Whenever any department of the City government shall plan for the execution of any new or extension work, not involving mere repairs or maintenance of existing works or ordinary service to consumers, the director having supervision of such department shall, before any expenditure is made upon such work, present to the Council a report, in writing, of the plan proposed together with blueprints, if practicable, with the estimated cost thereof and an estimate of the revenues, if any, to be expected from such work, and procure the assent of the Council thereto; and, without such assent, no such work shall be undertaken.
(Ord. 6318 § 1, 1916-01-09)
Whenever any work of the kind described in Section 10.02.010 hereof shall be authorized, the department having the same in charge shall keep in convenient form an accurate detailed statement of all items of labor and material used in such work and the cost thereof, which shall not be permitted to exceed the estimate presented without the further assent of the Council thereto.
(Ord. 6318 § 2, 1916-01-09)
Every claim and payroll connected with any work covered by the above sections shall have clearly indicated upon the face of it the purpose for which it was incurred and the date upon which the Council authorized it.
(Ord. 6318 § 4, 1916-01-09)
The Director of Finance shall not audit or allow any claim for work or materials in any case where the provisions of the above sections are being disregarded.
(Ord. 6318 § 3, 1916-01-09)
Every person, firm or corporation contracting with the City of Tacoma for public work shall execute and file with the Director of Finance a good and sufficient bond, running to the City of Tacoma, with two or more sureties, or with a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Washington, as surety, in the amount of the consideration specified in said contract, conditioned that such person, firm or corporation shall faithfully perform all the provisions of and complete such contract, and pay all laborers, mechanics, subcontractors and materialmen, and all persons who shall supply such person, firm or corporation or subcontractors, with provisions and supplies for the carrying on of such work, and all just debts, dues and demands incurred in the performance of such work; provided, that the amount of the bond herein required to secure any contract where, by the terms of the contract, the consideration for the work or material furnished shall be payable in monthly installments, with the right vested in the City to withhold a portion of each installment until the completion and acceptance of the work, shall be a sum not less than 25 percent of such consideration; provided further, at the discretion of the City the amount of the performance bond may be reduced or eliminated as authorized by state law (Chapter 39.08 RCW).
(Ord. 3750 § 1, 1909-06-16; Ord. 4029, 1910-03-03; Ord. 25328 § 1, 1993-06-06)
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Note: See Chapter 39.08 RCW for statute.
All laborers, mechanics, subcontractors and materialmen, and all persons who shall supply such contractors or subcontractors with provisions and supplies for the carrying on of their work, and all persons to whom any debts, dues or demands have been incurred by such contractors or subcontractors, in the performance of such work, shall have a right of action in his, her or their own name or names on such bond, for the full amount of all debts against such contractors or subcontractors, or for work done by such laborers or mechanics, or for materials furnished or provisions and goods supplied and furnished in the prosecution of such work.
(Ord. 3750 § 2, 1909-06-16)
No person shall have a right of action on such bond for any sum whatever, unless within 30 days from, and after the completion of, the contract and acceptance of the work by the Commissioner of Public Works, the laborer, mechanic, subcontractor or materialman, or person claiming to have supplied materials, provisions or goods for the prosecution of such work, shall present to and file with the City Clerk of said City a notice in writing, in substance as follows:
To the Honorable City Council of the City of Tacoma:
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, _______ (insert name of claimant) has a claim in the sum of _____ Dollars (insert amount) against the bond taken from _____ (insert name of principal and surety or sureties upon such bond) for the work of _____ (insert brief mention or description of work).
Signed________________
(Ord. 3750 § 3, 1909-06-16)
This chapter shall not be construed so as to conflict with the provisions of the City Charter as to bonds required to be filed by contractors for furnishing materials or supplies to said City.
(Ord. 3750 § 4, 1909-06-16)