Democrat presidential candidate John Delaney will make a campaign stop in Cass County, Monday evening. The American attorney and businessman will be in Cumberland at the Middle of Nowhere Restaurant (112 S. Main St.) for a meet and greet from 5-until 6-p.m. There, Delaney will speak briefly about his campaign for President and take questions from the audience. Reserve your seat for the event on his campaign’s website.

Delaney served as a United States Representative for Maryland’s 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.

(Updated 1/13) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors will meet in a regular session at 9-a.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 14th), in their Boardroom at the Cass County Courthouse. On their agenda for the day, is the interviewing of an applicant for the County Engineer’s position and a related closed session. Prior to the interview, the Board will act on assigning a Tax Sale Certificate for Lot 1 – Block 7, & Lot 6 – Block 6, and a vacated street between the two lots, Massena First Addition.

The Board will also receive a Quarterly report from Conservation Director Micah Lee, and regular department head reports, as available. As time allows, they will review the FY 2020 Budget and review the FY 2021 Budget, with consideration of funding requests for library contracts, an ambulance service contract, and individual departmental budgets.

The Atlantic City Council will hold a regularly scheduled session 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, in their Chambers at City Hall. On their agenda, is the recognition of Sondra Martin for her 5-years of service to the Atlantic Public Library. The Council will then move to act on approving a change order for the Ash Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project, which would allow certain residents in the area of East 22nd Street, east of Olive Street, to connect to the existing sewer system.Two couples in the area currently have septic systems.

The Community Development Committee met last month to review the proposal and found at least one of the residents would bear considerable cost should the City make the extension. Expanding the sewer system from the east would cost nearly $29,000, and from the west, over $86,000. Since the City’s Comprehensive Plan calls for that area to see growth of low-density, single family development in the long-term. Officials say when development occurs in that area, the City will need to extend the sanitary sewer. City Administrator John Lund says it may be more budget-friendly to pay for the extension with utility revenue than require the development to be sequestered within a TIF (or, Tax Increment Financing) District, and paid for through property taxes. The CDC unanimously recommends the Council approve the extension, and allow Joe and Kendra Garvey, and Robert and Denise Sharp, to pay for their connections to the system. Lund says the change order will ease the “Administrative red tape and paperwork between Snyder and Associates (Engineers) and the City.”

In other business, the Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, will act on orders to: Appoint Melissa Ihnen to the Planning and Zoning Commission; Re-appoint Barb Barrick as the Atlantic City Clerk; Appoint David Wiedersteen as City Attorney; and other, administrative matters.

The Audubon School District’s Board of Education will hold a brief, Special session this Wednesday morning (Jan. 15th), to act on approving a Resolution Ordering an Election to be held (in March) on the issuance of $7.5-million in General Obligation Bonds. The meeting takes place 7:30-a.m. in the Boardroom at the Audubon High School.

If approved by voters in the Audubon Community School District, the bonds would be used to pay for a school improvement project at the high school, which was built over 50-years ago and saw an addition constructed in 2006. School officials have said the building is in need of a replacement HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system, as well as simple upgrades to classrooms.

The School Board had previously decided to handle the projects all at once, in order to save money, as opposed to piecing work on the various projects out over a period of time. And, they voted to approve Denovo as the Construction Manager for the projects, which would begin in the Summer of 2021. Public meetings are planned to better explain the work needed, as well as the bond issue.