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...The attorney general shall have charge of and direct the proceedings necessary to enforce contracts authorized by sections 153.01 to 153.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...When the board of county commissioners has determined to erect a courthouse or other county building, or to make an addition to, or to make an improvement of any existing county owned building, the board may appoint four suitable and competent freehold electors of the county, who shall, together with the board, constitute a building commission and serve until the courthouse or other county building, or the addition t...

...The persons appointed under section 153.21 of the Revised Code after August 22, 1951, shall receive a reasonable compensation for the time actually employed, to be fixed by the court of common pleas and on its approval paid from the county treasury. Their compensation in the aggregate shall not exceed eight thousand dollars.

...The necessary expenses for stationery, postage, correspondence, and travel out of the county required in the discharge of the duties of the building commission shall be paid from the county treasury on the order of the board of county commissioners and the warrant of the county auditor.

...Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the persons appointed to the building commission shall each take an oath of office and give bond for the faithful and honest discharge of official duties in the same amount as required of members of the board of county commissioners, with sureties approved by the judge of the court of common pleas....

...In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any member of the building commission, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the judge of the court of common pleas as provided in section 153.21 of the Revised Code.

...vised Code, relating to the erection of public buildings of the county.

...The building commission may employ architects, superintendents, and other necessary employees during the construction of a courthouse or other county building and fix their compensation and bond.

...When approved by the building commission, the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of cost thereof shall be filed by the county auditor in his office and shall not be altered, unless such alteration is first drawn, specified, and estimated as required by law for the original plans and approved by the commission. No such change shall be made until the price to be p...

...Resolutions for the adoption or alteration of plans or specifications, or for the award of contracts, hiring of architects, superintendent, or other employees and the fixing of their compensation, the approval of bonds or bid guaranties, and the allowance of estimates shall be in writing and shall require for their adoption the votes of five members of the building commission, taken by yeas and nays recorded on the j...

...Full and accurate records of all proceedings of the building commission shall be kept by the county auditor upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of costs in detail and in the aggregate pertaining to the building.

...wing the exact amount of the different kinds of material, necessary for the construction, to accompany the plans; (3) Full and complete specifications of the work to be performed showing the manner and style required to be done, with such directions as will enable a competent builder to carry them out, and which will afford to bidders all needful information; (4) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expen...

...ounty commissioners from constructing a public building in stages and letting contracts from time to time for various portions of the work, so long as the total cost of construction of a project, which may include more than one building, is reasonably estimated by the board to exceed fifteen million dollars.

...When it becomes necessary to erect a bridge, the board of county commissioners shall determine the length and width of the superstructure, and whether it shall be single or double track, and it shall advertise for bids for performing the labor and furnishing the materials necessary to the erection thereof in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners may also invite, receive, and consider bids on any other plan at the option of bidders, and shall require that any such plan together with specifications shall be filed in the office of the county auditor for a period of fifteen days prior to the date for receiving bids. Such plans and specifications shall show the number of spans, the length of each, the nature, quality, and size of...

...In its advertisement, the board of county commissioners shall invite bidders to make bids for furnishing all the materials and performing all the work, or for such parts thereof as bidders deem proper, and include such other matter as is required in section 307.87 of the Revised Code.

...The plans and specifications upon which the contracts are awarded, shall be kept on file in the office of the board of county commissioners and made a part of the contract with the successful bidder. When it is necessary to alter, repair, or make an addition to a bridge, the board of county commissioners in making contracts therefor, shall conform to sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in relat...

...(B) A board of county commissioners may independently approve a project described in division (A) of this section that has an estimated total cost of seventy-five thousand dollars or less. The board may seek the advice of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the sheriff, and a probate judge, on the project.

...If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work and estimates of the cost thereof relate to the building, addition to, or alteration of a county home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If approved by a majority of the board, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the board of county commissioners and kept for the inspection and use of part...

...If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a bridge, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of county engineer and kept for the inspection of parties interested.

... erecting, repairing, or altering other public buildings.

...de, and a certificate to that effect is indorsed thereon by the prosecuting attorney, such contracts shall have full effect, otherwise the contract shall be void.

...If a contractor fails or refuses to proceed with the work specified in his contract in accordance with the plans, descriptions, and specifications attached to and made part thereof, the board of county commissioners may annul such contract, and shall proceed to make another contract for the completion thereof, in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The county treasurer shall pay the warrants drawn for materials and labor furnished on county contracts pursuant to estimates prepared under section 153.14 of the Revised Code, place them on file, and keep a register of the names of the persons to whom they are paid.

...of work to be performed, and all work kindred thereto, entering into the improvement: (1) Plumbing and gas fitting; (2) Steam and hot-water heating, ventilating apparatus, and steam-power plant; (3) Electrical equipment.