Iowa Code 384.103 – Bonds authorized — emergency repairs
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1. A governing body may authorize, sell, issue, and deliver its bonds whether or not notice and hearing on the plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part from the proceeds of said bonds has been given, and whether or not a contract has been awarded for the construction of the improvement. This subsection does not apply to bonds which are payable solely from special assessment levies against benefited property.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 384.103
- and: includes the disjunctive "or" and the use of the disjunctive "or" includes the conjunctive "and" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Iowa Code 384.23
- Construction: includes materials, labor, acts, operations and services necessary to complete a public improvement. See Iowa Code 384.37
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Engineer: means a professional engineer, licensed in the state of Iowa, authorized by the council to render services in connection with the public improvement. See Iowa Code 384.37
- Governing body: means the public body which by law is charged with the management and control of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise. See Iowa Code 384.80
- Officer: means a natural person elected or appointed to a fixed term and exercising some portion of the power of a city. See Iowa Code 362.2
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Public improvement: includes the principal structures, works, component parts and accessories of any of the following:a. See Iowa Code 384.37
- Repair: includes materials, labor, acts, operations and services necessary for the repair, reconstruction, reconstruction by widening or resurfacing of a public improvement. See Iowa Code 384.37
2. a. When emergency repair of a public improvement is necessary and the delay of advertising and a public letting might cause serious loss or injury to the city, the chief officer or official of the governing body of the city or the governing body shall make a finding of the necessity to institute emergency proceedings under this section, and shall procure a certificate from a competent licensed professional engineer or licensed architect, certifying that emergency repairs are necessary.b. In that event, the chief officer or official of the governing body or the governing body may accept, enter into, and make payment under a contract for emergency repairs without holding a public hearing and advertising for bids, and the provisions of chapter 26 do not apply.