A. Whenever the city shall contract with any person or corporation to do any work, the city shall require the person or persons with whom such contract is made to make, execute, and deliver to the city clerk a sufficient bond, with a surety company as surety, conditioned that such person or persons shall faithfully perform all the provisions of such contract and pay all laborers, mechanics, subcontractors and material suppliers, and all persons who supply such person or persons, or subcontractors, with provisions and supplies for the carrying on of such work. Said security company in accordance with RCW 39.08.010 shall be bound by the laws of the state of Washington and subject to the jurisdiction of the state of Washington. The provisions of RCW 39.08.010 through 39.08.030 shall not apply to any money loaned or advanced to any such contractor, subcontractor or other person in the performance of any such work.

B. For contracts using the limited public works process, the city may waive the payment and performance bond requirements of Chapter 39.08 RCW and retainage requirements of Chapter 60.28 RCW, thereby assuming the liability for the contractor’s nonpayment of laborers, mechanics, subcontractors, materialmen, suppliers, and taxes imposed under RCW Title 82 that may be due from the contractor for the limited public works project; however, the city shall have the right of recovery against the contractor for any payments made on the contractor’s behalf. The city engineer shall have the authority to waive the payment and performance bond requirements and retainage requirements based on their evaluation of the project and determination of risk.

C. On contracts of $150,000 or less, upon request by the contractor, the city may, in lieu of the bond, retain 10 percent of the contract amount for a period of 30 days after the date of final acceptance, or until receipt of all necessary releases from the Department of Revenue, Employment Security Department, and the Department of Labor and Industries, receipt of all affidavits of wages paid for the prime and subcontractors, and settlement of any liens filed under Chapter 60.28 RCW, whichever is later.

D. For the purposes of determining the time frame required for notices of claims against retainage and release of retainage, the city engineer shall have the authority to take affirmative action to determine that a contract is complete and to accept the contract work. (Ord. 6765 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 6679 § 7, 2018; Ord. 6545 § 1, 2014; Ord. 5866 § 1, 2004; Ord. 4924 § 2, 1997; Ord. 4581 § 2, 1992. Formerly 3.12.040.)