The city council shall be governed in its proceedings by sections 88.507 to 88.520, 88.812 to 88.822 and 88.854 (governing the improvement of streets, alleys, sidewalks, etc., assessment of costs against abutting property owners, notice, contracts, tax bills, records to be kept by the city clerk, and payment of tax bills) and sections 95.115 to 95.145 (prescribing the procedure for incurring indebtedness).