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Finance director explains how House File 718 changed county levy options
Summary
At the special session Finance Director Michelle Wiedner summarized how House File 718 altered levy-growth calculations and removed the prior administrative option that allowed counties to adopt a statement to exceed levy caps.
Finance Director Michelle Wiedner told the Board that recent state legislation — House File 718 — altered how counties calculate allowable levy growth and removed a procedural path counties had previously used to exceed statutory levy caps.
Wiedner said the law limited growth tied to changes in non‑TIF taxable valuation and noted Black Hawk County’s countywide growth for FY27 was about 1.5%, below the 2.75% threshold for certain reductions. She added that the legislation "no longer" permits counties to adopt a statement to exceed the $3.50 general basic levy or the $3.95 rural maximum, reducing the county’s administrative flexibility going forward.
Her explanation framed why some early levy drafts were adjusted and why the county has used the rural supplemental levy this year to manage rural levy totals. The presentation did not include any formal legal opinions; Wiedner presented these points as the county’s interpretation for the supervisors' consideration.
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