(A) A public works project for the routine operation, routine repair or routine maintenance of existing structures, buildings or real property, if the cost of the public work is estimated to be less than $250,000:
(1) The Board may award a contract for public work in the manner provided in I.C. 5-22; and
(2) The Board may perform any public work by means of its own workforce, without awarding a contract.
(B) Before a Board may perform any work under this section by means of its own workforce, the political subdivision or agency must have a group of employees on its staff who are capable of performing the construction, maintenance and repair applicable to that work.
(C) For purposes of this section, the cost of a public work project includes:
(1) The actual cost of materials, labor, equipment and rental;
(2) A reasonable rate for use of trucks and heavy equipment owned; and
(3) All other expenses incidental to the performance of the project.
(D) The workforce of a municipality or county may perform a public work described above only if the public works project is estimated to be more than $100,000, the Board:
(1) Publishes a notice under I.C. 5-3-1 that describes the public work that the Board intends to perform with its own workforce and sets forth the projected cost of each component of the public work; and
(2) Determines at a public meeting that it is in the public interest to perform the public work with the Board’s own workforce.
(E) A public work project performed by a Board’s own workforce must be inspected and accepted as complete in the same manner as a public work project performed under a contract awarded after receiving bids.
(BC Ord. 2018-002, passed 3-5-2018)