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...ter the appeal has been determined, the county engineer shall receive bids. The contracts, bids, bonds, and bid guaranties shall be handled in accordance with sections 153.12 to 153.14 and 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. Any action of the board forfeiting the bidder's deposit or bid guaranty shall be entered on its journal, and the forfeited sum shall be paid into the general drainage improvement fund.

...The county engineer shall prepare the documents as specified in section 6131.24 of the Revised Code. If the improvement requires both labor and material that is used in and remains a part of the improvement, the bids referred to in section 6131.37 of the Revised Code shall state separately the bidder's offer upon each and for each bid item indicated on the form. If the plans or specifications do not name a specific g...

...ection 6131.37 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall, as soon as is practicable, open, read aloud, and tabulate the bids and report them to the board of county commissioners with his recommendation of which bid, or combination of bids, in all respects is the best. No bid shall be accepted after the time designated for receiving bids. The board may accept any combination of bids of different bidders for diffe...

... Code shall be approved by the board of county commissioners. Upon the acceptance of any bid for the whole or any part of an improvement, the bidder shall within ten days enter into a contract in writing to perform the work or furnish the material bid for as prepared by the county engineer. The board by an order entered on its journal shall record the time within which the work shall be completed and material furnish...

...Any owner who is assessed for the construction of any improvement may bring an action to enjoin the payment of any money owed a contractor who has not constructed the work according to the contract and specifications until the contractor has constructed the improvement according to the contract and specifications. The remedies provided in this section are in addition to all other remedies provided by law.

... the work and the approval of it by the county engineer, the board of county commissioners shall order the county auditor to reduce pro rata the assessments confirmed by it by the difference between the estimated cost of the construction and the final cost as certified by the county engineer. The assessments so reduced, including the cost of location, engineering, compensation, damages, and contingency and the assess...

...idavit, may be extended by the board of county commissioners with the approval of the county engineer for any definite period that it finds is reasonably necessary to complete the work or furnish the material under the contract. In case of such extensions the contractor's bond and any sureties thereon shall remain liable as if the extended time had been originally named in the bond or contract. The board shall not ex...

...r the supervision and inspection of the county engineer or a deputy appointed by him for the purpose. All material furnished under the specifications and contract shall be inspected by him before use and within a reasonable time after the same is delivered and placed upon the line of the improvement or such other place as is designated.

...(A) The county engineer shall evaluate all culverts and bridges, except those on state and federal highways, for adequacy of capacity, vertical and horizontal alignment, and stability. The county engineer shall schedule any bridge or culvert that does not conform with the design of the drainage improvement for removal and replacement or repair as the engineer considers necessary. (B) If the county engineer determin...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of each county may provide and establish the "general drainage improvement fund," to be used as a sinking fund for all bonds issued under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) The fund may consist of any of the following: (1) Any taxes levied and collected for ditch and drainage purposes under county levies, not by law otherwise disposed of; (2) ...

...unt of the general revenue funds in the county treasury equal to the deficiency, unless otherwise appropriated, may by resolution of the board of county commissioners be transferred to the general drainage improvement fund. (C) At any time after assessments collected for a drainage improvement exceed the amount allocated to the board for engineering expenses, the board of county commissioners may by resolution tra...

...(A) If necessary, the board of county commissioners, each March, shall levy upon the grand duplicate of the county a tax, not to exceed five-tenths of one mill on the dollar, that is sufficient to pay for the location and construction of the portions of the respective improvements located by the board or for which the county has been assessed under this chapter or Chapter 6133., 6135., or 6137. of the Revised Code. W...

...to which is apportioned by the board of county commissioners a portion of the expenses of the construction of an improvement shall levy annually upon the grand duplicate of the township a tax sufficient to pay said apportionment, but not to exceed five tenths of one mill on a dollar, and shall certify this to the county auditor on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year until all installments are provided for...

...If it is a party to an improvement under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district interested in land granted by congress for the support of public schools, unless such land has been permanently leased, and of a school district owning or holding other land for school purposes, when an assessment is made upon said land under such sections, shall pay for su...

...ion in the court of common pleas of the county wherein the owner's land is located, against the board of county commissioners in its official capacity, to recover any tax or assessment paid, to enjoin any tax, assessment, or levy upon the owner's lands, to recover for any damages sustained, or for compensation for any property taken. (B) The board may plead and prove the value of any actual benefit to the land by ...

...The fees to be charged and collected for services required of any public officer under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if not specifically otherwise designated, shall be the fees allowed for like services in that office. If he is an officer receiving a salary, then such fees collected shall be in a like manner accounted for. Publication of notices as required in such sections shall be pa...

...When an improvement consisting of a ditch, drain, or watercourse has been established and constructed or used for seven years or more, it shall be considered to be a public watercourse notwithstanding any error, defect, or irregularity in the location, establishment, or construction thereof, and the public shall have and possess in and to any such watercourse that has thus been constructed or used for seven years the...

...If one or more members of a board of county commissioners are petitioners for an improvement or own land that will be taken, benefited, or damaged by the improvement petitioned for, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall notify the judge of the court of common pleas of the county who shall within ten days appoint as many disinterested owners of the county as are necessary to take the place of the intere...

... of the Revised Code, before a board of county commissioners, at which testimony to determine any fact is to be received, an oath as in trials in the court of common pleas shall be administered to all witnesses before they testify. Such oath may be administered by the president of the board.

...rovement with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the improvement is to be constructed. The clerk shall submit the agreement, plan, and schedules to the county engineer for examination and review. (C) The county engineer shall determine the adequacy of the plan and schedules and the effect of the proposed improvement on any other improvements and highways in the area affected. (D...

...truction with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the construction or improvement is to be constructed. (B) The clerk shall immediately refer the plans to the county engineer who shall review the proposed location, both horizontal and vertical, of the proposed structures and the effect of the proposed improvements on any other improvements and on any highways in the area. (C) The...

...ocation of an improvement, the board of county commissioners may determine whether any ditch or drain described in the petition has ceased to be a public utility, whether the public welfare no longer demands the maintenance thereof, and whether its vacation will be to the advantage of the public welfare. (B) If the board finds that the vacation of the ditch or drain will be conducive to the public welfare, it may d...

...131.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Lead county" means the county in which the majority of the initial length of a joint county drainage improvement would be located, as specified in an original petition filed under section 6133.02 of the Revised Code.

... shall be conducted by a joint board of county commissioners consisting of the members of the boards of county commissioners of the several counties in which land may be benefited or damaged by the proposed improvement. (B) The petition for a joint county drainage improvement shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county.

...(A) A joint board of county commissioners may do all the things that a board of county commissioners may do in a single county improvement, and shall be governed by and be subject to sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code, relating to single county ditches insofar as applicable. (B) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, a petition for a joint county improvement shall proceed before the joint b...