Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones and Police Chief Dave Erickson warned the public, Wednesday, about the use of ATV’s within the City Limits. Chief Erickson said they had “A little short brief incident with an ATV. We took care of that rather quickly. The Mayor said, and Erickson confirmed, that “They learned their lesson pretty well.” Mayor Jones said “You do not ride ATV’s in the City of Atlantic.” If you do, he said “The guys with the badge and gun will come after you heavy.”

Their comments came during Wednesday nights very short meeting of the Atlantic City Council. Erickson and Jones were referring to an incident last Friday afternoon, that lead to a chase and the arrest of two individuals who tried to run and hide from police. Erickson said fines from the incident amounted to $3,100 for at least one of the persons arrested. The City’s Code of Ordinances prohibits the use of ATV’s.

In other business, the Council tabled a meeting with DNR Source Water Community Facilitator for Southwest Iowa, Zachary Johannes, with regard to a Water Source Protection Plan. The action followed a miscommunication between the City and Johannes. The Council approved a recommendation to change the duration of Parks and Recreation Board members from Six-years, to four-years. The Council’s liason to the Board, Ashley Hayes, said the Board itself had already approved the change, because to leave the terms as they are, discourages people from running for the elected seats, and creates burn-out among current Board members.

In other business, the Council took action on annual administrative matters, such as approving a bank for the City’s 2019 Checking Account, and Approving the official City Newspaper for 2019 legal publications.