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MO522-C Page 202 . 14 202 . 10: ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES: Subd. 1. Calculation of Expense; Notice: a. Determination of Expenses: At any time after a contract is let or the work ordered by day labor, the expense incurred or to be incurred in its making shall be calculated under the direction of the Council. The Council shall then determine by resolution the amount of the total expense the City will pay, other than the amount, if any, which it will pay as a property owner, and the amount to be assessed. Thereupon, the Clerk-Administrator, with the assistance of the engineer or other qualified person selected by the Council, shall calculate the proper amount to be specially assessed for the improvement against every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land, without regard to cash valuation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 202 .09 of this Chapter. b. Assessment Roll: The proposed assessment roll shall be filed with the Clerk-Administrator and be open to public inspection. c. Notices: The Clerk-Administrator shall thereupon, under the Council's direction, publish notice that the Council will meet to consider the proposed assessments. ( 1) Such notice shall be published in the newspaper at least once and shall be mailed to the owner of each parcel described in the assessment roll. (2) Such notice shall state the date, time and place of such meeting, the general nature of the improvement, the area proposed to be assessed, the amount to be specially assessed against that particular lot, piece or parcel of land, that the proposed assessment roll is on the file with the Clerk-Administrator and that written or oral objections thereto by any property owner will be considered. (3) The notice shall state that no appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment adopted pursuant to subdivision 2 unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the Municipal Clerk-Administrator prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. (4) The notice shall also state that an owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Section 202 . 11 of this Chapter by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk- Administrator of the Municipality within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten ( 10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk-Administrator. The notice shall also inform property owners of the provisions of Section 202 . 13 of this Chapter and the existence of any deferment procedure established pursuant thereto in the City. (5) For the purpose of giving mailed notice, owners shall be