The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports today (Tuesday), that they “Have been officially contacted and do declare that there will be an Atlantic School Special Election on April 2, 2019 with the following Public Measure A:
“Shall the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Community School District, in the Counties of Cass, Audubon and Pottawattamie, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $9,500,000 for the purpose of furnishing, equipping, constructing, improving, repairing and renovating school buildings and improving the sites therefor at the school district’s existing school buildings located in Atlantic, Iowa, including without limitation: (a) renovating, equipping and improving the football field/track/stadium, team building, concession and related buildings/site improvements, (b) renovating, equipping and improving the softball/baseball fields and related buildings/site improvements, (c) constructing, relocating, equipping and improving tennis courts and related buildings/site improvements, and (d) improving and realigning a roadway for smoother access to the elementary school and connection to the middle school?”

Voting in the Auditor’s Office and through the mail will begin on March 4, 2019. You may request a ballot by mail using an absentee ballot request found on the auditor’s website. The announcement follows action last week by the Atlantic School Board to have the measure placed on the ballot in April.