(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday (Today), held a public hearing with regard to adopting an amendment to the FY2022 Cass County Budget. Following the hearing,during which there were no comments, the Board passed the amendment, and the changes take effect immediately. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman explains the purpose of the amendment….

The change is necessary to appropriate the a portion of the American Recovery Act funds. The Board heard from a representative with Cott Systems, with regard to online file security. They also discussed the job description for an IT (Information Technology) position, and agreed to have Scott Bennett with Nishna Net, draft the job description for publication in the local newspaper, and online portals such as Indeed.com.

Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken provided an update on Secondary Roads Department activity and maintenance. He said they hope to open the bridges on both Boston Road and Olive Street, sometime early next week, as work is close to being finished.

Both bridges were closed in late Spring. The Olive Street project involves replacing the existing 56 ft. long x 24 ft. wide bridge with a 110 ft. long x 30 ft. wide bridge. Wolken said they will have another pour this week on the box culvert on Indian Creek Road. And, as far as Victoria Road at the Adair/Cass line, grading contractors have come in to start work and they have a couple more pours left on the box culvert down there. Wolken also put together a presentation for the Supervisors regarding the condition of secondary road facilities and what their needs are.