(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council met this (Wednesday) evening in their chambers at City Hall. During the Consent Agenda portion of the meeting, Councilman Dana Halder requested the topic of a Class C Liquor License for Weitzel’s Restaurant be pulled from that part of the agenda, so it can be discussed and acted on separately. The rest of the Consent Agenda was approved, including a Class-C Liquor License for the Atlas Atlantic Cinema. In asking for the item to be pulled from the Consent Agenda, Councilman Halder said he was not happy with the appearance of the property

Councilman Gerald Brink had another reason why the permit shouldn’t be approved.

Halder explained further, that he wanted to deny approval of Weitzel’s their liquor license “due to the fact they are not following our City Ordinances.”

There being no further discussion and no motion to approve the license, it was automatically denied.

Atlantic City Council mtg, 8/3/2022

In other business, the Council approved a change order for the Bull Creek Improvement project, which results in a net change in the amount of just under $6,100. The Council is pleased with the amount of work that has been done on the project. Snyder and Associates Engineer & Project Manager Jeff Godwin said the project is very close to being completed.

ARPA funds will address the cost of the change order. The Council held a Public Hearing on a proposed amendment to the Southeast Urban Renewal District. Having received no comments written or spoken, they approved the amendment which provides Tax Increment Financing (TIF) support to Boose Building Construction, L.C., in connection with the construction of public infrastructure necessary for the development of housing in the Redwood Subdivision, and ,uses TIF to pay the costs of acquiring property and constructing public infrastructure necessary for the development of the Prairie Hills Development.

The Atlantic City Council passed the second reading of an Ordinance pertaining to parking regulations, which allows parking for two-hours on Thursday’s, on the west side of Palm Street, between 6th and 7th Streets, for drive-through food distribution from the Atlantic Food Pantry. The hours affected are 11:30-a.m. to 1:30-p.m.