Atlantic City Administrator John Lund, Wednesday evening, told the City Council he recently received a renewal notice for the City Employee’ Health Insurance. He said the rate of 8.74% was quoted. Lund said City Administration has been working their broker at Cottingham & Butler and received alternative quotes, including one from Iowa Community Trust, which would lower that rate 4%.  Lund said also, if they join the trust, they would become the 13^th employer to join the City/County pool in the non-binding agreement. He said the City’s renewal date is July 1^st. In the interim, they’ll explore the matter further and issue a report at a later date.

In other business, the Council voted 6-to 1, with Councilperson Kathy Somers the lone nay vote, to sell City-owned property at 602 Spruce Street to Thomas Gaines, for the assessed value of $5,350. They also set May 15^th as the date for a Public Hearing on amending the FY 2019 Budget. John Lund said they will be calculating that over the next couple of weeks, and that there are some “significant changes.”

In the Council Committee reports, Councilperson Somers said the Personnel and Finance Committee met Tuesday. One of the topics they discussed was options for the Atlantic Senior Center. She said there was a split decision on making a recommendation to the Council. Two members were in favor of selling the building, putting it up for bids and taking the highest offer, with a minimum bid of $40,000. One of the members was opposed to the idea. The matter is now up to the Council to decide at their next regular meeting on May 15th.