(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday (today), voted 4-to-1 to set May 16th at 9-a.m., as the date and time for a Public Hearing on the sale of real estate in the County, with regard to the Willow Heights facility. Supervisor Wendy Richter was the lone Nay vote. Since other, required hearings were held in the fall of 2022, the hearing on the 16th is essentially a formality and to accept the sale price arranged through Property Connections Real Estate. The difference with the next hearing, is that a price and the name of the buyer will be listed. The property has not yet been sold.

In other business, the Board passed a Resolution establishing the 2023 Weed Control Program-CASS CO. Board Chair Steve Baier read from a portion of the Resolution approved….

The Supervisors received a regular weekly report from County Engineer Trent Wolken.

With regard to various bridge & road construction projects…

He said also, Bridge #380 closed last week.”

And, he said they will be working on equipping two replacement dump trucks that were ordered over a year ago. Their chassis are “on the ground,” as of Monday, but the dump boxes still need to be installed. Those were ordered over a year ago, as well as two motor graders are set to be delivered.

The Board approved the final pay voucher for the paving of Adair-Cass County Road G-61/Victoria Road. The Adair County Board of Supervisors approved their share of the project cost during their meeting on May 2nd. The total project cost is $2.5-million. Cass County’s share is $213,000.