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. . ," County Auditor. The County Auditor requires all of these to be in by October 10, back up 30 days from that and you're up into the first week of September, so you've only got a week to play with if you lay it over for further consideration. If you miss that October 10th certification, the matter gets delayed for one whole year - then we have to corne back next year and assess and we have one more year of capitalized interest because we have to add it to the cost of the improvement and assess that at the interest rate - so it would increase everything proportionately if it got stalled for one year. I hope the Popham firm repre- sentatives are not interested in delaying it one year because I know they represent some cities too and they've been on the other side of the table from the side they're on tonight. We just can't delay it so that a year goes by because the costs will all go up 10% on the interest charge and we'll be right back a year from now trying to make the assessments. On the other hand, if the Council decides not to lay it over and adopts the roll as it is tonight, they have the 20 days to file notice with us and an additional ten days to file it in district court and the matter will be put on and meanwhile we'll be collecting assessments on the other properties not being challenged and the interest will begin to run and the people who have not objected can make prepayments. We just zero in then on a specific number of properties rather than delay the whole assessment roll. I would not want to see that happen. As in the past, if during the course of appeal, there is anything that objectors are able to show that would satisfy the City Attorney, Mr. Lynden, and myself, and there's always a chance of compromise at that particular point if, in fact, there's been something presented to us that we haven't seen before. But I think in all the years I've been out here, which goes back to the mid-50's, we've only had one assessment appeal, which was compromised just before trial - the water deal here a year or so ago. That's the only one of all the assessments that I can recall, from the hundreds and hundreds of assessments that have been made in the City. So I think we ought to find out from - particulary the attorney here who threatens the litigation - whether they feel there's any benefit. If they say there's no benefit at all, then it's black and white - you might as well go ahead and let's fight it out in another arena. On the other hand, if they feel there is some benefit - it's a matter of degree - then they should tell us. We say it's worth 85% of the total cost of the improvement - if they say it's nothing, then you're miles apart. On the other hand, if they say it's worth 50% or 60%, then we're zoning in on a particular area. Whether they want to do that tonight or do it - assuming you lay it over for one week, and you'll have to check your own agendas - whether or not you can schedule a reconvened meeting in time to get that 30 days starting to run before October 10th. MRS. McNIESH: We do have a meeting a week from tonight. 10