(A) If the City Council shall order a building or structure repaired or demolished and the debris removed by the city as provided in § 150.143, and the owner shall fail or refuse to comply with the order in whole, or in part, within the time specified in the order, the Building Inspector shall in writing so report to the City Administrator and submit to the City Administrator an estimate by the City Engineer concerning the cost of the repair or demolition and removal, and a recommendation concerning the manner in which the repair, demolition, and removal shall be effected.
(B) If it shall appear to the City Administrator that the aggregate cost of the repair or demolition and removal of work will not exceed the sum of $7,500, the City Administrator, shall in writing so determine and, in this sound discretion, shall order either that the repair or demolition and the removal work be done by employees of the city under the direction of the Building Inspector, or that the work be done by a private contractor, subject to inspection and approval of the work by the Building Inspector.
(C) If the City Administrator shall determine that the work shall be done by employees of the city under the direction of the Building Inspector, the Building Inspector shall proceed with the repair or demolition of the building or structure and removal from the lot or tract of all materials and debris, and he or she shall place the lot or tract in a safe condition.
(D) If the City Administrator shall determine that the work shall be done by a private contractor, he or she shall also determine in writing whether the taking of bids would be likely to result in the lowest cost and, depending upon his or her decision in that respect, shall make appropriate arrangements for a contract with a private contractor for that purpose. Such bids may be solicited in any manner which, in the sound discretion of the City Administrator, is the best suited for eliciting the lowest and best bid, but the bids shall be in writing.
(E) No repair, demolition, or removal work shall be commenced by a private contractor until a written contract therefor shall have been signed by the contractor and the city, the latter, by the Mayor or, in case of his or her absence or disability, by the President of the City Council. If it shall appear to the City Administrator that the aggregate cost of the repair or demolition and removal work will exceed the sum of $7,500, the City Administrator shall in writing so determine, and shall submit to the City Council the estimate of cost prepared by the City Engineer, together with a recommendation by the City Administrator that the city advertise for bids for such work.
(F) All repair, demolition, or removal work done by a private contractor, whether done pursuant to a bid accepted by the City Council, or otherwise, shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Building Inspector.
(Prior Code, § 150.520) (Ord. 1382, passed 3-14-1988)