(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Tuesday), voted to pass a resolution vacating the county road right-of-way for Willow Lane, for the former Willow Heights facilty. Board Chair Steve Baier says as long as the County was operating Willow Heights, it needed the driveway to be designated as a road. With the potential sale of the property, the road, he says needs to go back to being a driveway that is a private drive, closed to the public.

Here’s a portion of the Resolution approved by the Board….

In other business, the Board tabled until next week, a presentation by Kate Olson, with a request for ARPA funds to temporarily expand the role of the Cass County Wellness Coordinator to address local public health priorities and assist in long-term pandemic recovery efforts. And, they tabled discussion/action on an investment policy revision.

The Board voted four-to-1, with Wendy Richter opposed, to reduce the Compensation Board salary recommendation for elected County officials by 40-percent to 6.0-percent, and 8.1-percent for the Sheriff. The Compensation Board’s recommendation was for 10-percent increase for elected officials and 13.5-percent for the Sheriff. Richter said she thought the cuts should have been more: 50-to 60-percent.

The Supervisors heard a report from Cass/Guthrie County Environmental Health Director Jotham Arber, and a regular, weekly report from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken.