The Council may direct the City Recorder to advertise for bids for construction of all or part of the improvement project. However, no contract shall be let until after the public hearing has been held to hear remonstrances and oral objections to the proposed improvement. If part of the improvement work is to be done under contract bids, the Council shall proceed in accordance with city and state law for public contracting. If the Council finds, upon opening bids for the work of the improvement, that the lowest responsible bid is substantially in excess of the Engineer’s estimate, it may provide for holding a special hearing of objections to proceeding with the improvement on the basis of the bid and may direct the City Recorder to publish one notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.
(Prior Code, § 3.435)