Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones, Wednesday evening, administered the Oath of Office to the City’s newest Police Officer. The Mayor read the oath to Jeremy Seufert, and welcomed him to the force. Seufert was joined by his wife Melissa and their three children, as he raised his hand and accepted the Oath. He replaces an officer who left the force to join the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

Officer Jeremy Seufert and family

In other business, the Mayor introduced Sarah Schorle as the Council’s Atlantic High School liaison. Schorle can’t vote during Council proceedings, but she can ask questions and is welcome to attend all meetings and sit at the Council’s desk. Sarah gave a brief biography of herself, which includes her employment with KJAN as a part-time announcer.

She said she’s a Junior at the Atlantic High School,  and is very involved in Speech and Debate. She mentioned she began a Student Congress at the school this year, adding that her “Interest in government has definitely been piqued.” Sarah is also involved in band and choir. She said she was “Thankful to have this opportunity and to observe how a City Council works, especially being from a student council.”

The Council Wednesday evening heard a presentation from Chris Nelson, with Gronwald, Bell, Kyhnn & Co., P.C./CPA’s, with regard to the FY 2017 City of Atlantic Audit, and the approved an Order to close 6th Street, from Chestnut Street, west to the east side of the alley between Chestnut and Poplar, every Thursday evening from 4-until 7, for “Produce in the Park,” that begins May 31st and concludes Sept. 27th.

The Atlantic City Council then passed a Resolution that approves the contracts and bonds with Carly Construction, for the 2018 Street Improvement Project. And a Resolution “Approving [a] Bond Purchase Agreement, Providing for the Issuance of General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2018 and Providing for the Levy of Taxes to Pay the Same.” Chip Schultz with UMB Bank was on-hand to explain the steps needed to borrow $2.68-million from the open market, for various capital improvement projects.

The Council also held the second reading of an ordinance that would essentially remove the north/south stop signs at 6th and Sunnyside Lane, in an effort to improve traffic flow, and considering the amount of traffic expected to be generated by the ethanol plant currently under construction. Councilman Chris Jimerson said the ethanol plant is close to being completed, and he warned citizens traffic may be congested due to the inflow and outflow of trucks delivering grain and hauling ethanol out.