Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports a Notice of the Atlantic Community School District Special Election was published Wednesday. Persons desiring to vote prior to election day afternoon may vote an absentee ballot at the office of the Cass County Auditor during regular business hours up thru 11:00 a.m. on Election Day September 13th, 2016. The Auditor’s Office regular business hours are 8-a.m. thru 4:30-p.m., Monday thru Friday. The office will be closed Labor Day, September 5th.

The Public Measure up for vote during the election, asks if the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Community School District is authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy and impose a Voter approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (V-PPEL) not to exceed 85¢ per $1,000 of assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district, beginning July 1st, 2017, and, to impose a physical plant and equipment income surtax upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the school district, beginning with the 2017 calendar year,  with the percent of income surtax not to exceed 20%, to be determined by the board each year.

The ATLANTIC COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT consists of Cass, Audubon and Pottawattamie counties. The polls will open at 12-NOON and close at 8:00 P.M. Sept. 13th. The election is “AT LARGE,” meaning that all residents of the entire school district may vote for the public measure.