By Sam Parsons

The Pella City Council met earlier this week and finalized the 2023 Bos Landen Golf Course fees. 

This will be the first year that the city will be fully responsible for course operations. In a staff memo to the council, the new fees were described as being “comparable to similar golf courses and consistent with previous years when the course was operated by management firms.” Minimum and maximum fees were set and some of the highlights included a single membership fee totaling between $1,600 (min) and $2,200 (max), a family membership fee totaling $2,300 (min) to $3,500 (max), lessons ranging from $20-200, and greens fees ranging from $10-75 for both 9-hole and 18-hole rounds. The full breakdown is available on the Pella city website and the new fee structure was approved unanimously.

The council also received an update on their sidewalk inspection program. This past year, the city inspected sidewalks primarily in the southwest quadrant of the city after inspecting the northeast and northwest parts of the city in 2018 and 2019. City administrator Mike Nardini gave some of the key numbers from the inspection and what comes next for the city.

The council agreed that they will most likely address the defective panels through the same process they have used previously, though no action was taken this week.