(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday (Today), approved a Rural Transit System (RTS) joint agreement with SWIPCO (Southwest Iowa Planning Council), for Fiscal Year 2024-25. They also approved waiving the deadline and continuing to operate under the terms of the agreement for private development by and between Cass County and KLC Comes, LLC (Bluebird Hill event venue). The venue is owned by Kim and Drew Comes.

Board Chair Steve Baier…

In other business, there was a motion with regard to “Stand-up” a County Compensation Board, but the motion died for lack of a second. By law, all compensation boards in Iowa dissolved July 1, 2024. Regardless of whether or not a county reestablishes it, new requirements to document comparable positions and justify recommendations now exist

Cass County Supervisor’s meeting, 10-15-24

The Board received a monthly report from Jotham Arber, Executive Director of the Cass/Guthrie County Environmental Health Department, who mentioned they are closing out water testing for the year, with the advent of the first hard frost. The tests are normally conducted every three-years.

The tests cover bacteria, nitrates and arsenic that may exist beyond safe levels, in rural wells. Arber said also, they’re coming to the end of the time for to conduct any perc (percolation) tests for septic systems.