(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors met Wednesday, Nov. 12th and acted on several matters. First-up, the Board discussed and then approved a $500 contribution to ISAC (The Iowa State Association of Counties), to cover the legal costs of an Amicus Brief presentation to the U-S Supreme Court, and with regard to a case over local control of carbon pipeline projects. Numerous other counties across the State, including (locally) Montgomery, Page and Adair, have also agreed to contribute the same amount, while others were in the process of discussing and acting on the request for funds.

Supervisor Wendy Richter clarified ISAC’s role in the process.

In October, Shelby and Story County officials filed a petition in their case against Summit Carbon Solutions, seeking to appeal the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in June that upheld a lower court’s ruling barring counties from implementing ordinances regulating carbon sequestration projects–such as the proposed Midwest Express CO2 pipeline.

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors acknowledged the receipt of recommendations from the Cass County Zoning Commission, and the setting of Public Hearings, with regard to: An application for a zoning change by Robert and Karen Davis, from Suburban Rural- to Agricultural. Cass County Zoning Administrator Mike Kennon explained the reason for the request.

A public hearing on the request will take place December 2nd at 9:05-a.m. In the Supervisor’s Board Room at the Cass County Courthouse in Atlantic. The Board set Dec. 2nd at 9:10-a.m., as the date & time for a Public hearing on a requested zoning change from Kelly Wise, from Agricultural- to Business. The request pertains to a property near Wiota on the north side of Highway 6 for the purpose of building a light commercial storage unit with a fence and gates.

The Board approved a Fiscal Year 2024-25 Urban Renewal Report. And, they discussed, but took no action on a lease request by the Iowa Department of Corrections 4th Judicial District for office space at 601 Walnut, Suite 1. The Supervisors discussed a request from Cass County Treasurer Tracey J. Marshall, to approve promotions and pay raises for County Treasurer’s Clerks Stacie Linfor and Amanda Darrow. Supervisor Mark O’Brien was opposed to the raises at this time.

Board Chair Steve Baier said he was not in favor of mid-year raises. The Board’s consensus was there was no interest in approving the raises at this time, and that it would be more appropriate to do so when it is time to consider the Budget next year. In other business, the Supervisors received a quarterly report from Cass County Veterans Affairs Executive Director Mitch Holmes.

Their final order of business was to pass a resolution certifying the results of the Nov. 4th City/School elections in Cass County. According to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office 33.84-percent of the registered voters in Cass County went to their polling places to cast ballots. Board Chair Steve Baier thanked the volunteer poll workers for their service to the County during the election.