268.520 Board may construct or let contract for improvement -- Bond -- Supervision by chief engineer. (1) The board may construct any improvement needed to carry out the plan for reclamation. To accomplish that end the board may employ men and teams and lease, rent, hire or purchase machinery, and directly construct any improvement, by the use of other and more efficient means than provided for in the plans adopted. (2) The board may, in its discretion, let the contract for the improvement, either as a whole or in sections, but before letting any contract the board shall advertise for bids in the manner which it may by resolution determine will be for the best interest of the district. When such contract is let, it shall be let to the lowest and best bidder, who shall give a good approved bond with ample security, conditioned that he will well and promptly carry out the contract to construct the improvement. The contract shall be in writing, and prepared by the attorney for the district. Before the work is commenced it shall be approved by the board and signed by the president and secretary of the board and the contractor, and shall be executed in duplicate. Complete plans and specifications of the work to be done and the improvements to be made under it shall be prepared by the chief engineer, and attached to and made a part of the contract. The board may require a certified check payable to it to accompany any bid, as a guarantee of good faith to be forfeited as liquidated damages upon the failure of the bidder to execute bond with the approved surety if the contract for the work is awarded to such bidder. (3) The chief engineer shall be the superintendent of all improvements, and shall, whenever required, and at least once each month, make a full written report to the board of all work done and improvements made and any suggestions and recommendations to the board that he deems proper. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2380b-21.
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