(Atlantic, IA) – Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett and City Council members issued their respective reports toward the tail-end of Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Mayor Garrett spoke about the City’s street resurfacing projects.

The Council’s next regular meeting is at 5:30-p.m. on December 3rd, a date the Mayor reminded them is also when Cass Health in Atlantic will host a public meeting focused on cancer data specific to Cass County.

As previously reported, Ann McCurdy, Director of Marketing and Communications and Chair of the Cass Health Cancer Action Plan Team, says “The Iowa Cancer Registry’s newest data puts Cass County at the top of the list for the highest cancer incidence rate in the state. This presentation dives into the data for our county, and it gives us an opportunity as a community to come together to talk about cancer, share resources and ideas, and it’s a call to action for all of us to tackle this complex issue.” Due to the importance of information to be presented during that meeting, the Atlantic Council agreed to start their meeting at 4:30-p.m. Instead of 5:30-p.m., so that members may attend the “99 Counties” presentation.

The Mayor concluded by wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. In the Council Committee reports, Councilperson Emily Kennedy mentioned the AMU Board will hold a Budget Hearing December 1, at 4-p.m in the downstairs meeting room.

Councilman Mike McDermott reported on the Library Board meeting.

Some of the artwork to be appraised at the Library, McDermott said, is valued at $50,000. The Library’s endowment will cover the cost of the appraisal. Councilman Jeremy Butler said he attended the Airport Commission meeting on Nov. 12th.

Butler said also the Airport Commission got a funding letter from the FAA for a hangar construction project.

A six-bay hangar would cost the Commission about $150,000, but if there’s state money, it could end-up costing nothing. An interesting side note, Butler said two electric aircraft have come through the Atlantic Municipal Airport. The planes have a support vehicle that follow them, allowing those aircraft to recharge about every 150-miles. As we’ve mentioned, Atlantic Municipal Utilities is installing six EV charging stations. Butler says we may see something similar at the airport, in the future, specifically designed for electric aircraft recharging.