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Supervisors set property tax hearing and discuss FY27 budget trade-offs, bonding for radio system and election equipment
Summary
Black Hawk County supervisors scheduled a March 24 hearing on the proposed FY2026-27 property tax levy, reviewed estimated taxpayer impacts tied to revaluations, and debated using fund balance, an assessor support fee increase, and potential bonds for a public radio system and election equipment.
Black Hawk County supervisors on March 10 scheduled a public hearing for March 24 on the proposed FY2026-27 maximum property tax levy and spent the meeting's work session reviewing levy-rate calculations, taxpayer impacts and capital financing options including possible bonding for the county public safety radio system and election equipment.
Tim Jemison, real estate tax manager in the auditor’s office, explained that the statutorily required property-tax budget statements will be mailed by March 15 and that the state is using an assumed 10% assessment increase in notices this year; that assumption inflated published examples, the auditor said, and individual taxpayers may see…
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