§ 15-6-501 — Contracts for construction

Wyoming § 15-6-501

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 15: Cities and Towns
• Ch. 6: LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
• Art. 5: SIDEWALKS

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Any first class city or any town having a population of four
thousand (4,000) or more may provide by ordinance for letting to
the lowest responsible bidder for any period not exceeding one
(1) year, as prescribed by the ordinance, a contract for the
construction, in accordance with specifications prepared by the
city engineer and approved by the governing body, of all cement
or concrete sidewalks which the governing body may order
constructed during the term of the contract. The proposed
ordinance shall be published at least two (2) times in a
newspaper of general circulation within the city or town, and
written notice thereof shall be served in the manner provided by
Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure upon the owner or owners of
property abutting the sidewalks which have then been ordered and
which are then proposed to be ordered to be constructed. The
first publication of the ordinance shall be made and written
notices served not less than thirty (30) days before the date
for hearing objections. Any owner of any lot or parcel of land
or property to be assessed for the cost of construction of the
sidewalks then ordered or proposed to be ordered to be
constructed may appear in person or by counsel at the hearing
and show cause, if any, why the sidewalks should not be
constructed. If objections are made to the construction of the
sidewalks by the owners or agents representing more than
one-half (1/2) of the total number of lineal feet frontage of
all property which would be assessed to defray the cost of the
sidewalks, the sidewalks shall not be constructed. The
contractor shall give bond for the performance of his contract
as required by the ordinance. The ordinance shall provide that
upon ordering the construction of any such sidewalk the city
engineer or the street commissioner shall immediately give
written notice thereof, served personally on the owner or
owners, or agents of the abutting property, or by publication
once a week for a period of four (4) weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation within the city or town, fully describing
the termini, course, width and character of the walk ordered.
The notice shall provide for a period of thirty (30) days during
which parties so desiring may construct the walk abutting their
property, and that all the walks so ordered remaining unbuilt at
the expiration of the thirty (30) days from the date of service,
or of the first publication, shall be constructed by the
contractor. The ordinance shall also provide that at the
expiration of the thirty (30) days the city engineer or the
street commissioner shall notify the contractor to build the
portions of the sidewalk ordered that have not been built. The
contractor shall construct the sidewalk in accordance with the
ordinance and his contract within sixty (60) days after he is so
notified.