Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones, Wednesday evening, will administer the Oath of Office to three, current Atlantic Police Officers who are moving up in the ranks. The ceremony will take place in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall, during a regular meeting of the Atlantic City Council, which begins at 5:30-p.m..

Sgt. Paul Wood, who has served the City for almost 13 years, is being promoted to Lieutenant, to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Lt. Jon Parsons. Officer Dustin Pieken, who has served the City for nearly 10-years, is being promoted to Sergeant, to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of Paul Wood. And, Officer Devin Hogue is being promoted, Wednesday, to Lieutenant, to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of Dave Erickson to Police Chief. Hogue has been an Atlantic Police Officer for almost 6-years.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will act on approving a Resolution that approves a “Development Agreement with the Whitney Group, LLC, authorizing annual appropriation tax increment payments and pledging certain tax increment revenues to the payment of the agreement.”

The Agreement before the Council Wednesday evening, is the final version for the Whitney Inn Tax Increment Financing (TIF) project. The agreement specifies:

• The property will have a minimum assessed value of $1.7-million dollars.
• $476,000 will be assessed as Commercial; $1.224-million will be assessed as Multi-residential.
• At the most, the taxes paid by the Whitney group will be the amount rebated. No other property taxes will contribute to the rebate.
• The total value of the TIF rebates will be $750,000.
• There is no maximum or minimum as to the amount to be rebated. Instead, that is dependent upon the taxes paid by the developer.

The Agreement also states:

• Only 90% of the eligible amount of taxes paid will be rebated. The other 10% the City chooses not to TIF. The City will allow the 10% to return to the general levies of the City, County and School District.
• The City will keep the TIF District open until the $750,000 has been paid to the developer. City Administrator John Lund says that should take 17 years, but a maximum of 20-years is allowed by State law.
• The City of Atlantic will not be “On the hook,” to pay the rebates if the Legislature decides to “Further tamper with either the property tax system or tax increment financing laws,” according to Lund.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to meet 8:30-a.m. Wednesday at the courthouse, in Atlantic. During their meeting, the Board will receive a quarterly report from Micha Lee, with Cass County Conservation. They’ll also hold a Public Hearing on designating a 2017 Cass County Agribusiness Urban Renewal Area and on proposed Urban Renewal Plan and Projects related to the proposed Elite Octane ethanol plant project.

Following the hearing, the Cass County Supervisors will act on approving: “A Resolution to Declare Necessity and Establish and Urban Renewal Area…and approve Urban Renewal Plan and Project for the 2017 Cass County Agricultural Urban Renewal Area”; an “Ordinance providing for the Division of Taxes levied on taxable property in the 2017 Cass County  Agribusiness Urban Renewal Area,” and a “Resolution fix[ing] the date of a meeting at which it is proposed to approve a Development Agreement with Elite Octane, LLC, including Tax Increment Payments in an amount not to exceed $8.5-million dollars.”

The Creston Police Department says a Creston resident reported to authorities, Monday, that a debit card from a wallet he lost Sunday, had been used at a Casey’s convenience store, in Creston. The loss was estimated at $20.

The Board of Supervisors in Adair County will hold their regular weekly meeting this (Tuesday) morning, in Greenfield, beginning at 9-a.m.  During their session at the Courthouse, the Adair County Supervisors will act on: a Grand River Trustee resignation; a Fiscal Year 2016 Audit Representation letter; the awarding of a Farm-to-Market granular surfacing contract, and Conservation correspondence.

County Treasurer Brenda Wallace will present her semi-annual report to the Board, and Teva Dawson will talk about the North- and Middle River watersheds. The Adair County Supervisors will conclude their meeting with a Budget work session.

There are at least two area meetings on tap for this evening you may be interested in. The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department’s Board of Directors will meet in the Council’s Chambers at the Atlantic City Hall, beginning at 5:15-p.m. And, the Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton School Board will meet beginning at 6-p.m., in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building.

During their meeting, the Atlantic Parks and Rec Board will act on approving a Little Schoolhouse donation. They’ll also hear updates from Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm, with regard to the Sunnyside Pool Steering Committee, the Enhance Iowa CAT grant application, and the Sunnyside Ice Rink, along with Park Shelter Reservations. Staashelm will also discuss a Schildberg Recreation Area Campground Board recommendation, and planning for Summer Programs and Projects.

The Exira/E-H-K School Board is expected to discuss tonight: The Teacher Association’s opening proposal; a Budget review; the FFA Feb. 8th competition and possible trip; a request from Salem Lutheran Home for Assistance in the event of an emergency; Facilities assessment; a Review of the refinancing estimate, timeline and term sheet, and building alignment, among other matters.