The Indianola City Council approved new terms and extended term lengths for members of the Indianola Hometown Pride Committee at their meeting Tuesday. Assistant City Manager Andy Lent tells KNIA News the initial appointments to the committee were made five years ago when it was founded, and the council gave direction to city staff to help stagger the appointments from now on.

“The Hometown Pride Committee was initially put in to serve for five years, and the council wanted to keep it. The initial terms for certain members went for five years and have expired, so the city asked the council to extend those terms for another year and stagger the terms. So the council is keeping the committee in place with staggered terms as the council approves them.”

Indianola Hometown Pride is an organization of Keep Iowa Beautiful, with the aim of bringing neighbors together to build a sense of community, create and improve public amenities, and celebrate what makes our hometown great.