MARSHALL — The city of Marshall received one objection to assessments proposed for downtown properties affected by recent construction on North Third Street and West Lyon Street.

At an assessment hearing Tuesday, a Marshall business owner said his assessment came to more than $39,000.

“It’s kind of overwhelming,” said Dereck Deutz, owner of Columbia Imports at the corner of Third Street and Main Street.

Marshall Public Works Director Jason Anderson said one factor that affected Deutz’s assessment was that his property had a lot of frontage on Third Street.

After discussion of the proposed assessments, council members voted to adopt the rest of the assessment roll, while continuing discussion of Deutz’s assessment at the council’s Aug. 12 meeting.

“It’s a unique situation with Mr. Deutz’s property,” said council member Craig Schafer.

Tuesday’s assessment hearing focused on the recent construction project on West Lyon Street and North Third Street in the downtown area. Streets, utility lines, sidewalks, and curbs and gutters were all replaced in the project. Part of the construction also added pedestrian streetscaping on North Third Street.

The total cost of the project came to more than $4.38 million. Of that amount, a total of $523,899 was being assessed to property owners benefited by the project. The city of Marshall, the city’s wastewater fund and surface water utility, and Marshall Municipal Utilities all contributed to the remainder of the project cost.

The city was proposing an assessment repayment term of eight years, at an interest rate of 5.27%. In June, Anderson said Marshall doesn’t have a formal policy on how long an assessment repayment term should be. The proposed eight-year term followed with past practices on city assessments, he said.

Deutz was the only member of the public who spoke at the assessment hearing.

“I’m here to get an idea of why that number is so high,” he said.

Anderson went through a breakdown of assessment amounts for Deutz’s property. The biggest costs were for street reconstruction, which was capped at $13,675, and more than $21,000 for streetscaping.

“You were charged streetscaping at a rate of $197 per foot, and your property has a lot of front footage on Third Street,” Anderson said.

“Do these numbers seem reasonable?” Deutz asked.

He said he would submit a written objection, to reserve his right to appeal the assessment.

Marshall City Attorney Pam Whitmore said the city could adopt the assessment roll, minus Deutz’s property, and continue the hearing to a future date for more discussion.

Council members voted to continue discussion of Deutz’s assessment on Aug. 12. In a separate action, the council voted to adopt the assessment roll, with the exception of Deutz’s property.