The Pella City Council wrapped up the annual budget workshops at their regular meeting Tuesday.

Council received presentations from the Pella Library, Police, City Hall, and Planning and Zoning about the upcoming fiscal year and five-year capital improvement plans for each department. Additionally, council reviewed the option to supplement funding for the Pella Convention and Visitors Bureau after the organization partnering with the City was hit hard by declining tourism due to COVID-19.

During regular business, a public hearing was scheduled on March 2nd to approve the city’s maximum property tax rate at $10.20 per $1,000 for the 20th consecutive year, and a hearing was set for April 6th to approve a contract for infrastructure upgrades to the Oost Poort Alley, which is projected to cost up to $951,618.

The Pella City Council also approved the 2019-20 audit and the 2nd readings of ordinances to amend a planned unit development for Genlink on Idaho Drive and to establish the Collegiate Neighborhood Historic District.