(Radio Iowa) – Waverly is dissolving its Economic Development Commission after 15 years, and officials in the northeast Iowa city of ten-thousand are looking to residents for solutions. City Administrator James Bronner says most of the commission’s duties are already being done by existing city staff, but citizen input remains important. Bronner says the key to Waverly’s future growth will come from meeting directly with residents to hear voices that haven’t had representation on the eight-member panel.

Bronner says they need to talk with new segments of the population, because if everyone is of like mind, there will be poor representation. The city council is expected to dissolve the commission early next month.