(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Tuesday), approved a request from a family, for the spreading of cremains of a person whose urn was shallow buried on property that’s changed hands in ownership. The urn – with the top of the container less than three-feet below the surface, in section 17 of Bear Grove Township was disinterred when the property was sold, and the family has asked permission of the new property owner to scattered those cremains. The owner graciously agreed to allow the family to proceed.

Board Chair Steve Baier said Iowa Code allows for the spreading of ashes on PRIVATE PROPERTY. Prior to the Board’s approval, Baier read the Resolution as written.

The Board heard a brief report from County Engineer Trent Wolken, who said Secondary Roads Department personnel have been conducting additional “grub clearing,” and are hauling dirt to the culvert on Indian Creek Road, in an attempt to get as much done this week as possible, and getting the contractor ready for dirt.

He said also, an offer has been extended to and accepted by a candidate who had applied and was interviewed for an open position in the Secondary Roads Department. Wolken will have their name on the agenda for approval by the Board. There were 13 applicants for the job and six candidates interviewed. The interviews concluded Monday.

The Cass County Supervisors tabled action on the establishment of an abatement plan for property improvements to certain classes of property in the non-incorporated portion of the County, while additional research on such matters is conducted.

They passed a Resolution pertaining to $1-million in General Obligation Capital Loan Notes (Series 2022A and 2022B), in authorizing a form of Loan Agreement, providing for the issuance and levying of a tax to pay for the Notes, along with approval of the Tax Exemption Certificate.

And, the Board set January 11, 2022 as the date for a public hearing on an amendment of the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Cass County Budget.