7-4-2812 . Duties related to roads and bridges. (1) The board of county commissioners may assign responsibility for the supervision and direction of all highways, bridges, and causeways within the county to a county surveyor or to a county road superintendent. The board may allocate the duties between the surveyor and the superintendent. (2) The duties are to: (a) keep all highways and bridges free and clear of all obstructions; (b) grade, maintain, and repair all highways; (c) construct, maintain, and repair all bridges and causeways; (d) make all surveys; (e) establish grades; (f) prepare plans, specifications, and estimates; (g) keep accurate cost data; (h) approve all claims against the county for all highway, bridge, and causeway construction, maintenance, and repair, prior to presentation to the board of county commissioners; (i) employ and assign deputies and staff; (j) purchase and secure all highway and bridge machinery and machinery equipment and tools to be used upon highways and bridges, with the approval of the board; (k) purchase and secure all highway, bridge, and causeway supplies and materials, with the approval of the board; (l) from time to time, make reports and estimates of all matters relating to highways and bridges when required by the board; and (m) perform other duties required by law. (3) The surveyor must receive the annual salary provided by law for salaried county surveyors and other county officials.
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