The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, will act on approving an Order for an Engineering Agreement with Snyder and Associates Engineers, for the Bull Creek Tunnel Relining Project. City Administrator John Lund says in 2016, the City issued a bond for $990,000 for “Storm Water Drainage Improvements,” with the debt to be paid from the Storm Water Utility, for a period of 20-years. That was in anticipation of major improvements to Bull Creek. The Army Corps of Engineers stepped-in however, and assumed domain. The Corps also demanded mitigation for the improvements, causing the costs to soar to more than $3.9-million. Lund says since then, the City has spent a considerable amount of money on other Bull Creek-related projects and engineering, leaving around $545,000 of the fund remaining.

One of the projects that remained, was relining of the old storm sewers throughout the downtown area of Atlantic. Lund says the City will be able to completely finish the relining project for an estimated $399,750 from the unused bond money. The remaining $146,000, he says, can either be applied to completing the more than $3.9-million enclosure and relief project, or for a capital improvement reserve for future storm water projects.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will act on re-appointing Steve Livengood to the Community Promotion Commission, for which he currently serves as Chair. His term expired last year, and Livengood wishes to continue to serve on the Commission. The Council will also set May 16th as the date for a Public Hearing to Amend the FY 2018 Budget. Lund says if the City overspends on any of the nine state-defined budget activities during a particular fiscal year, it is required to pass a budget amendment. It is a routine matter, according to Lund.

The Council will also recognize the Atlantic Police Reserve Unit, which recently was awarded with the Iowa State Reserve Law Officers Association’s Donald H. Mackman Outstanding Unit Award for the second year in a row. It’s also the seventh time Atlantic has won the award. The City’s Reserve Officers include: Bob McHugh; Jeff Hackwell; Jake Karns; Cole Lowary; Ryan Barnholdt; Jarrad Cavin, and Pastel Force. And, the Council will act on an Order to close designated streets on Saturday, May 19th, beginning at 3-p.m., for the Ba-da Ba-da Bing Bang Rally.

The Atlantic City Council meeting begins 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, in their Chambers at City Hall.