Ohio Code § 5545.08

§ 5545.08.

Whenever, in any county in the state, there is a bona fide, voluntary association,

incorporated or unincorporated, not for profit, of not less than one thousand citizens

of any county, one of the purposes of which is the improvement, maintenance, and repair

of the public highways of such county, the commission, as provided for in section 5545.01 of the Revised Code , having the right to expend money in grading, draining, curbing, and improving county

roads and state highways by the use of gravel, macadam, stone, brick, slag, or other

material, or for improving, maintaining, and repairing such highways from the public

funds under its charge and control, applicable for the construction, maintenance,

or repair of public highways, may, without the necessity of petition being presented

by property owners or of advertising for competitive bids, make contracts with the

association, or its proper representatives, to do such work within and for the betterment

generally of the highways of the county, and make payments therefor out of any road

or bridge funds, in the treasury, or levied for the purpose of constructing, maintaining,

and improving the public highways in such county, under the control of the commission

or board of county commissioners.