The Pella City Council approved a 28E agreement with surrounding townships for ambulance service at their meeting Tuesday. As part of the deal, Lake Prairie, Summit, Black Oak, and Richland townships, as well as the City of Leighton, will pay the city a total of $36,000 for services provided during the previous fiscal year and $46,000 for the current budget through June of 2024. The agreement is meant to be temporary until a possible essential services tax vote, which according to the memo, is tentatively planned on March 5th, 2024 in Marion County.

The council also approved a resolution for voluntary annexation of land along West Washington Street, established October 31st as Beggar’s Night, accepted final public improvements at the Old City Hall Alley Reconstruction Project, and discussed the Marion County Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Additionally, three ordinances were adopted related to food trucks, establishing new language in city code for mobile food units to differentiate between those businesses and other peddlers in the community. The new regulations create separate definitions for mobile food unit and establish allowable uses and zoning.