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Polk County officials say mailed notice overstated tax increase; county proposes levy cut
Summary
At a public hearing Polk County officials said a legislature-mandated mailing overstated individual tax increases; the board proposed a 10¢ per $1,000 levy reduction on the county portion and said county-level taxes will not rise as the notice suggested.
At a public hearing on the county's proposed property tax dollars, resident Mike Hatfield of Ankeny said a mailed notice showed a 6.7% increase to his property tax and urged the Polk County Board of Supervisors to reconsider, saying the rise would force fixed-income residents out of their homes. "There is no excuse to have a property tax go up this high," Hatfield said.
The chair of the board responded that the state-required notice used an assumed valuation example that overstated the change. "The mailing made an assumption that a $100,000 home would be placed at a value of…
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