Any necessity of taking property for the city by condemnation
shall be determined by the commission and declared by a resolution
of the commission describing the property and stating the uses to
which it shall be devoted.
The procedure for making, altering, vacating, or abandoning
a public improvement shall be governed by general ordinance or, to
the extent not so governed, by the applicable general laws of the
state. Action on any proposed public improvement, except a sidewalk
or except an improvement unanimously declared by the commission to
be needed at once because of an emergency, shall be suspended for
six months upon a remonstrance thereto by the owners of two-thirds
of the land to be specially assessed therefor. In this section, "owner"
shall mean the record holder of legal title or, where land is being
purchased under a land sale contract recorded or verified to the auditor
in writing by the record holder of legal title to the land, the purchaser
shall be deemed the "owner."
The procedure for levying, collecting, and enforcing the payment
of special assessments for public improvements or other services to
be charged against real property shall be governed by general ordinance.
A contract in excess of $5,000.00 for a public improvement to
be made by a private contractor shall be let to the lowest responsible
bidder for the contract and shall be done in accordance with plans
and specifications approved by the commission.
