A. The city council may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made, or it may, by separate resolution, declare its intention to order that costs and expenses of maintaining and operating any or all public improvements of a local nature, including the cost of necessary repairs, replacements, fuel, power, electrical current, care, supervision, and any and all other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation thereof, shall be assessed either partly or wholly upon such district as the city council determines will be benefitted by the maintenance and operation of the public improvements proposed to be maintained; the amounts so assessed shall be collected in the same manner and by the same county officers as the taxes are collected for general city purposes.

B. The city council may in said resolution of intention or said separate resolution reserve the right to perform the work of maintenance and operation of any or all public improvement of a local nature by city forces, such determination and election to be made for each year at the time the budget and assessment is approved for the year in question. (Ord. 2573 § 2, 1980; prior code § 18.04.100)