(Atlantic) Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says the budget process is moving along. Lund appearing in front of the City Council on Wednesday says the projected levy rate appears to be around $16.54 per thousand dollars of valuation. He says that may change, but it’s going down.
“I have some good news, the city is no longer going to have to estimate what we think our health insurance premiums will be in the coming year since we are in the Iowa Communities Trust Pool. Wellmark issues renewal figures much earlier,” said Lund. “The bad news is the renewal is around 12-percent.”
Lund says Cottingham and Butler are reviewing the cities self-insured component and will have final recommendations for the coming week.
Lund set a date for later this month to review the early budget figures with the new Personnel and Finance Committee so he can answer any questions they may have.
“We have a new maximum property tax dollars resolution to pass because of the new Iowa Code, adopted the last session,” said Lund. “They intended to make this transparent but it’s not, so I can explain how that works.”
In other business Mayor Jones proclaimed January 26th through February 1, 2020, as School Choice Week. In addition to that, the Council approved a change order for the Ash Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement project. The Council also approved the appointment of Barb Barrick as the Atlantic City Clerk, David Wiederstein as the Atlantic City Attorney, First Whitney as the City’s official checking account, and approved the Atlantic News Telegraph as the City’s official newspaper.
Mayor Jones also recognized Sondra Marnin for her five-years of service with the Atlantic Public Library. Marnin joined the staff on January 15, 2015. The Mayor and Library Director Michelle Andersen recognized Sondra for her outstanding years of service to the Library patrons.
