(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County (IA) Board of Supervisors, this (Tuesday), approved setting the date and time for a joint Public Hearing with the Adair County Board of Supervisors, with regard to the vacating and closing a portion a of road in Cass County Grant Township, that crosses the County line. Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken explains the road in question is 780th lane, a partial dirt and rock section.

The joint hearing will be held in two-weeks (March 18th), beginning at 9:05-a.m. The Board approved also, setting the same date, at 9:30-a.m., as the time for Public Hearing on vacating a portion (1,300-feet) of Quebec Lane, Massena Township, a level “B” road.

In other business, the Board approved an Iowa Dept. of Transportation Federal-aid agreement for a Surface Transportation Block Grant Program Project. Here again is Trent Wolken…

The project consists of a cold-in-place HMA (Hot Melt Asphalt) overlay on South N-28 (690th Street), in Cass County, from Highway 92 south, to the Adams County Line. The Board considered and then approved the purchase of a parcel of real estate at 58424 630th Avenue, for the purpose of a Secondary Roads Maintenance facility along Highway 71, south of Atlantic. Trent Wolken…

Wolken said right now, they have several buildings for the Atlantic District that are not in a centralized location, and this new facility would make it easier to house Secondary Roads equipment and supplies, and eliminate the need to tear down those aging buildings and replace each one separately. It would also give them space for an office. The Cass County Supervisors also passed the third amendment to the Ambulance Services Agreement between the County, Cass Health, the City of Atlantic, and Midwest Medical Transport Company. The agreement features an annual subsidy fee of $656,302.50, beginning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, with a potential shortfall collection amount up to a maximum of $75,000/year.

And, the Board approved the appointment of Krista Young to the SIRHA Board.