have the power to purchase the necessary tools, machinery,
apparatus and materials; employ the necessary labor; and construct the
necessary plant or plants for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this act. In no case shall the city be liable for anything
beyond the estimated cost or the original contract price for doing such
work or making such improvements.
Before any type of public improvements is commenced, the money
to pay for the same must be available in the city treasury as provided
by law or provision may be made for the issuance of internal
improvement bonds to pay for any such improvement as provided by law.
This section shall not be construed to include any
repair or maintenance work not amounting to substantial alteration,
addition or change in any structure, street or facility. "Public
improvement" as used herein shall not include the making of repairs or
the maintenance of any building, street, sidewalk or other public
facility in such cities by employees of such cities or the making of any
expenditures from the city budget for such purposes.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 153; L. 1909, ch. 68, § 1; L.
1913, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-1017; L.
1953, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 35; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
13-1017.Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when.
Before undertaking the construction or reconstruction of any sidewalk,
curb, gutter, bridge, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement of
any street, highway, public grounds or public building or
facility, or any other kind of public improvement in any city of the
first class is commenced or ordered by the governing body, or
under its authority, a detailed estimate of the cost of the
improvements shall be made under oath by the city engineer (or some
other competent person, appointed for such purposes by the governing
body). Such estimate shall be submitted to the governing body for its
action thereon. In all cases where the estimated cost of the
contemplated building, facility or other improvement amounts to more
than $2,000, sealed proposals for the improvement shall be invited by advertisement,
published by the
city clerk once in the official city paper. The governing body shall let
all such work by contract to the
lowest responsible bidder, if there is any whose bid does not exceed the estimate.
If no responsible person proposes to enter into the contract at
a price not exceeding the estimated cost, all bids shall be rejected and
the same proceedings as before repeated, until some responsible person
by sealed proposal offers to contract for the work at a price not
exceeding the estimated cost. If no responsible bid is received within the
estimate, the governing body shall have
power to make the improvement within the estimated cost thereof, and
shall further have the power to purchase the necessary tools, machinery,
apparatus and materials; employ the necessary labor; and construct the
necessary plant or plants for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this act. In no case shall the city be liable for anything
beyond the estimated cost or the original contract price for doing such
work or making such improvements.
Before any type of public improvements is commenced, the money
to pay for the same must be available in the city treasury as provided
by law or provision may be made for the issuance of internal
improvement bonds to pay for any such improvement as provided by law.
This section shall not be construed to include any
repair or maintenance work not amounting to substantial alteration,
addition or change in any structure, street or facility. "Public
improvement" as used herein shall not include the making of repairs or
the maintenance of any building, street, sidewalk or other public
facility in such cities by employees of such cities or the making of any
expenditures from the city budget for such purposes.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 153; L. 1909, ch. 68, § 1; L.
1913, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-1017; L.
1953, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 35; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
13-1017.Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when.
Before undertaking the construction or reconstruction of any sidewalk,
curb, gutter, bridge, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement of
any street, highway, public grounds or public building or
facility, or any other kind of public improvement in any city of the
first class is commenced or ordered by the governing body, or
under its authority, a detailed estimate of the cost of the
improvements shall be made under oath by the city engineer (or some
other competent person, appointed for such purposes by the governing
body). Such estimate shall be submitted to the governing body for its
action thereon. In all cases where the estimated cost of the
contemplated building, facility or other improvement amounts to more
than $2,000, sealed proposals for the improvement shall be invited by advertisement,
published by the
city clerk once in the official city paper. The governing body shall let
all such work by contract to the
lowest responsible bidder, if there is any whose bid does not exceed the estimate.
If no responsible person proposes to enter into the contract at
a price not exceeding the estimated cost, all bids shall be rejected and
the same proceedings as before repeated, until some responsible person
by sealed proposal offers to contract for the work at a price not
exceeding the estimated cost. If no responsible bid is received within the
estimate, the governing body shall have
power to make the improvement within the estimated cost thereof, and
shall further have the power to purchase the necessary tools, machinery,
apparatus and materials; employ the necessary labor; and construct the
necessary plant or plants for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this act. In no case shall the city be liable for anything
beyond the estimated cost or the original contract price for doing such
work or making such improvements.
Before any type of public improvements is commenced, the money
to pay for the same must be available in the city treasury as provided
by law or provision may be made for the issuance of internal
improvement bonds to pay for any such improvement as provided by law.
This section shall not be construed to include any
repair or maintenance work not amounting to substantial alteration,
addition or change in any structure, street or facility. "Public
improvement" as used herein shall not include the making of repairs or
the maintenance of any building, street, sidewalk or other public
facility in such cities by employees of such cities or the making of any
expenditures from the city budget for such purposes.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 153; L. 1909, ch. 68, § 1; L.
1913, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-1017; L.
1953, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 35; July 1.