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Iowa City council selects ballot language, rejects sunset for proposed sales tax
Summary
Council agreed to place a local option sales tax (LOT) on the Nov. 4, 2025 general election ballot, adopted council‑draft ballot language and decided not to include a sunset clause. The proposed allocation is 50% property‑tax relief, 25% affordable housing, 10% infrastructure/public facilities and 15% community partnerships.
The Iowa City Council agreed on July 8 to place a local option sales tax question on the Nov. 4, 2025 general election ballot and to use the council‑draft ballot language with a single wording correction (pluralize “households” in the affordable‑housing allocation).
Staff reminded the council of prior direction: the draft measure would allocate 50 percent of LOT revenue to property‑tax relief (as required by state law), 25 percent to affordable housing, 10 percent to…
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