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Cass County Supervisors approve 28-E ULED and abatements

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December 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Wedndesday), approved an amended 28-E Unified Law Enforcement District (ULED) agreement. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reminded the Board the agreement adds the City of Marne to four other communities in the County. Voters in November approved the agreement.

Sunderman said the Board must approve the agreement because the public measure passed by the voter approved the use of funds for Marne’s share of the service. Other communities who pay a share of the cost include Cumberland, Lewis, Massena and Wiota.

The Board also approved the annual abatement of taxes on certain properties owned by the City of Atlantic (including the airport and related buildings and land), along with a parcel near the Schildberg Recreation Area. They also heard from Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Director Ouida Hargens and Iowa Western Community College Corporate Training Coordinator Shalimar Mazetis, who asked the Board to attend a special meeting this Friday on workforce issues affecting the County.

Hargens said local employers, especially those in manufacturing, realized from past meetings on economic development, that they need to work together to bring in, educate and train workers, instead of fighting for those employees. The meeting set to take place from 11:30-a.m. until 1-p.m. Friday, at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce office, will include about 20 members of the Community, in addition to any members of the Supervisors who might attend.

Hargens said the purpose of the meeting is to expand on previous sessions and take action on creating a strategic plan to identify workforce issues and how to address them. Mary Warren, former Director of Workforce Development at Iowa Western, will facilitate the meeting.