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Des Moines council hears public comment on proposed fiscal‑year 2027 property tax levy; finance director says rate unchanged
Summary
At a March 23 special meeting, Finance Director Nick Schaer told the City Council the city’s levy rate will “stay the same at 1661,” while a downtown resident urged clearer answers after attending multiple budget workshops and submitting more than 50 questions. The council approved the agenda, received and filed related documents, and adjourned; a full budget hearing is scheduled in April.
Des Moines held a special City Council meeting March 23 to receive public testimony on the proposed property tax levy for fiscal year 2027. Nick Schaer, the city’s finance director, told the council the levy rate will “stay the same at 1661” and that the city will hold a separate budget hearing in April.
Schaer told the council the hearing was the first approval step on the tax rate and was intended to gather resident feedback gathered through listening posts and a proposed‑budget workshop. "This is a hearing to on the tax rate of the city," he said. "Our tax rate is actually staying the same at 1661."…
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