§ 3.4. Assessments and hearing.

After the execution of a contract, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a statement of the cost of construction which shall include an engineering fee not exceeding five percent (5%) of the cost of construction and other expenses incurred by the city, together with the proposed assessments of those costs against property included within the sewer district and benefited by the construction of the sewers. The cost shall be assessed against each property in the sewer district in the proportion of the area of each property to the area of the entire district, excluding public streets. 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 the assessment hearing shall be mailed and published not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing. The Council shall hear the objections of any owner of property liable to assessment and correct the assessments to conform to the provisions of this Section.