The Atlantic City Council held a fairly brief meeting on Wednesday at City Hall. The council passed a resolutions amending the FY 2021 Budget.

The board also approved awarding a contract to Henningsen Construction of Atlantic for the West 22nd Street Sidewalk Project. Snyder and Associates’ Dave Sturm said he was very pleased with the bids that came in with the volatility of material costs right now. The cost of the contract to Henningsen’s is $103, 904. The project came about after a petition was submitted to the Council with 94 signatures requesting a walking path on the south side of West 22nd Street.

In the Mayor’s Report Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones confirmed that he will definitely not be running for reelection this upcoming cycle. He said he is very proud of everything that the Council has accomplished during his 24 years of work with the City. He said he had previously indicated that he probably wouldn’t run but wanted to confirm that he will not.

In the meetings report portion of the meeting it was reported that AMU received some money back for prepaid usage from the Ethanol plant due to a weeklong shutdown that occurred during a cold spell. The AMU board also unanimously rejected a proposition from Alliant Energy to buy the Utility. In other reports the downtown facade project is moving along well and should finish up by the end of June as scheduled. The Atlantic Public Library has signed up for a new language learning program that they have been very pleased with.

The council finished up in a closed session to discuss legal issues with one of Atlantic’s blighted properties.