(a) No-Bid Construction for Projects Performed by the Village. Pursuant to Section 62.15(1), Wis. Stats., the Village Board by three-fourths (3/4) vote of all members-elect, elects that any class of public construction, or any part thereof, may be performed directly by the Village of Edgar without submitting the same for bids. The following classes of public work, or any part thereof, may be done directly by the Village of Edgar or its subunits without submitting the same for bids:
(1) Construction and/or repair or maintenance of streets.
(2) Laying, construction and/or repair or maintenance of sewer mains and laterals, and other system-related infrastructure.
(3) Laying, construction and/or repair or maintenance of water mains and laterals, and other system-related infrastructure.
(4) Installation, construction and/or repair or maintenance of Village or its subunits service facilities and infrastructure, including, but not limited to, street lighting.
(5) All public construction of which the estimated cost is less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).
(b) Contracts, How Let. All public construction, other than those classes exempted under Subsection (a) above, the estimated cost of which exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder; all other public construction shall be let as the Village Board shall direct. If the estimated cost of any public construction exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) but is not greater than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, the Village shall give a Class I Notice, under Ch. 985, Wis. Stats., of the proposed construction before the contract for the construction is executed.
Cross-Reference:
Section 3-1-16