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Urbandale council approves $9.98 per $1,000 property tax levy for fiscal 2027
Summary
At a special public hearing the Urbandale City Council adopted Resolution 128-2026 setting the proposed property tax levy for fiscal year 2027 at $9.98 per $1,000 of taxable valuation, a 5-cent decrease from the current levy; staff projected a median Polk County homeowner would see about a $29 (2.3%) annual increase.
Urbandale City Manager David Jones presented the proposed property tax levy for fiscal year 2027 and the City Council voted to adopt Resolution 128-2026, setting the levy at $9.98 per $1,000 of taxable valuation.
Jones told the council the proposed levy is a 5-cent decrease from the current $10.03 rate. He said Polk County mailed individual tax-impact statements as required by state law and that those notices provide estimated residential and commercial impacts based on the proposed $9.98 levy. "The proposed property tax levy for fiscal year 2027 is $9.98 per $1,000 of taxable valuation, which is a 5-cent decrease from the current property tax levy of $10.03 per $1,000 of taxable assessed valuation," Jones said.
Jones said residential assessed valuations in Polk County increased on average about 9.3% and noted a change in the residential rollback—the percentage of value used to calculate property taxes—that will moderate the effect of higher assessed values. "The rollback for fiscal year '26 was 47.4316% and the rollback for the following fiscal year is 44.5345%," he said, adding that those changes are intended to offset assessed-valuation increases.
Using Polk County median assessed-valuation data, Jones said a property owner with a median-priced house is projected to see a 2.3% increase in Urbandale property tax liability, or about $29 annually. He also said the city has less granular data on Dallas County parcels but expects similar residential effects there.
Council members opened the statutorily required public hearing on the levy, heard no public comment, and closed the hearing. With no speakers, the council proceeded to consider and approve Resolution 128-2026. The council indicated the levy may be lowered in a later action but cannot be increased after adoption.
The council adjourned after adopting the levy. The budget public hearing, when the council will consider the full fiscal 2027 budget, is scheduled for April 21, at which point the council may take further related actions.
