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ORDINANCE No. 2864 AN ORDINANCE amending Sections 18 and 18A of Ordinance No. 1439 of the City of Everett , entitled as follows: "An Ordinance relating to the making of local improvements to be paid for in 141 ole or in part, directly or indirectly, by assessments upon the lots or parcels of land bene fited by such improve- ment, providing for the establishment of local improvement districts for the purpose of paying therefor; prescribing the mode in vti ich the charge upon the respective lots and parcels of land shall be assessed , and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency." and declaring al/ emergency. THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That Section 18 of Ordinance No. 1439 , entitled as above set forth, be , end the same is hereby amended to lead as follows: Section 18: Local Improvement Contracts: During the time allowed in any contract for the com- pletion of any work the Commissioner of Public Works shall, when requested in writing by the contractor, at the end of any month during which said request has been made, issue an estimate of the work completed during such month, or completed and for which no estimate has been issued, and upon completion of the work said , Commissioner shall issue a final estimate of such work, such estimate shell be filed with the City Clerk and he shall certify the same to the City Council. Said final estimate shall include in addition to a statement of the amount of money due the contractor , a statement of the amount of money expended for abstracts, advertising and engineering expenses prior to the date set for the completion of the contract. All engineering expenses incurred after said date shall be borne by the contra- ctor as a penalty for failure to complete the work within the specified time. All contracts for local improvements shall provide that at least Fifteen percent (15%) of the amount due on estimates shall be retained to secure the pa yment of laborers who have perform d work thereon, and materialmen who have furnished material therefor , and such laborers and materialmen shall have Thirty (30 ) days after the work has been completed to file a claim against such Fifteen percent (15%) so reserved for labor done or material furnished. PROVIDED, HOT:ETER, the t where in any improvement or work the contract price shall exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ( 200,000.00) but Ten percent (10%) shall be reserved on estimates in excess of said sum, or where the aggregate of previous estimates equals or exceeds said amount. {