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Atlantic City Council to act on resolutions approving the sale of real estate

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December 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic City Council has four resolutions to act on during their meeting Wednesday evening at City Hall. The first two serve to recognize departing Councilmen Steve Livengood and Shawn Shouse for their years of service on the Council. Both men had opted not to seek re-election.

The other resolutions pertain to authorizing the sale of real estate located at 807 Elm and 203 Locust Streets. Sealed bids for both properties will be opened prior to the Council’s 5:30-p.m. meeting and a bid tabulation sheet prepared for presentation to the Council for its review and approval. The successful bidder will have to comply with the requirements set forth under a schedule requiring a performance guarantee that the buildings will be demolished and removed from the site in a timely manner.

In other business, the Council will act on authorizing Mayor Dave Jones to execute a retainer agreement for 2014 legal services with City Attorney Dave Wiederstein. The City’s Personnel and Finance Committee has recommended approval of the agreement, which, among other things would increase the fee for his services to approximately $15,000 per year, or an average annual increase of 2.5-percent. The rate has not been changed since 2008.

And, upon a vote and recommendation by the firefighters of Atlantic, the Council will act to approve the re-election of Mark McNees as Fire Chief for 2014. The meeting will conclude with a closed-session for a performance evaluation of City Administrator Doug Harris.