The Pella City Council passed a resolution for a 28E agreement with the Marion County Treasurer’s Office to prevent residents with delinquent parking fines in the City of Pella from renewing their vehicle registration.

Pella Police Chief Robert Bokinsky tells KNIA/KRLS News the measure is aimed to incentivize paying parking tickets and other violations on time.

“What will happen as far as the 28E agreement that we’re entering into with the county, is that if somebody approaches the county treasurer’s office to renew their registration, and they have an unsatisfied parking citation, simply stated, the treasurer’s office will not renew their registration until the fine is satisfied,” Bokinsky says.

He says the resolution was presented to council due to numerous fines not being paid and frequent offenders racking up violations.

“We are now approaching $10,000 in parking debt that is not being satisfied,” Bokinksy says. “Not only that, but we’ve also found there’s a number of individuals who just elected to ignore the law and not honor their violations, as matter a fact, we have one individual in particular that has over 40 unsatisfied parking citations…and he’s not the only one.”

Bokinsky says a similar law is currently in place in Knoxville and is allowable under Iowa code. Tickets in Pella can be paid at the main window of the Pella Police Department on Liberty Street.

The 28E agreement will have to be approved by the Marion County Board of Supervisors before it goes into effect.