HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 693
ORDINANCE N0. 693
ENGINEER FOR SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana, that there is hereby added to the Laurel Municipal
Code Chapter 11.80 as follows
Section 11.80.010 Appointment of Engineer The Mayor,
with the approval of the City Council, shall appoint an engineer,
group of engineers, or a professional engineering corporation
to perform engineering services for every Special Improvement
District proposed and created.
Section 11.80.020 Duties The engineer for the Special
Improvement District shall be responsible for the professional
quality, technical accuracy, and coordination of all design,
drawing specification, and reports for all engineering matters.
The duties of an engineer shall consist of, but not be limited
to, the following:
1) Provide site and topographic surveys;
2) Prepare and provide advertisement for bids, information
for bidders, bids form, supplementary conditions and
other documents necessary to complete the contract
documents;
3) Evaluate construction bids and proposals;
4) Prepare subsurface soil investigations;
5) Advise as to the acceptability of materials and equipment
proposed by contractor or substituted by contractor;
6) Supervise on-site construction and monitor the progress
and quality of the construction work and guard the City
and the district against apparent defects and deficiencies;
7) ,Review shop drawings, supplies and other submittals of
the contractor for general conformance to the engineering
design and compliance with the contract documents;
8) Review and prepare all change orders; progress estimates
and final estimates;
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' 9) Provide reproducible drawings and surveys showing the
square footage or lineal footage involved in making the
determination of the assessment of costs to the property
owner;
10) Keep the City Engineer informed of the progress of the work
throughout the period of construction;
11) Provide general inspection services and quality control
on all construction materials and construction methods.
Section 11.80.030 Compensation The engineer shall
receive such compensation as may be authorized by the City
Council. The engineering contract shall not call for com-
pensation based on a percentage of the construction contract
and shall be a sum certain.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on
May 19 , 1981, by Alderman Metzger
Passed by the Laurel City Council and approved by the
Mayor this 2nd day of June , 1981.
L ry D. Herman, Ma
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Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
ApprAVed as ,}~6 form: / )
. Bradley, City~Attorney