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(4) The council member of the district within which the majority of the land area within <br /> which the district is located or the council member's designated representative, who shall <br /> be a voting member. <br /> The district association may be incorporated prior to the effective date of any district <br /> established pursuant to this chapter. <br /> (c) In addition to such other powers as are conferred to it by law or this chapter, the district board <br /> shall have the power to carry out the activities prescribed in the district plan, including but not <br /> limited to: <br /> (1) Determining the scope and specifications for the performance standards; <br /> (2) Letting contracts for the supplemental services or for the management of operations of <br /> the district; <br /> (3) Entering into contracts for the development of plans, design, construction and/or <br /> renovation of supplemental improvements; and <br /> (4) Adopting the annual budget for the district. <br /> Section -19. Financial records. <br /> (a) The district board shall maintain financial records regarding the operation of the district and the <br /> contracts for supplemental services and improvements. <br /> (b) The district board shall make such financial records available to the public during regular <br /> business hours upon reasonable notice to the district board. <br /> (c) The council, by the ordinance establishing the district, may have the financial records audited by <br /> a certified public accountant and the audit report made available to the council and the public. <br /> Article 3. Assessments. <br /> Section -20. Assessment apportionment. <br /> An assessment levied pursuant to this chapter may be based on benefit received by a parcel of <br /> land, the cost of making a supplemental service available to a parcel of land, the cost of supplemental <br /> services and improvements benefiting a parcel of land, the stage or type of development or use of a parcel <br /> <br /> of land, the happening of one or more specified events related to the development or improvement of all <br /> <br /> or certain parcels of land, or any other reasonable basis or formula as determined by the council. Any <br /> <br /> determination of the reasonableness of any assessment or the rate or method of the apportionment thereof <br /> <br /> by the council in the ordinance establishing the district shall be final and conclusive. <br /> Section -21. Assessment levy. <br /> <br /> (a) During the first assessment year, assessments shall be levied and apportioned pursuant to the rate <br /> and method specified in the ordinance establishing the district. Prior to the commencement of the <br /> second and each subsequent assessment year, the district board shall prepare and submit a report <br /> to the council that shall include the anticipated surplus or deficit from the preceding assessment <br /> year as well as any proposed new rate or method of assessment for the next assessment year. The <br /> report shall be due by the date set in the ordinance establishing the district or, if the ordinance <br /> does not include such a date, the 30th day preceding the commencement of the next assessment <br /> year. <br /> (1) If the proposed assessment for an assessment year does not exceed 1 10 percent of the <br /> preceding assessment year's total annual assessment, the new rate based upon the method <br /> of assessment specified in the ordinance establishing the district shall take effect upon the <br /> new assessment year. <br /> (2) If the proposed assessment for an assessment year exceeds 1 10 percent of the preceding <br /> assessment year's total annual assessment, the district board may recommend to the <br /> council a change to the rate or method of apportionment of an existing assessment for a <br /> 8 <br /> <br />