Below is a link for to the Department of Management's update of general purpose debt voting thresholds. The city/county amounts have been updated using the CPI for urban consumers as of 01/02/2026.
This series of videos serves as a tutorial for city officials on the city budget process in the State of Iowa online budget system. Click the full playlist link below to play all videos, or use the individual page links below to jump to specific topic videos in the series.
This video series is an overview of the process for submitting a City AFR to the State of Iowa. Areas covered will be navigation of the online system, filling in the revenues & expenditures pages, completing the Other P10 page, and submitting the AFR. This series is aimed at city staff members responsible for filing the AFR yearly with the State of Iowa.
Presentation slide deck to be used with the City AFR recorded videos. This video series is an overview of the process for submitting a City AFR to the State of Iowa.
Notices must be provided to the public at least ten (10) and no more than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing with date, time and location of the hearing.
Budget amendments for the current fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30 should be completed by May 31. Budgets may be amended after this deadline, but if the amendment is protested and properly appealed it is void.
A proposed amendment of a local budget is subject to protest for ten days from the decision or order of the board of supervisors, city council, school board or other public body or corporation with the power to levy a tax.
City annual financial reports (AFR) are due December 1 for the prior fiscal year ending June 30.
The Annual Urban Renewal Report (AURR) for the fiscal year ending June 30 is due to the department and Iowa Legislative Services Agency by the following December 1. The AURR is a report of all urban renewal activities, balances, revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year.
