The Atlantic City Council will meet in-person Wednesday at 5:30-p.m.  The meeting will be held in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. (There is no Zoom option – updated 12/16).

On their agenda is an Order to Appoint Katherine Smith to the AMU Utility Board of Trustees. Once approved, Smith will succeed Joyce Jensen, who has resigned. She will fill the remainder of Jensen’s term through April 1st, 2023. The Council will also act on approving “A Revolving Forgivable Loan Program (RFLP)with SHIFT ATL and providing for an Appropriation.”

The City Council adopted a Resolution during their meeting on Sept. 18th, in support of a proposed partnership with SHIFT ATL for housing rehabilitation. City Administrator John Lund says the resolution offered general endorsement of the partnership in addition to financial support, but the Council felt that a specific monetary commitment to the non-profit organization was not yet in either party’s best interest, and that further discussion would be held. Lund says the Personnel and Finance Committee met Dec, 9th to review a detailed proposal for housing rehabilitation with representatives from SHIFT ATL. Several possibilities were considered. The proposal supported by the Committee is for the City to establish a Non-Profit Housing Rehab Loa Fund, which would be financed through three potential resource pools: A Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) Fund; LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) Fund; or an Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund.

The exact amount of support is either not yet known or being disclosed at this time, as there is a real estate offer pending, and Lund says “It is not in the interest of the City to disclose precise figures at this time. Lund says the housing rehab project would offer multiple benefits to the City, and is recommending the Council approve the RFLP. In other business, the Atlantic City Council will:

• Consider matters tabled during their last meeting, with regard to Tree Trimmer licenses for Cook Sanitation and Top Hand Tree Service
• Hold the First Reading of an Ordinance “Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Atlantic, by amending Chapter 106 entitled “Collection of Solid Waste.”
• and, act on an Order to approve a Change Order for the Atlantic Golf & Country Club Fairway Drainage Project.