• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / County leaders lobby for full tax credit payment

County leaders lobby for full tax credit payment

January 29, 2004 By admin

County leaders came to the state capitol from all 99 Iowa counties today to urge lawmakers to fully fund local property-tax credits. Wappello County supervisor Mike Peterson says they fear if lawmakers try and balance the budget by eliminating funding for 160-million worth of property-tax credits, counties will have to raise property taxes — or cut public services. He says they might have to leave the county roads with no uniformed law enforcement patrols during the overnight hours, as their budget problems “can get very serious very fast.” Peterson says county managers would also have to cut services people take for granted. He says the last blizzard hit on a Sunday and plows were sent out to clear the roads but with funding cut they’d have to hold off on plowing during weekends, and perhaps only send plows out for emergency cases like getting someone to a hospital. Counties that don’t want to cut service would have to raise taxes, and Palo Alto County supervisor Lannie Miller says last year when the state underfunded the property-tax credits, some of the bill was shifted onto low-income elderly who couldn’t get tax credits they qualified for. He tells of a woman who called crying after she got her tax bill, because she couldn’t pay it — and he calls it a county problem the state has funded up till now. Miller asks why, if the state won’t fund the credits, they were ever put into place. Shell Rock State Representative Bill Dix says the fears of county leaders are premature. He says while lawmakers go about their work this session they’ll have to look at all options, and counties should not feel they’re being singled out. Representative Dix says he thinks the legislature can balance the state budget without touching local governments, but he says if the governor vetoes any parts of the budget they come up with…then property-tax credits may have to be on the table. Governor Vilsack told supervisors at the Iowa Association of Counties meeting last week that they should lobby legislators and get constituents to lobby them, for his tax proposal to be able to fully fund counties.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Legislature, Taxes

Featured Stories

Summit has easements for 20% of carbon pipeline route through Iowa

Morel mushroom hunters on hold without warmer conditions

Trinity Health aquiring all MercyOne health properties

Field of Dreams site developer wants to bid on state baseball, softball tournaments

Governor gets bill targeting Iowa bars deemed ‘public safety nuisance’

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 5/16/22

Iowa assistant coach Kirk Speraw to retire

Northern Iowa prepares for Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament

T.J. Otzelberger announces staff changes at Iowa State

Iowa State adds transfer guard

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC