§ 384.42 — Procedure on public improvement

Iowa § 384.42

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 384: CITY FINANCE

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To construct or repair a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special
assessments, the council shall proceed as follows:
1. Arrange for engineering services to prepare the plats, schedules, estimates of cost,
plans, and specifications and to supervise construction of the proposed improvement.

2. Adopt a preliminary resolution by the vote of a majority of all the members of the
council. The preliminary resolution shall contain the following:
a. A description of the types or alternate types of improvement proposed.
b. The beginning and terminal points or general location of the proposed improvement.
c. An order to the engineer to prepare preliminary plans and specifications, estimated
total cost of the work, and a plat and schedule, and to file them with the clerk.
d. A general description of the property or a designation of the lots which the council
believes will be specially benefited by the improvement.
3. The preliminary resolution may also contain the following:
a. A statement of the proportion of the total cost which the council proposes to assess
against specially benefited property.
b. A short and convenient designation for the public improvement by which it may be
referred to in all subsequent proceedings.
4. A preliminary resolution may include more than one improvement or class of
improvement.
5. A single improvement may be in more than one locality or street, and that portion of
the street which has been improved by any railway, or which the city may require the railway
to improve under franchise or contract, may be excluded.

Legislative History

[C50, §391A.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.42]