Pella city departments will present their budget proposals to the Pella City Council at a pair of budget workshops this week.

City Administrator Mike Nardini says a large number of infrastructure improvements are in the plan for fiscal year 2017, which begins July 1st. He says the city also plans to begin the engineering process for improvements to the Pella Community Center during the next budget season.

Overall, city staff projects more than $47 million in expenditures. The budget priority workshops are on Monday and Tuesday and begin at 6 p.m. in the Pella Public Safety Complex on Liberty Street.