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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.041, subd. <br />1 and 2. <br />See Forms 27, 27A, 28, 29, <br />29A, 29B. <br />Minn. Stat. § 410.01. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.041, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.041, subd. <br />3. <br />See Form 28. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.061, subd. <br />1. <br />See Section I-B: The special <br />benefit test. <br />See Form 12 and 13. <br />2. Day labor <br />Using day labor, or city employees, means there is no contract to bid out for <br />labor but there may be a contract to bid for materials and equipment. The <br />city may use day labor in the following situations: <br />• the estimated contracts are under $100,000, or <br />• the improvement is grading, graveling or bituminous surfacing of streets <br />and alleys, or <br />• there are no bidders on the project, or <br />• if the only bids the council receives exceed the estimated cost of the <br />project. <br />Even using day labor, however, the city must get bids for purchases of <br />materials or equipment worth more than $100,000. <br />The council may have the work performed by day labor supervised by the <br />city engineer or other qualified person. However, council must have the <br />work supervised by a registered engineer if done by day labor and it appears <br />to the council that the entire cost of all work and materials for the <br />improvement will be more than $25,000 <br />When the council orders construction work done by day labor it must require <br />a detailed report indicating that the work was done according to the plans <br />and specifications, or, if there were any deviations from them, an itemized <br />statement of those deviations. This report must be certified by the registered <br />city engineer (or other person in charge if there is no registered engineer). <br />The report must also show: <br />• the complete cost of the construction. <br />• final quantities of the various units of work done. <br />• materials furnished for the project and the cost of each item thereof. <br />• cost of labor, cost of equipment hired, and supervisory costs. <br />H. Prepare the proposed assessment rolls <br />The city clerk, with the assistance of the engineer or other qualified person <br />selected by the council, prepares the proposed assessment rolls. (Cities <br />should seriously consider retaining the services of a qualified and licensed <br />appraiser to help assure that the amount of the special assessment does not <br />exceed the increase in market value accruing to the property as a result of <br />the public improvement project). <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 9/22/2011 <br />Special Assessment Guide Page 20 <br />