Prepare the approved-contractor and work details

The City's instructions, printed March 4, 2026, require two municipal-letterhead recommendations documenting satisfactory sewer, water and drain work. Confirm approved-contractor status and the actual legal permittee before naming the bond principal; the owner's address alone does not identify that party.

They call for the $5,000 Street Opening Bond, current separate insurance and a Public Works permit before starting. Allow the stated forty-eight-hour permit-approval waiting period; it is not an issuer turnaround promise.

File accepted security and plan inspections

Purchase Now opens Propeller; the option displays no fixed amount or term. Match the City's actual form/recipient/principal, required sum, permit/work coverage and dates with the issuer. Arrange required execution and ask Public Works for accepted delivery alongside the permit documents.

Obtain issued permission and valid Dig Safe information before excavation. The current instructions require advance inspection coordination and prohibit backfill/utility pipe work before City inspection approval; follow the actual inspector's directions.

The contractor accepts trench repair/re-paving responsibility for settlement or deterioration for three years from the permit date. Keep that date and inspection/restoration records and obtain actual security continuation/release. Neither finishing the cut nor an assumed annual anniversary establishes discharge.