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The Kalona City Council approved the city’s 2022 fiscal year budget following a public hearing Monday night. Next year’s budget is nearly identical to the 2021 budget at just under $3.5 million. City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh says most expenses will stay the same thanks to revenues that have weathered the pandemic better than anticipated, “For a community like Kalona we didn’t see a dip in our local option sales tax, we held true there with that biggest mover that we see. That’s held pretty consistently throughout this all and our projections for next fiscal year really showed s...

The City of Kalona is evaluating the future of their pop-up pantries and senior meal deliveries. City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh says they’re committed to both programs and helping residents facing food insecurity through the month of February. Though he says it’s time to assess being able to continue providing those services going forward, “I think the goal would be that we have a discussion as a community as to what’s sustainable for both fiscally as well as staff-wise. You know these are some different times. I think we’ve met the challenge of being able to do this, but we nee...

The City of Kalona has contributed $2,500 to the Washington County Sheriffs’ K9 Unit. Back in early December, the department’s K9 named Vasco, died of cancer after over five years of service helping the sheriff’s office detect drugs, track missing and wanted individuals and protect partners as well as handler, Deputy Nolan Burke. They recently added a new K9 named Dzamal. At their meeting Monday night, the Kalona City Council voted to approve the financial assistance to the K9 program and City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh presented the check to the Washington County Board of Supervisor...

The Kalona City Council has set February 15th at 7 p.m. for a public hearing for the fiscal year 2022 budget. City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh says after approving the maximum property tax levy at their meeting Monday night, they can make the next move towards finalizing their budget with the public hearing, “The budget that we’re proposing to the public is a tax levy that is identical to what their current tax-asking (rate) is and that’s $10.59 per thousand (dollars) valuation and that includes our general government, includes debt service and so forth.” Schlabaugh says the budget ...

Kalona Sets Public Hearing for Proposed Property Tax Levy