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Finance Director Michelle Wiedner presents proposed Black Hawk County tax levy; budget hearing set for April 20
Summary
Michelle Wiedner, Black Hawk County finance director, outlined the proposed FY2027 property tax levy and budget, reporting modest overall collection growth (about 1.8%) and lower residential rate increases after board adjustments; the county will hold a budget adoption hearing on April 20 at 9 a.m.
Michelle Wiedner, Black Hawk County finance director, presented the proposed property tax levy and FY2027 budget at a special board session on April 13, saying the county now expects total tax collections to rise by about 1.8% and that recent board adjustments have reduced earlier-projected residential increases.
Wiedner told the Board of Supervisors the draft levy and tax-asking materials first published around March 1 and discussed at a March 24 hearing showed larger percentage increases (urban residential earlier projected around 4.55%, rural residential around 5.45%), but subsequent decisions narrowed those amounts. "As of today, if the board chooses to stay with the decisions they made through last week, our urban residential increase is at 3.03% and our rural residential is at 3.41%," Wiedner said.
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