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...mendment with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not more than twenty-one days after the view required by section 6131.07 of the Revised Code and shall include the information required by section 6131.04 of the Revised Code along with the amendment. (C) If the petition was filed by the county under division (D) of section 6131.04 of the Revised Code, any proposed amendment to the petition shall be filed...

...) The bond shall be made payable to the county, to the credit of the general drainage improvement fund or a special fund created for the proposed improvement, and conditioned to pay all costs associated in preparing for the view and first hearing if the petition is not granted or if the petition is for any cause dismissed. (C) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall release the bond at the expiration o...

...(A) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall maintain a file for the proposed improvement containing a record of the petition, amendments, comments, notices, proceedings, resolutions, orders, and any other record regarding the proposed improvement that is filed with the board. (B) The county engineer shall maintain a file for the proposed improvement that contains a record of the petition, amendments t...

...sed Code with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, the clerk shall give notice of the petition to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. (B) The board of county commissioners shall do both of the following: (1) Establish a date and hour for a view of the proposed improvement, which shall be between thirty and one hundred twenty days after the date on which the petition was filed wit...

...on the petition is made by the board of county commissioners. Comments may be made in person at the public hearings on the petition or by filing written comments with the clerk of the board of county commissioners.

...ection 6131.07 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall prepare a preliminary report on the proposed improvement, which shall include all of the following: (1) A preliminary estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement; (2) Comments on the feasibility of the project; (3) A statement of the engineer's opinion as to whether benefits from the project are likely to exceed the estimated cost; (4) A list ...

...the view of a proposed improvement, the county engineer or its designated representative shall present an overview of the proposed improvement, using methods and means that the board of county commissioners determines will adequately inform those attending the view about the proposed improvement's location and the drainage issues intended to be addressed by the proposed improvement. (B) Upon a request made by a co...

...or a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall do both of the following: (1) Hear the preliminary report of the county engineer required under section 6131.09 of the Revised Code; (2) Hear any evidence offered by any owner for or against the granting of the proposed improvement or for or against the granting of any laterals, branches, spurs, or change of route, course, termini, or manner of co...

...(A) If the board of county commissioners finds at the conclusion of the first hearing for a proposed improvement that a proposed improvement is not necessary, will not be conducive to the public welfare, or that the estimated cost of the proposed improvement will exceed the benefits to be derived if it is constructed, the board shall dismiss the petition for the proposed improvement and enter its findings upon its jo...

...or a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners may decide to proceed with the project survey and design for a proposed improvement if the board finds all of the following: (1) That a proposed improvement is necessary; (2) That the proposed improvement is conducive to the public welfare; (3) That it is reasonably certain that the benefits of the proposed improvement will outweigh its costs. (B) ...

...The board of county commissioners, on application of owners interested or at its own discretion, may consolidate and treat as a petition for one improvement petitions pending at the same time for two or more separate improvements which connect with each other, or which serve common territory, or which can readily be combined into one system. In case of such consolidation, the board shall enter its action upon its jou...

...Revised Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall immediately forward a copy of the board's findings and orders to the county engineer. (B) The county engineer shall do all of the following: (1) Conduct all necessary surveys for the proposed improvement; (2) Prepare plans for structures; (3) Create maps showing the location of the land proposed to be assessed; (4) Prepare construction draw...

...ruing to political subdivisions and any department, office, or institution of the state. The engineer shall determine the estimated cost of the improvement that each political subdivision and any department, office, or institution of the state shall be assessed by reason of the benefit to public health, safety, convenience, the environment, wildlife, recreation, and welfare, or as the means of improving any street, r...

...e filing with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the reports, plans, and schedules by the county engineer as provided in section 6131.14 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date not fewer than twenty-five nor more than ninety days thereafter when a final hearing on the report shall be held. (B) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the hearing, the...

...) An owner may file an exception to the county engineer's schedules of assessments or file a claim for damages or compensation with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not less than five days before the date of the final hearing in the proceedings to construct the improvement. (B) An owner shall include with an exception or claim for compensation or damage the nature of the exception or claim, the amount...

...r compensation or damages, the board of county commissioners shall hear any competent evidence offered by any affected owner upon the county engineer's estimate of damages and upon any claim filed for compensation or damages. (B) Upon consideration of all the evidence, the county engineer's schedule of estimated damages, and a view of the affected property, if the board desires a view, the board shall determine the...

...on a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall hear any application that is filed for a change of the route or course of the proposed improvement, or of either terminus thereof, from that shown in the report of the county engineer. The board may hear any application to make any change in the nature, kind, or extent of the work proposed to be done, as shown in the report of the engineer. If the boa...

...edules, plans, and reports filed by the county engineer, the board of county commissioners shall review its former order to proceed with project survey and design for the proposed improvement and shall either affirm its former order and proceed to confirm the assessments and order the letting of the contract or shall set aside its former order and dismiss the petition. (B) In determining whether or not the improve...

...petition is not dismissed, the board of county commissioners shall hear any evidence offered for or against the assessment proposed to be levied against any owner or on any land as shown by the schedule of assessments filed by the county engineer and shall hear any competent evidence on the question of benefits. (B)(1) The board, from the evidence offered and from an actual view of the premises, shall amend and cor...

...evying of the assessments, the board of county commissioners shall determine how long a period of time, in semiannual installments, as taxes are paid, shall be given the owners of land benefited to pay the assessments that are made for an improvement and whether or not bonds or notes shall be issued and sold in anticipation of such payments. If bonds or notes are to be issued, the interest shall be added to the asses...

...(A) The board of county commissioners shall fix a date, time, and place at the final hearing for the county engineer to receive bids. The county engineer shall prepare the necessary bid documents and legal advertisements as provided in sections 307.87 and 307.88 of the Revised Code. (B) If an appeal has been taken to the court of common pleas, as provided in section 6131.25 of the Revised Code, the bids may be rece...

...at any order was issued by the board of county commissioners under this chapter, and may appeal any one or more of the following questions: (1) Is the improvement necessary? (2) Will the improvement be conducive to the public welfare? (3) Is the cost of the improvement greater than the benefits conferred? (4) Is the route, termini, or mode of construction the best to accomplish the purpose of the improvement?...

...Revised Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall promptly prepare a transcript of the orders made by the board of county commissioners, and shall file such transcript with the clerk of the court of common pleas, together with the permanent files of records of the proceedings maintained by the board of county commissioners and county engineer as required under section 6131.061 of the Revised Code.

...ed be made by the clerk of the board of county commissioners. All the appeals shall be filed in one action in the court of common pleas, which court, on any appeal, may separate for hearing or trial the issues appealed to said court, and render its order, judgment, or decree upon the issues as the same are determined. The case on appeal shall be advanced, or tried as soon as the court can hear it.

... be paid. (B) If the court orders the county engineer to make a survey and file the engineer's reports, plans, and schedules, the court also shall enter an order for transfer from the general revenue funds of the county to the general drainage improvement fund a sum of not more than twenty-five per cent of the engineer's preliminary estimate.