(11:38-a.m.: Sunderman corrected his earlier statement w/regard to Griswold City Council) The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Tuesday), canvassed the results of the Nov. 5^th School Election for the Atlantic Community School District. That includes adjacent counties where property and/or patrons of the school district reside. Auditor Dale Sunderman reported there were some minor increases in votes for four of the five candidates, but they did not affect who won the three seats on the Board. The final tally showed: Incumbent Jenny Williams with 690 votes (no change);Mark C. Foegen with 527 votes (a gain of 2 votes); Nicholas Hunt had 943 votes ( a gain of 1 votes); Laura McLean had a total of 592 votes (a gain of 3 votes), and Benjamin Winford with 585 votes (also a gain of 3 votes.).

Williams, Hunt and McLean were declared the winners, of the election. There was a twist to the Griswold City Council Election, though. Dale Sunderman said after the write-in winners were contacted, one of them, GREG LIGHTNER withdrew from the position. A City may then offer the seat to the person with the next highest votes, which in this case was Ryan Askeland. Askeland accepted the position. He joins fellow write-in Kirk Stapleton, and incumbent Carmen Sorensen. Each will serve a four-year term. Askeland, as you may recall, also won election to the At-Large seat on the Griswold School Board.

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors spoke with former Cass County Engineer Charles Marker, about returning to serve on an interim basis until a full-time Professional Engineer (PE) can be found. Marker said he would be happy to come back, but both he and the Board agreed there are some matters that need further research, such as how paying him on an hourly basis would affect his IPERS and Social Security. Marker had previously served as the Cass County Engineer for 16-years.

He retired in 2016, and was succeeded by Charles Bechtold, who abruptly resigned in August of this year.