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Reinbeck City Council hears proposed 2026 property tax levy of $12.10245
Summary
City Administrator Julie Wilkerson told the Reinbeck City Council that a proposed property tax levy would rise to $12.10245 per $1,000 of taxable valuation, citing employee wage, benefit and insurance increases; the hearing received no public comment and was closed the same evening.
The Reinbeck City Council opened a proposed property tax levy hearing during a special session April 6, 2026, at Council Chambers. City Administrator Julie Wilkerson presented the levy figures and identified the factors behind the proposed increase: "the levy rate will be $12.10245," she said, explaining that employee wages and benefit increases and higher insurance costs drove the change.
Wilkerson told the council the current-year certified levy rate is $12.10487 and that, had the budget been kept the same for the next fiscal year, the levy would have been $11.87046. The council recorded no written or oral comments for or against the proposal; Councilmember Johnson moved to close the hearing, seconded by Councilmember Trepp, and the council voted 4-0 to close the hearing at 5:05 p.m. The meeting then adjourned on a 4-0 vote.
