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together with any objections or protests which may be filed as hereinafter provided by any person interested in or affected by the proposed charge. Section 9.03 Protests and Objections Any person interested in or affected by the proposed charge may file written protests or objections with the City Clerk at any time prior to the time set for the hearing on the report of the director. Each such protest or objection must contain a description of the property in which the signer thereof is interested and the grounds of such protest or objection. The City Clerk shall endorse on every such protest or objection the date of receipt. The clerk shall present such protests or objections to the City Council at the time set for the hearing, and no other protests or objections shall be considered. Section 9.04 Hearing of Protests Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing, the City Council shall hear and pass upon the report of the director together with any such objections or protests. The City Council may make such revision, correction or modification in the report or charge as it may deem just; and when the City Council is satisfied with the correctness of the charge, the report (as submitted or as revised, corrected or modified) together with the charge, shall be confirmed or rejected. The decision of the City Council on the report and the charge, and on all protests or objections, shall be final and conclusive. Section 9.05 Personal Obligation or Special Assessment A. General. The City Council may thereupon order that said charge shall be made a personal obligation of the property owner or assess said charge against the property involved. B. Personal Obligation. If the City Council orders that the charge shall be a personal obligation of the property owner, it shall direct the City Attorney to collect the same on behalf of the City by use of all appropriate legal remedies. C. Special Assessment. If the City Council orders that the charge shall be assessed against the property, it shall confirm the assessment, cause the same to be recorded on the assessment roll, and thereafter said assessment shall constitute a special assessment against and a lien upon the property. Section 906 Contest The validity of any assessment made under the provisions of this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the same is commenced within 30 days after the assessment is placed upon the assessment roll as provided herein. Any appeal from a final judgment in such action or proceeding must be perfected within 30 days after the entry of such judgment. Section 907 Authority for Installment Payment of Assessments with Interest The City Council, in its discretion, may determine that assessments in amounts of $500.00 or more shall be payable in not to exceed five equal annual installments. The City Council's determination to allow payment of such assessments in installments, the number of installments, whether they shall bear interest, and the rate thereof shall be by a resolution adopted prior to the confirmation of the assessment. 3 89