(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Wednesday), voted to bring back to the table, the matter of vacating a 40-foot wide, 145-year-old section of road known as 570^th Street, north of Boston Road in Brighton Township/northwestern Cass County, that is in the State of Iowa Right-Of-Way, under Interstate 80. Afterward, they voted to approve a Resolution closing and vacating the road. Board Chair Steve Baier read the proposed Resolution, prior to the Board’s vote:

(The intent of this road closure is to vacate all of 570^th Street contained in the State of Iowa right-of-way for Interstate 80.)

The Resolution further stipulates….

(The remaining roadway segments of 570th north of Boston and south of the Cass/Shelby County line will remain a Class A roadway and Cass County Bridge #460 will remain a priority; and in the event a bridge inspection recommends a posting under a legal 80-thousand pound load, remedial steps to alleviate the deficiency will be taken and be a priority.)

The order to vacate the road is contingent upon one thing…

(The execution of a cooperative agreement fora bridge removal mitigation program between the County and Iowa DOT.)

In other business, the Board discussed but took no action at this time, on the establishment of an abatement plan for industrial or commercial property improvements for specified classes of property in the non-incorporated area of Cass County.

They approved an allowance of $40 per month, for use of a personal cell phone for County business. Their action applies to the following individuals: Info Tech Sean Berens; custodian Dan Proehl; Secondary Roads: shop foreman Curtis Holste; Operators III Ethan Miller and Leo Beschorner; working foremen David Christensen, Andrew Steffen and Scott Holaday; yardman Mark Knudsen; assistant to engineer Rich Hansen; engineer Trent Wolken; Engineering technician Christian Kinzie; Treasurer Tracey Marshall; Sheriff civil deputy Spencer Walton.

The Board discussed financing options for loan notes of six, eight or ten years.  After due discussion, the consensus was to proceed with the six-year option.  Action will be taken at next session.  And, the Board postponed action on approving a construction permit for a 1,280 head of deep bedded beef cattle confinement building for A-to-Z Feeders owned by Alan Zellmer. The structure would be an addition to an existing confinement building, and would bring the total number of beef cattle head to 2,180. The application calls for it to be located in Section 9 of Washington Township. The proposal will be published in the Atlantic News Telegraph for review. The public will have until Dec. 17^th to voice or submit written objection. A public hearing is NOT required. The Board must score the Zellmer’s application via the Master Matrix and submit its recommendation to the Iowa DNR no later than Jan. 3, 2022. More formal action on the matter is expected to take place Dec. 21^st.

And, Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reported a Post-Election Audit Report (confirm election equipment accurately counted the votes on 11/30/2021 Atlantic Run-off Election).  Audit was conducted on Dec. 6.  Hand count was same as machine count.