(65 ILCS 5/11-126-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-1)
Sec. 11-126-1.
Each municipality may provide for a supply of water for fire
protection and for the use of the inhabitants of the municipality (1) by
constructing and maintaining a system of waterworks, or (2) by uniting with
any adjacent municipality in constructing and maintaining a system of
waterworks for the joint use of those municipalities, or (3) by procuring
such a supply of water from any adjacent municipality already having
waterworks.
All contracts for the construction of such a system of waterworks or any
part thereof shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon
not less than 3 weeks' public notice of the terms and conditions upon which
the contract is to be let having been given by publication in a newspaper
published in the municipality, or if no newspaper is published therein,
then in some newspaper published in the county. No member of the corporate
authorities shall be directly or indirectly interested in such a contract.
In all cases the corporate authorities have the right to reject any and all
bids that may not be satisfactory to them.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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