The Indianola City Council approved the adoption of SUDAS (Statewide Urban Design and Specifications) at their meeting Monday, an agenda item that creates a uniform set of standards among city equipment and procedures for the future. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News creating the uniform code creates the “Indianola Way,” and will be a huge benefit to contractors, builders, and other businesses.

“It helps ensure the integrity of what is being constructed. When we have these specifications, now we can make sure that we have those types of things. Manhole covers, things like that, we have a proper amount of stock in place, so if something were to fail we have a pretty clear set standard of what we need. Otherwise what we’ve had to do is deal with different standards, different manholes around the community that requires a special order to replace.”

Waller also said this helps the city maintenance streamline and ensure the integrity of the city long-term.