13-1017. Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when. Before undertaking the construction or reconstruction of any sidewalk, curb, gutter, bridge, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement of any street, highway, public grounds or public building or facility, or any other kind of public improvement in any city of the first class is commenced or ordered by the governing body, or under its authority, a detailed estimate of the cost of the improvements shall be made under oath by the city engineer (or some other competent person, appointed for such purposes by the governing body). Such estimate shall be submitted to the governing body for its action thereon. In all cases where the estimated cost of the contemplated building, facility or other improvement amounts to more than $2,000, sealed proposals for the improvement shall be invited by advertisement, published by the city clerk once in the official city paper. The governing body shall let all such work by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, if there is any whose bid does not exceed the estimate.
If no responsible person proposes to enter into the contract at a price not exceeding the estimated cost, all bids shall be rejected and the same proceedings as before repeated, until some responsible person by sealed proposal offers to contract for the work at a price not exceeding the estimated cost. If no responsible bid is received within the estimate, the governing body shall have power to make the improvement within the estimated cost thereof, and shall further have the power to purchase the necessary tools, machinery, apparatus and materials; employ the necessary labor; and construct the necessary plant or plants for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. In no case shall the city be liable for anything beyond the estimated cost or the original contract price for doing such work or making such improvements.
Before any type of public improvements is commenced, the money to pay for the same must be available in the city treasury as provided by law or provision may be made for the issuance of internal improvement bonds to pay for any such improvement as provided by law. This section shall not be construed to include any repair or maintenance work not amounting to substantial alteration, addition or change in any structure, street or facility. "Public improvement" as used herein shall not include the making of repairs or the maintenance of any building, street, sidewalk or other public facility in such cities by employees of such cities or the making of any expenditures from the city budget for such purposes.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 153; L. 1909, ch. 68, § 1; L. 1913, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-1017; L. 1953, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 35; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class
Article 10 - Public Improvements
13-1008d Sidewalks in cities of 60,000 or more; special assessments.
13-1008e Same; petition; resolution.
13-1008f Same; how cost assessed.
13-1008g Same; payment in full by property owner; notice; bond issue.
13-1008h Same; how assessment levied; temporary notes.
13-1010 Connecting street with paved road; assessments.
13-1011f Improvement of streets abutting school grounds; bonds.
13-1013 System of sewerage and drainage; districts; cost; assessments.
13-1014 Right-of-way for sewerage.
13-1015 Condemnation of right-of-way.
13-1016 Consent to acquisition of way; cost of condemnation.
13-1017 Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when.
13-1018f Cities of 95,000; system of sewage-disposal works; cost; bonds.
13-1018g Same; duties and authority of governing body.
13-1018h Same; right to acquire land.
13-1018i Cities of 95,000 or more; sewage-disposal works; cost; bonds.
13-1018j Same; tax levy; election; when; when charges to be made for use of system.
13-1018k Same; invalidity of part.
13-1018l Cities over 120,000; sewers on publicly owned ground; bonds; limitations.
13-1023 For what purposes private property may be purchased or condemned.
13-1024c Cities over 200,000; issuance of bonds for public improvements; limitation.
13-1026 Bridges or viaducts in cities over 60,000; bonds.
13-1029 Sewer districts for pumping stations and sewers; assessments and bonds.
13-1030 Same; condemnation, bonds and assessments for sewer right of way.
13-1038 Street improvements; resolution; bonds.
13-1039 Same; making of such improvements.
13-1040 Same; costs; assessments; bonds (cities between 15,000 and 110,000).
13-1042 Reimprovement of streets in cities of over 95,000.
13-1055b Same; bonds; limitations; retirement.
13-1056 Cities of 25,000; floodgates in sewers; intercepting sewers; pumping plants.
13-1057 Same; bonds; limitation.
13-1057b Cities less than 11,500 and cities between 17,500 and 25,000; storm sewers or drains.
13-1057c Same; expense paid by city.
13-1057e Same; powers of governing body.
13-1074 Authority to lease levee property in cities over 100,000.
13-1077 Same; improvements to be approved by governing body.
13-10,108 Same; eminent domain; bonds.
13-10,109 Same; special assessments; regulation by city.
13-10,116 Same; state and federal cooperation.
13-10,117 Same; what improvements include.
13-10,118 Same; act is supplemental.
13-10,119 Cities of 60,000 or more; repair of paved streets; cost estimate.
13-10,120 Same; contracts; equipment.
13-10,123 Cities between 120,000 and 200,000; repair of paved streets; cost estimate.
13-10,124 Same; contracts; equipment.
13-10,129 Ordinance creating district, required provisions; filing of copies.
13-10,130 Same; establishment of program; costs, how paid.
13-10,133 Same; bonds; protest petition; election provisions.