(Atlantic, IA) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors held a Special Meeting this (Tuesday) morning in Atlantic, during which they approved the reappointment of Terry Dugan to the Cass County Veterans Affairs Commission (term 7/1/26-6/30/29), and the appointment of Steve Livengood to the Commission (Term 7/1/26-6/30/27) to fill an upcoming vacancy.
The Board approved also, the hiring of Tyler Shiels as a Cass County Secondary Roads, Operator 1, at a wage of $26.11/hour. Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken…
They approved also a Resolution pertaining to a Canvass of the June 2nd, 2026 Cass County Primary Election Results.
As previously mentioned, Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers said the post-election audit held June 5th confirmed the accuracy of the election night ballot count, matching the original results with 100% accuracy. An additional administrative audit was conducted on June 8th for the Atlantic Ward 3 (The Cass County Community Center) precinct as required by Iowa Code and Iowa Administrative Code. The audit was initiated by the county auditor after precinct officials identified a discrepancy during the election night canvass.
The administrative audit confirmed that one ballot had not been included in the initial machine tabulation. The addition of that ballot did not change the outcome of any contest. Each race on the ballot received one additional vote, and no candidate nominations were affected. The unofficial election results were updated to reflect the corrected totals before the Board of Supervisors conducted the official canvass and certified the election results.
Trent Wolken concluded the meeting by commenting about the storm that whipped-up a tornado and dumped copious amounts of rain over the southeastern part of the County, causing damage and flooding roads.
None of the roads were washed-out, fortunately, but the Secondary Roads Department will be out shoring-up some bridges and culverts that had some damage due to flood waters.
He mentioned also the County Engineers Association will meet next week and discuss a recent bill signed by the Governor, and effective July 1st, increasing the speed limit on two-lane highways from 55-to 60-miles per hour.
The signs won’t be installed right away, he said, until the County can evaluate the placement of appropriate signage, relative to curves and reduction in the speed limit as motorists enter towns, and other factors
