March 15 The Johnson County Auditor’s Office will mail property taxpayer notification statements to Johnson County property owners containing statespecified information about proposed local government budgets and property tax rates on or by March 15, 2025. This is following the recent legislative change outlined in Iowa Code 24.2A.

These mailings are not property tax bills but rather informative documents containing proposed city, school district, and county budgets. They do not include proposed budgets for smaller taxing entities, such as the community college, assessor’s office, townships, and agricultural extension service. The information is for taxes payable in September 2025 and March 2026.

The purpose of the statement is to provide taxpayers with information about the proposed city, school district, and county budgets in time for the taxpayers to address the proposals at public hearings held before the budgets are approved. The date, time and location of the hearings are included in the statements. The budgets may be lowered after the public hearings but not raised.

Included in the document is the impact of the proposed city, school and county property tax rates on both residential and commercial properties valued at $100,000 and $300,000. Taxpayers should be aware that the actual impact of these tax rates on their properties could vary significantly from the examples provided, which do not factor in potential changes in assessed values. If the property value was recently reassessed to a higher amount, the example on the statement will not accurately reflect the effect of the valuation increase on the property taxes.

Taxpayers owning more than one property may receive multiple letters if those properties are in different tax districts.

For more information, contact the Auditor’s Office at 319-356-6004.

Public hearing for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 proposed property tax asking to take place Wednesday, March 26

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 proposed property tax asking at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The meeting will take place in conference room 203 on the second floor of the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa City. All budget work sessions will be livestreamed via the Johnson County website and Zoom.

During the public hearing, any resident or taxpayer may present objections to, or arguments in favor of the proposed tax asking. After the adoption of the proposed tax asking, the Board will set the time and date for a public hearing on the proposed FY 2026 county budget and authorize the County Auditor to publish the notice for that public hearing.

Each year, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, coordinating with other County elected officials and department heads, conducts a thorough budgeting process to create the County’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The public is invited to attend all meetings. More information about the FY2026 budget is available at https://www. johnsoncountyiowa.gov/ f inance/budget-documents