The Pella City Council will hold a public hearing for a contract to reconstruct Lincoln Street at their meeting this evening. The council will consider three bids for the roughly $1.074 million project that will start in July and be wrapped up late this fall, and includes complete repaving, sewer, and water line updates from Houston to East 3rd Street.

There are ten other action items for the council to consider as resolutions this evening, including:
– Wage scale and job classification structure amendment
– Supporting multijurisdictional application to the U.S. DOT (University Street proposal
– Execution of Community Project Funding Grant Agreement
– Vacation of public sanitary sewer easement near Prairie Ridge West Plat 1
– Scheduling a public hearing for vacation of public water main and sanitary sewer easements on Pella Corporation property
– Scheduling a public hearing for vacation of public water main easements on Trigen LLC Property at 102 Main
– Accepting a proposal for $15.6 million in Local Option Sales and Services Tax revenue bonds
– Joint use facility agreement between City of Pella’s electric utility and Pella Fiber
– Professional services agreement with Garden & Associates for Pella Municipal Airport apron expansion
– Professional services agreement with Terracon Consultations for materials testing for Pella Indoor Recreation Center

A policy and planning work session will follow with discussion regarding a proposed sidewalk expansion along Hazel Street north of Elm, building permit fee changes, and other upcoming agenda items to all be talked about without formal action.

The Pella City Council meeting begins at 6:00 this evening in the Pella Public Safety Complex.