The Cass County Board of Supervisors held their end-of-the-month meeting Friday (today), in Atlantic, during which they received an Annual Report and FY 2022 Funding Request from the Cass County Library Association. The representative noted that with the advent of the pandemic, all the of libraries have to adjust how books and materials are made available. They also had to make accommodations for extra cleaning by the directors and staff at those libraries that don’t have a dedicated cleaning person. Their request of $13,000 matches the same request they made last year, and includes: $5,000 for the Atlantic Public Library; $2,500 each for the Anita and Griswold Public Libraries, and $1,000 each for the Massena and Cumberland Public Libraries. Their request will be taken under consideration during the Budget deliberations.

The Supervisors also received a report on maintenance and activities from County Engineer Trent Wolken. He mentioned Henningsen Construction is handling patch- and overlay-work on Glendale Road (County Road G-27/the Canby Road). Wolken presented to the a Board a contract with the Iowa DOT for County Bridge Federal Aid SWAP Funding, for a 3-ton box culvert instead of a bridge on Indian Creek Road, .4 of a mile north of White Pole Road. The approximate cost is $600,000.

The Board passed a Resolution authorizing Board Chair Steve Baier to sign the agreement. The Supervisors also passed a Resolution pertaining to the awarding of a contract for a joint bridge bundle project with Guthrie County.

Cass County’s project is a bridge on Boston Road. The low bid for both projects was $1.43-million. Cass County’s share is $647,329, which will come out of the County’s Bridge Fund. The engineer’s estimated was around $600,000. The project is paid for through 55% federal funds and 45% from the Highway Bridge Program.

In other business, the Board voted to establish of a speed limit of 40-mph on Memphis Road (620th to Highway 71). The speed limit on 620th has been set at 40-mph. They also adopted a Resolution setting the Posted/Embargoed Weight limits on County Bridges, as recommended by the County Engineer.

And with regard to the proposed closing of 570th Street at the Interstate 80 underpass, Trent Wolken his request for further information from the DOT has not yet been addressed by the State. No decision will be made on the road closing until the Board has additional information they have requested.