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Pubic Hearing on Amended FY 23 Budget at Wednesday’s Atlantic CC meeting, & Fireworks discussion/contract awarded

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May 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – A regularly scheduled Atlantic City Council meeting will be held 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. On the agenda is a Public Hearing on Amending the FY 2023 Budget, followed later on in the Council action items, by a Resolution to Amend the Budget as presented.

The Council is also expected to award the 2023 4th of July Fireworks Display contract, the bids for which were solicited following the Council’s meeting on May 3rd. City Administrator John Lund says only one bid was received by the 5-p.m. Deadline, this past Friday. The bid from Wild Wayne’s Fireworks was $12,500. The City has budgeted $10,750 for the event from the FY 2023 Budget. Lund says “without an alternative, the Council will either have to reject the bid and not have the show, or accept the bid.” He says he thinks he can accommodate the $1,750 difference in the LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) Progress Fund. The Atlantic City Council awarded the fireworks contract last year, to Wild Wayne’s.

In related business, the City Council will discuss the date of the fireworks display. The 4th of July is on a Tuesday, this year. Traditionally, the Council has set the date of the 4th and the preceding two days, as the time and days for residents to shoot-off fireworks. Since that would fall on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday this year, Lund says “there is a high degree of likelihood that they will be shot off on Saturday, July 1st. The Council he says, “Will need to come to a consensus on what days should be allowed for the use of fireworks, so those dates are finalized by their June 7th meeting agenda.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will:

  • Act on an Order to Approve an Agreement with Fusebox Marketing, for website design & development, website hosting, security and site health, a website enhancement plan and photography/video services.
  • Act to pass a Resolution adjusting season 2023 benefits for Sunnyside Pool Lifeguards.
  • Hold the 3rd and final reading of an Amended Ordinance (#1031), with regard to Sewer Service Charges (as previously explained in our news reports)
  • And, the 2nd reading of an Amended Ordinance (#1032), pertaining to Special [downtown] Parking Permits (also previously mentioned in our reports).