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...(A)(1) The director of transportation may proceed without competitive bidding by employing labor, purchasing materials, and furnishing equipment to do any of the following work: (a) Replace any single span bridge in its substantial entirety or widen any single span bridge, including necessary modifications to accommodate widening the existing substructure and wing walls. The director shall proceed under divis...

...The director of transportation shall, at the time the director indorses the director's approval upon the surveys, plans, profiles, and specifications covering any proposed project, determine whether the making of the improvement will require the closing to traffic of the highway, bridge, or culvert involved and, if the director finds it necessary to close the same to traffic, the extent to which the same shall be ...

...one to county and township roads or to streets in municipal corporations resulting from the transportation of materials or equipment over such roads for use in constructing, reconstructing, or repairing, either by force account or contract, any road, street, or highway project of the department. Temporary repairs on such roads made necessary by reason of such transportation of materials or equipment shall be made dur...

... consisting of natural barriers such as trees, shrubs, mounds, and other similar elements. (B) Upon the completion of all hearings, the director shall notify the appropriate local legislative authority in writing of the available design options for the sound barrier. Within thirty days after the date on the notice, the local legislative authority shall make a determination of the preferred option, giving for...

...(A) If not already present, the department of transportation shall install signs and other traffic control devices designed to slow down the flow of traffic in construction and similar work zones. The signs and devices may include arrow boards, channelizing devices, temporary raise pavement markers, portable changeable message signs, temporary traffic barriers, screens, rumble strips, and any other signs or devices t...

...(A) In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees may proceed either by contract or force account, but, unless the exemption specified in division (C) of this section applies, if the board wishes to proceed by force account, it first shall cause the county engineer to complete the force account assessment form developed by the auditor of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code. Except ...

...After the board of township trustees has decided to proceed with a road improvement, it shall advertise for bids once, not later than two weeks prior to the date fixed for the letting of contracts, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the township; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 o...

...No contract for any road improvement shall be awarded at a price more than ten per cent in excess of the estimated cost. The bids received shall be opened at the time stated in the notice. If no bids are made that equal one hundred ten per cent of the estimate or less, the board of township trustees shall either readvertise based upon the original estimate, or request an amended estimate from the county engineer, who...

...Before entering into a contract, the board of township trustees shall require a bond indemnifying the township against damages that may be suffered by failure to perform the contract according to the contract's provisions and in accordance with the specifications for the improvement. The township fiscal officer shall not draw a warrant in favor of any contractor for estimates, on account of a contract let under s...

...(A) In case of an unforeseen contingency not contemplated by a road improvement contract, allowances for extra work may be made by a board of township trustees, but the board must first enter into a new contract in writing for the extra work. If the estimate for extra work is less than twenty-five thousand dollars for any particular line item listed in the new contract and the overall total estimate for the extra wor...

...The board of township trustees may accept donations of labor or material for a proposed road improvement, and in determining which road shall first be improved it may, when acting by unanimous vote and without a petition, take into consideration the amount of such donations. The board may require the persons donating labor or material to enter into a contract that such labor will be performed and material furnished a...

...The work of road improvement shall be done under the general supervision and direction of the county engineer and he may appoint some competent person to act as inspector during the construction of such improvement. The person appointed as inspector shall receive, for each day actually employed at such work, a sum not to exceed four dollars, to be fixed by the engineer and paid out of any fund available for the const...

...The board of township trustees shall provide the township fiscal officer with a suitable book in which the fiscal officer shall keep a complete record of proceedings for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of public roads. For making the record, the fiscal officer shall receive ten cents for each one hundred words, and, for all other services in connection with keeping the record, the fi...

...e and for creating a fund for dragging, maintenance, and repair of roads, upon all the taxable property of the township outside of any municipal corporation or part thereof, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three mills in any one year upon each dollar of the valuation of such property. Such levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized for township purposes, and subject only to the limitation upon the co...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Owner," "benefit," "lead county," and "improvement" have the same meanings as in section 6131.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Force account" has the same meaning as in section 5543.19 of the Revised Code.

...y for the repair, upkeep, and permanent maintenance of each improvement constructed after August 23, 1957, under Chapter 940., 6131., 6133., or 6135. of the Revised Code. (B) If the improvement affects only a single county of the state, the board of county commissioners of that county shall establish and maintain the fund. If two or more counties of the state are affected by the improvement, the joint board of cou...

...(A)(1) The maintenance fund shall be maintained, as needed, by an assessment levied not more often than once annually upon the benefited owners apportioned on the basis of the estimated benefits for all costs of the improvement. (2) An assessment shall represent such a percentage of the estimated benefits as is estimated by the engineer and found adequate by the board or joint board to effect the purpose of sectio...

...ay combine improvements into a drainage maintenance district, in which the maintenance assessment shall be the same percentage of original cost for each improvement to be maintained. (2) In combining improvements into drainage maintenance districts, the county engineer and the board of county commissioners shall consider similarity of costs, topography, and soil types so that improvements within the same district ...

...(A) The maintenance fund established under section 6137.02 of the Revised Code shall be subject to use of the board of county commissioners or joint board of county commissioners for the necessary and proper repair or maintenance of any drainage improvement constructed under Chapters 940., 6131., 6133., and 6135. of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever the board, or the joint board, from its own observation or the recomm...

...(A) Whenever the owner of any lands assessed for construction of an improvement authorized prior to August 23, 1957, files a written complaint that the improvement is in need of repair, the county engineer or the county engineer's designated representative shall make an inspection of the condition of the improvement within sixty days of receipt of the complaint and shall request the owner to be present at the inspect...

..., or other equipment for the repair and maintenance of drainage improvements a board of county commissioners considers necessary. (B) The board of county commissioners may do both of the following: (1) Purchase drainage equipment; (2) Provide a suitable place to house and store the drainage equipment. The county engineer shall be responsible for the care and custody of the drainage equipment and shall plainly...

...pplication for reduction in the owner's maintenance assessment due to work the owner proposes on any portion of a public ditch, watercourse, or other improvement. The application shall be filed with the county engineer on or before the first day of May in any year and shall state the nature of the work to be done, such as clearing brush, removing silt or debris, repair of structure, or other work necessary to preserv...

...an fifty per cent of the owner's annual maintenance assessment provided that the owner shall have filed with the county engineer a certificate of the board of supervisors of the soil conservation district of the county in which the land is located, certifying that the owner is following practices in the cultivation or management of agricultural land that will reduce the runoff of surface water and the erosion of sed...

...r the hearing, the board may add to the maintenance assessment of the negligent owner an additional repair assessment in an amount sufficient to rectify the damage. The added assessment shall be made on recommendation of the county engineer and certified to the county auditor at the same time the annual maintenance assessment is certified by the board.

...or as the permanent assessment base for maintenance. The county auditor shall levy the maintenance assessments in such percentage of the permanent assessment base as is authorized by the board of county commissioners. (B) Before certifying the percentage of the permanent assessment base to be levied in any one year for the maintenance fund, the board of county commissioners shall consider any recommendation by the ...

...d who is responsible for inspection and maintenance, and the authority for such responsibilities. The official shall report the condition of all bridges to the municipal legislative authority not later than sixty days after the official's inspection, or shall report more frequently if required by the legislative authority. Any bridge for which the municipality has inspection or maintenance responsibility which, at ...

...A municipality shall not contract for or undertake construction or repair of a bridge, for which the cost of such work exceeds fifty thousand dollars, unless the plans are prepared or approved by a professional engineer qualified in the designing of bridges.

...redominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, contamination by hazardous substances or petroleum, deterioration of site or other improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land, defective or unusual conditions to title, or the existenc...

...(A) The portion of the assessed valuation of improvements constructed pursuant to a development agreement, and the portion of the increase in the assessed valuation after the commencement of rehabilitation of improvements rehabilitated pursuant to a development agreement declared to be a public purpose in the development agreement shall be exempt from real property taxation by all political subdivisions and taxing di...

...The municipal corporation shall not take any formal action to enter into a development agreement that exempts improvements to real property from taxation in the manner set forth in section 725.02 of the Revised Code until section 5709.83 of the Revised Code has been complied with.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation upon the authorization of urban renewal bonds, whether a single issue or a series, shall, at the same time, establish an urban renewal debt retirement fund for such single issue or series. The legislative authority shall also establish an urban renewal debt retirement fund upon its adoption of a resolution authorizing the repayment of any loans from the state for p...

...A development agreement shall contain an agreement binding on the owner or owners of the improvements, and all subsequent owners of the improvements, to make semiannual urban renewal service payments, in lieu of taxes upon the improvements during the exemption period, equal annually in the aggregate to the amount of real property taxes that would have been paid on the portion of the assessed valuation of the improvem...

...A municipal corporation creating an urban renewal debt retirement fund pursuant to section 725.03 of the Revised Code, may: (A) Issue unvoted urban renewal bonds, which pledge and are payable solely from all or any portion of the revenues as defined in division (D) of section 725.01 of the Revised Code. The revenues pledged shall be placed in the urban renewal debt retirement fund established for such urban renewal ...

...Urban renewal bonds issued under section 725.05 of the Revised Code shall be in such form and shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms and price as determined by ordinance of the municipal corporation issuing such bonds to be in the best interest of such municipal corporation.

...Moneys derived from the sale of urban renewal bonds issued pursuant to sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code shall be used for an urban renewal project or projects, or any part thereof, including the refunding of urban renewal bonds previously issued. The principal of and interest on such urban renewal bonds shall be payable as provided in section 725.05 of the Revised Code. Such principal and interest shall ...

...The proceeds of each issue of urban renewal bonds issued pursuant to sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code shall be used for the urban renewal project or projects or any parts thereof designated in the ordinance authorizing such issue and the necessary expenses of preparing, printing, and selling said bonds, legal services, and transfer expense, or to advance the payment of interest on such bonds during the f...

...(A) Urban renewal bonds issued pursuant to divisions (A) and (C) of section 725.05 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the issuing municipal corporation. All such urban renewal bonds described in this division shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not a general obligation of the issuing munic...

...Urban renewal bonds issued under sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking or bond retirement funds of municipal corporations and other subdivisions of this state, and of domestic insurance companies.

...Urban renewal bonds issued under sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the municipal corporation and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement and the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds may pledge or assign all revenues as defined in ...

...In each city there shall be a department of public service which shall be administered by a director of public service. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and need not be a resident of the city at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after his appointment unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance. He shall make rules and regulations for the admin...

...the construction and have charge of the maintenance of public buildings and other property of the city not otherwise provided for in Title VII. He shall have the management of all other matters provided by the legislative authority of the city in connection with the public service thereof. Such director shall keep a record of his proceedings, a copy of which, certified by him, shall be competent evidence in all cour...

...Whenever the legislative authority of any city, by ordinance, declares it essential to the best interests of such city, the duties relating to the management and operation of municipally owned public utilities conferred upon the director of public service by sections 735.02 and 743.03 of the Revised Code shall be vested in a board composed of three members. The mayor, with the consent of the legislative authority, sh...

...The director of public service may establish such subdepartment as is necessary and determine the number of superintendents, deputies, inspectors, engineers, harbor masters, clerks, laborers, and other persons necessary for the execution of the work and the performance of the duties of this subdepartment.

...The director of public service may make any contract, purchase supplies or material, or provide labor for any work under the supervision of the department of public service involving not more than the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code. When an expenditure within the department, other than the compensation of persons employed in the department, exceeds the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Rev...

...ng in connection with the operation and maintenance of the department of public service, including all municipally owned utilities, the department of public safety, or any other department, division, commission, bureau, or board of the municipality, the legislative authority of the municipality may by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, authorize the director of public service, director of public sa...

...The legislative authority of any city or village may authorize, by ordinance, the director of public service, director of public safety, mayor, city manager, board of trustees of public affairs, village administrator, or other duly authorized contracting officer, commission, board, or authority to enter into a contract, without advertising and bidding, for the purchase of used equipment or supplies at an auction open...

...The legislative authority of any city or village may authorize, by ordinance, the director of public service, director of public safety, mayor, city manager, board of trustees of public affairs, village administrator, or other duly authorized contracting officer, commission, board, or authority to enter into a contract, without advertising and bidding, for services or the purchase of materiel, equipment, or supplies ...

...nability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities.

...Bids for work under the supervision of the department of public service shall be opened at the time, date, and place specified in the notice to bidders or specifications and shall be publicly read by the director of public service or a person designated by him. The time, place, and date of bid openings may be extended to a later date by the director of public service, provided that written or oral notice of the chang...

...The contract referred to by section 735.05 of the Revised Code shall be between the city and the bidder, and the city shall pay the contract price in cash. Where a bonus is offered for completion of a contract prior to a specified date, the department of public service may exact a prorated penalty in like sum for every day of delay beyond a specified date. When, in the opinion of the director of public service, it b...