The City of Indianola recently concluded several staffing studies for the Indianola Police Department and Indianola Fire Department that concluded the city is understaffed in both areas, and that space is an issue for City Hall and both departments.

City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News City Hall is not operating as efficiently as possible.

“We have departments that are split by hallways, we have equipment stored in multiple locations for police and fire and in the time of emergency that could make a difference because seconds matter. As far as the building, we identified that some of our mechanical systems, the boiler system, our windows were not as efficient as they could be which does cost more to run and maintain.”

Waller also said this was the first phase of the assessment, and the direction of the Indianola City Council was to do a more focused assessment on what the next steps should be for the city to have as much data and evidence to present to the public before making any decisions.