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Atlantic City Council to appoint At-Large member To Fill a Vacancy (TFV), Wednesday

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September 20th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council will meet in a regular session at 5:30-p.m. on Wed., Sept. 24th in their chambers at City Hall. On their agenda is an Order to Appoint Travis Fulk to the Atlantic Airport Commission to fill a vacancy.
The Council will then interview former Councilman Harlan “Lee” Sisco and At-Large candidate Jeremy Butler before acting on filling the vacated At-Large Council seat created earlier this month by the resignation of Councilman Gerald Brink.
Following the interviews the Council will act on an Order to Appoint one of the two men, to fill the seat until the seat until January 1, 2026, and swear-in their appointee. If neither Sisco or Butler fails to receive a majority vote of the Council, the seat will remain unfilled until the beginning of 2026, or the process will need to begin again, according to the Iowa League of Cities.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will receive an annual presentation from Cass-Atlantic Development Corporation (CADCO) Executive Director Jennifer McEntaffer, and act on orders to approve temporary street closures on Oct. 3rd for the Homecoming Parade, and Oct. 11th for the Fireman’s Parade.

They will also act on an Order to approve a new assistant City Attorney Agreement with Kaleigh Koch, who is with the Crary-Huff Law Firm. The Council will review and act on: a recommendation with regard to City-owned property at 302 Birch Street; An Order regarding Steve Livengood’s request for a flagpole in the street and sidewalk right-of-way in front of 318 Elm Street.

Other action on their agenda includes: the Third and Final Reading of an Ordinance vacating that portion of the right-of-way between 401 and 411 Laurel Street; The Second Reading of an Ordinance amending the City Code with regard to Flood Plain Regulations; and, the First Reading of an Ordinance regulating the use of Electric Scooters, Motorized Scooters and Low-Speed Vehicles, as recommend by the Community Protection Committee.

City Administrator John Lund is expected to report on a Federal Jury Summons he has received, and, Mayor Grace Garrett is expected to announce that Halloween Trick-or-Treating will take place in Atlantic on Oct. 31st, from 5-until 7-p.m.