The Pella City Council will hold a public hearing to adopt the fiscal year 2025 budget at their meeting this evening. If approved as presented, the property tax rate in the City of Pella will increase from $10.20 to $10.75 per $1,000 of valuation starting on July 1st. Public hearings are also scheduled to approve a contract from bids received for Broadway Street Improvements, estimated to cost $1.5 million, as well as for a pair of zoning changes related to properties adjacent to Pella Christian Grade School, and for an ordinance amending microbrewery regulations in the Central Business District. Additionally, council will receive a presentation from a local pickleball group about options regarding courts in the city limits. Resolutions on the agenda would be to approve a preliminary plat for a subdivision at West 9th Street, as well as to amend the waste services contract with Midwest Sanitation. During policy and planning, the council will review options for the purchase or rental of golf carts at Bos Landen and begin the process of evaluating a rate increase for water services. The Pella City Council meeting begins at 6:00 this evening in the Pella Public Safety Complex and can also be heard online.