(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council will meet in a regular session Wednesday, their first for the month of June. Among the action items on their agenda, is

• An order to set the date of a Public Hearing for Amending the FY 2022 Budget, as June 15, 2022. City Administrator John Lund, in his agenda notes, said “Traditionally, Atlantic only needs one amendment to reconcile our finances. Unfortunately, spending has continued at a pace where a second amendment is going to be necessary.” Lund added, “This will be the first time since I became an employee of the City in March of 2011, that this has been necessary.” He warned that following a “post mortem on the FY 22 Budget, there will be “extensive discussion on revenues and spending this summer and fall, with our Department Heads.””
• The Council is also expected to hold a Public Hearing on an Ordinance “Adopting the proposed amendments to the City of Atlantic Zoning Code, 2018,” followed by the first reading of the Ordinance, which pertains to signs in residential zones. The Zoning Commission adjusted the language ordinance to allow for “One sign located on the building, and one monument sign, per each street frontage, with each sign not to exceed 24 square feet in surface area, displaying information for churches, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, clubs, offices, libraries or similar uses….such signs may be illuminated.”
• There will also be a Public Hearing on the sale of City-owned property at 611 Linn Street, as previously mentioned in our newscasts, and, action on a Resolution to sell the lot to Henningsen & Baragary, LLC, for the sum of One-dollar. The buyer has agreed to build a $300,000 home on the parcel, which exceeds the application minimum.

In other business, the Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett, with the Council’s approval, will proclaim June 13-17, 2022, as Ride Transit Week, in Atlantic. The City has previously agreed to budget $8,000 to help fund the Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (SWITA), which operates under SWIPCO. During FY 2021, SWITA provided more than 377,000 rides, and their buses traveled more than 1.8-million miles, combined.