Voters in Pella have given the Pella City Council the green light to move forward with a telecommunications utility.

Unofficial results:

“Shall the City of Pella, in the County of Marion, State of Iowa, be authorized to establish a Municipally-Owned telecommunications system (including cable communications, television, video, voice, telephone, data, internet, broadband and all other forms of telecommunications and cable communications systems and services) Utility?”

630 ballots received
Yes – 582 (92.4%)
No – 48 (7.6%)