After the public hearing or on receipt of a petition for such improvement signed by
the owners of more than one-half in area of the land to be assessed, if such petition
shall be found to be in the proper form and properly executed, the said Mayor and
Aldermen shall adopt a resolution expressing the determination of said Mayor and Aldermen
to proceed with the said improvement, stating the several character[s] of paving materials
in the alternative proposed to be used, from which one is later to be accepted on
the opening of the bids hereinafter provided, and the manner of construction, and
defining the extent, character and width of the improvement and other such matter
as may be necessary in preparing for such improvement, including the necessary plans,
plots, profiles, specifications and estimates. Said resolution shall set forth any
such reasonable terms and conditions as said Mayor and Aldermen shall deem proper
to include with reference to the letting of the contract and the provisions thereof,
and the said Mayor and Aldermen shall, by said resolution, provide that the contractor
shall execute to the City a good and sufficient bond in an amount to be stated in
such resolution, conditioned for the full and faithful performance of the work and
the performance of the contract, and for the protection of the City and all property
owners interested, against any loss or damage by reason of the negligent or improper
execution of the work, and may require a bond in an amount to be stated in such resolution
for the maintenance in good condition of such improvements for a period of not less
than five (5) years from the time of its completion, or both, in the discretion of
said Mayor and Aldermen. Said resolution shall also direct the City to advertise for
sealed proposals for furnishing the materials and performing the work necessary in
making such improvements. The notice of such proposal shall state the street, streets
or other public places to be improved, the kind of improvement proposed, what, if
any bonds, will be required to be executed by the contractor aforesaid, and shall
state the time when and the place where such sealed proposals shall be filed and when
and where the same will be considered by said Mayor and Aldermen. Said notice shall
be published in two (2) issues of general circulation in the City of Savannah. At
the time and place specified in such notice the Mayor and Aldermen shall examine all
bids received, and without unnecessary delay award the contract to the lowest and
best bidder who will perform the work and furnish the materials which may be selected
and perform all the conditions imposed by the said Mayor and Aldermen as prescribed
in said resolution and notice for proposals, which contract shall in no case exceed
the estimate of cost submitted with the plans and specifications, and the said Mayor
and Aldermen shall have the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise for other
bids when any such bids are not, in its judgment, satisfactory.
