Preliminary Assessments.

   Section 78.   When it is deemed necessary to make a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment, the council shall declare the necessity therefor by resolution, and such resolution shall include the method of assessment, the mode of payment, and the number of semi-annual installments. Such resolution shall thereupon be certified to the director of finance and public record, who shall thereupon proceed to make an assessment report, in accordance with the method of assessment provided in the resolution, which report shall be filed with the council, and shall show the lots and lands assessed, and the amount of the assessment as to each, and the number of semi-annual installments not exceeding twenty (20), in which such assessment shall be paid.

(Amended 5-2-2006)