The Atlantic City Council will hold a regularly scheduled session 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, in their Chambers at City Hall. On their agenda, is the recognition of Sondra Martin for her 5-years of service to the Atlantic Public Library. The Council will then move to act on approving a change order for the Ash Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project, which would allow certain residents in the area of East 22nd Street, east of Olive Street, to connect to the existing sewer system.Two couples in the area currently have septic systems.

The Community Development Committee met last month to review the proposal and found at least one of the residents would bear considerable cost should the City make the extension. Expanding the sewer system from the east would cost nearly $29,000, and from the west, over $86,000. Since the City’s Comprehensive Plan calls for that area to see growth of low-density, single family development in the long-term. Officials say when development occurs in that area, the City will need to extend the sanitary sewer. City Administrator John Lund says it may be more budget-friendly to pay for the extension with utility revenue than require the development to be sequestered within a TIF (or, Tax Increment Financing) District, and paid for through property taxes. The CDC unanimously recommends the Council approve the extension, and allow Joe and Kendra Garvey, and Robert and Denise Sharp, to pay for their connections to the system. Lund says the change order will ease the “Administrative red tape and paperwork between Snyder and Associates (Engineers) and the City.”

In other business, the Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, will act on orders to: Appoint Melissa Ihnen to the Planning and Zoning Commission; Re-appoint Barb Barrick as the Atlantic City Clerk; Appoint David Wiedersteen as City Attorney; and other, administrative matters.