§ 2.5. Hearing on assessments.

After the execution of a contract, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a statement of the cost of such improvements, including the engineering fee of not to exceed five percent (5%) of the cost of construction and the other expenses incurred by the city, together with the proposed assessments of those costs against abutting property.

The Council shall hold a hearing on the proposed assessments. Notice of the hearing on assessments shall be given by publication in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the city for three (3) consecutive issues and by registered or certified mail to the owners of the property liable to assessment at their last known address. The notice of assessment hearing shall be mailed and published not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing.

The Council shall hear objections of any owner of property liable to assessment and may raise or lower proposed assessments and shall assess by ordinance the total cost of the improvements against the property liable therefor.