Members of the Atlantic City Council will gather 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2nd, for a regular session at City Hall. Among the action items on their agenda, is the First Reading of an Amended Ordinance (#999), with regard to Sanitary Sewer System (SSS) hookup requirements.

The current ordinance states the owner of any occupied structure must have that structure connected to a public sewer line if [the sewer line] is within 500-feet of the property line, and is of such design as to receive and convey sewage through gravity flow. The Amended Ordinance would remove the subsection on gravity flow being an exemption to the connection of a sanitary sewer. It also stipulates that if the structure is connected to a septic system, is within 500-feet of the Sanitary Sewer, and the septic system fails, the property owner will be required to connection to the SSS.

Persons who have been billed for Sanitary Sewer, but were on septic systems, should be rebated those charges insofar as AMU’s (Atlantic Municipal Utility’s) records can track. According to the latest information, only two properties are eligible for the rebate, which would total $9,038. The Council willact on a separate order to rebate the SSS charges to those property owners, during Wednesday’s meeting.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will act on a Resolution “Requesting reimbursement from the Iowa COVID-19 Government Relief Fund,” in the amount of $155,100 for eligible, direct expenses the City incurred during the COVID-19 emergency (including up to 25% of payroll costs for public health and public safety employees for services dedicated to mitigating or responding to the public health emergency). The first step in requesting reimbursement must be the passage of a Resolution formally requesting the funds.

The Council will also act on a Resolution “Adopting [a 28-E cost sharing] agreement” between the City,AMU and the Nishna Valley YMCA, “for the continued development and use of a Community Recreation Center.” The changes in the agreement will reflect the fact construction of the YMCA building was completed, along with funding related to the retirement of the City’s debt to finance construction of the building. City Administrator John Lund says “Overall, there are no changes in this  agreement that will alter the day-to-day relationship between the [three entities].”

Among other business, the Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, will recognize Sandy Walter for her 20-years of service to the Atlantic Wastewater Treatment Plant. Sandy has worked to ensure the City is in compliance with State and Federal regulations while managing the lab and testing of effluent.