With a light agenda, the Atlantic City Council held a shorter than normal meeting Wednesday evening. In his regular report, City Administrator John Lund said residents will be receiving letters this fall from Utility Service Partners, Inc. (USP) with regard to an optional National League of Cities (NLC) warranty for existing Sanitary Sewer lines. Lund reminds residents that the City is only a partner in the program, it is NOT mandatory. Lund says for residents with much older properties (40+ years old), it might make sense to have those lines insured.Individual property owners who elect to sign-up for the warranty service will have to pay for the warranty, which helps to pay the repair cost of unexpected water or sewer line failures from the City right-of-way to your home. Those repairs can typically cost thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. In June of 2015, the City opted to enter into a Marketing agreement with USP, Inc., for water line warranty service. The company pays the City a small royalty each month for each paid warranty contract with residential customers.

In other business, Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones once again reminded young motorcyclists not to be doing stunts (like wheelies) and speeding, in town. Jones was blunt about the dangers those types of stunts and speed can do motorcyclists, and the dangers they pose to the public. He said he’s had complaints from the public about the cycles racing through town at a high rate of speed, and if a crash happens, he said “I don’t want our policemen picking their brains up off the street and put ’em in a bag and then have to call their parents and say here’s your son, or here’s your daughter.” He said if they want to race, do it outside of Atlantic. The Mayor said also he received a call from a member of the Atlantic Cemetery Board asking if “We needed extra [burial] plots because of the bikes running up and down Main Street?”

Atlantic Police Chief Steve Green said if they catch motorcyclists driving recklessly through town, they can lose their license on the spot and be subject to a hefty fine. On another note, Jones said also, he would like any resident of Atlantic who wants to fill an At Large vacancy on the City Council, to turn in their names and preferably a resume to the City Clerk, by no later than August 15th. The City’s Personnel and Finance Committee will decide on Aug. 16th, whether to make a recommendation to the full Council on the 17th, the name of someone to fill the seat left open by the resignation of Bob Cord.