The Pella City Council has taken another step forward for the telecommunications utility. City Administrator Mike Nardini says an engineering contract with Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. was approved for $210,000 to design and oversee construction of a new facility for the utility. Nardini says the new building on South Prairie Street would house several functions of the telecom, as well as functions for the electric department. The goal is to complete the building by Fall of 2020, ahead of the scheduled roll out of the telecommunications utility in early 2021.