When it is determined that a public work or improvement is to be made, the plans and/or specifications and an estimate of the cost of such work shall be filed of public record before further action is taken. If the director of finance and asset management or his/her designee and the relevant city department determine that it is necessary or advisable that such work shall be executed by any means or method other than by contract, small works roster process, or job order contracting, and it appears that the estimated probable cost of executing the work will exceed $25,000, then, at least 15 days before the work is begun, the director of finance and asset management or his/her designee shall cause such estimate, together with a description of the work, to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county or as otherwise will satisfy applicable law. Except that when any emergency requires the immediate execution of such public work or improvement, upon a finding of the existence of an emergency by the director of finance and asset management and duly entered of record, publication of description and estimate may be made within seven days after the commencement of the work. (Ord. 6436 § 4, 2018; Ord. 6187 § 1, 2014.)