The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday is expected to act on a Resolution accepting the 2013 budget for Atlantic Municipal Utilities. AMU says its total budget for 2013 is up 12.1-percent from the current year. The utility says they’ve seen a 35.5-percent increase in electric production costs and a 21.5-percent increase in the cost of transmitting electricity. If the Council feels AMU’s budget report is not detailed enough, or fails to provide a complete financial picture, they have the option of declining it.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will hear a report from Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring. They’ll also act on a resolution accepting work on construction of the City Street Maintenance Garage, and approval of various change orders for HMA street resurfacing and the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement projects.

The City Council meeting begins at 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, at City Hall.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Saturday of a Cumberland man.  51-year old Kevin Floyd Edwards was taken into custody on a Cass County Sheriff’s warrant for OWI 2^nd Offense and an additional charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Edwards was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was released later that day on $2000 bond. And, 29-year old Eddie Ray Mack, Jr., of Audubon, was arrested Saturday, on a charge of Violating a No Contact Order. Mack was taken to the Cass County Jail, pled not guilty to the charge, and was released on Sunday.

The Sheriff’s Office says also, 50-year old Catherine Ann Renaud, of Atlantic, was arrested Nov. 28th, on a charge of OWI 1^st Offense. She taken to the Cass County Jail where she was released the following day on $1000 bond.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Department, Tuesday (12/4) released a report on arrests from over the past week. Officials say on Sunday, 40-year old Tonya Trimble, of Omaha, was arrested on a warrant out of Pottawattamie County. Last Saturday, 19-year old Corey Morrical, of Malvern, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, Careless Driving and Open Container. On Friday, 37-year old William Fuller, of Shenandoah, was arrested on Possession with the Intent to Deliver/Meth and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, charges. That same day, 26-year old Ronald Hankins, of Tabor, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension, Trespassing and an ATV violation. And, on Tuesday, Nov. 27th, 55-year old Kandyce Arman, of Glenwood, was arrested for OWI/2nd offense.