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Black Hawk County staff outline levy, reserve and spending options as FY2027 work session begins
Summary
County staff previewed FY2027 budget timing and options Feb. 17, telling supervisors they must upload a proposed maximum levy by March 5 and suggesting use of reserves, targeted levy adjustments and staff requests to close budget gaps. No final tax decisions were made; supervisors asked for wage and department-level detail ahead of the next session.
Black Hawk County officials presented a preliminary FY2027 budget and options for the property-tax levy during a Feb. 17 work session, urging supervisors to provide direction ahead of a March 5 deadline to submit a proposed maximum levy to the Iowa Department of Management.
Michelle (county staff) and others reviewed a draft that applies a $1,000,000 ‘‘turnover pool’’ reduction to the tax asking (an assumption that some budgeted positions will remain vacant during the year) and shifts some capital equipment requests to reserves rather than the tax levy. Staff noted the county currently has healthy reserves but cautioned that reserves are a limited, one-time resource and…
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