At the first regular meeting, or at any regular or special meeting of the Mayor and Council in each municipal year, or at any regular or special meeting thereafter, the Clerk shall be instructed to advertise for bids to perform all work and furnish material necessary for laying such sidewalks within the corporate limits as the Mayor and Council may order from time to time laid during the current municipal year. The work shall be performed and material furnished strictly in accordance with the terms and provisions of this subchapter. The contractor shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Council, receive his or her compensation for such work and material from the assessments against the real estate in front of which the work is done, and shall accept in full payment thereof city warrants issued against such assessments. The contract for laying all sidewalks ordered by the Mayor and Council during the municipal year shall be let by the Council to the lowest bidder, after advertising for such bids for ten days in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city. The Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Engineer or other agent of the Council shall, before letting the contract, make an estimate of the cost of the work and no contract for a sum in excess of the estimate shall be made. The notice shall require bids per square foot for sidewalks constructed of concrete, including the performance of work and the furnishing of materials; provided, however, where the work of sidewalk improvement does not exceed $20,000 in cost, advertisement for bids may be dispensed with and the Mayor and Council may let sidewalk contracts to any person bidding within the amount of the estimate of the Engineer.
(Prior Code, § 95.45)