The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Thursday), approved a change of zoning classification from General Agricultural to a Light Industrial District, for a 1.32-acre parcel of land in Cass Township on property owned by Todd Leighton.
Rich Hansen, Zoning Administrator, and Assistant to Cass County Engineer Charles Marker, said the Zoning Board approved the request at an earlier meeting and recommended the Supervisors also approve the change. Hansen said Leighton wants to be a 60-by-100 foot cold storage facility for materials designed for the production of specialty tools he manufactures.

In other business, the Board approved the placement of outdoor warning sirens for the City of Lewis, on County-owned property just east of the Lewis School building and west of the road. Engineer Charles Marker recommended the request be approved, with a stipulation. That being the siren not be placed in a position where it would obstruct drainage in the area. Marker reported also, A-M Cohron has agreed to  delay for about a month, the start of construction on a bridge near the Griswold Golf Course. Work wouldn’t begin until August 3rd, under a Change Order Marker must submit and Cohron officials sign-off on. The delay is designed to allow the Golf Course be in operation without diverting traffic on unpaved roads, during the busiest part of the golf season.

The Board also moved to appoint Duane Weirich, of Lewis, to fill a Cass Township Trustee vacancy term through 2016, and they approved the appointment of Bruce Henderson, from Atlantic, as a commissioner to the Southern Iowa Regional Housing Authority, representing Cass County.