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OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - Ottumwa’s 2022 Fiscal Budget continues on last year’s decrease of the property tax. This year by around 24 cents.

Finance Director Kala Mulder says a $50,000 house could see savings of around $12-13.

Double the savings for a $100,000 house, and so on.

However, while the overall municipal levy is reduced this year (largely in part to the removal of transit), some levies, like debt services, are increasing.

Mulder says it was lower in the past to keep overall taxes lower, but at the cost of having savings.

(KWWL) - Iowa Representative Dr. Marianette Miller-Meeks introduced H.R. 1897 on the House floor Tuesday. Called the REACT Act, the legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security to test all migrants crossing illegally into the country for COVID-19. It would apply to all migrants DHS plans to then release into the U.S. 

OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - Solving issues with federal agencies like taxes, veteran healthcare, or passports could get easier with a vote coming up in Tuesday’s Ottumwa City Council meeting.

A passed vote would see a regional office established for Representative Marianette Miller-Meeks.

The lease is for these Offices 201A and 201B in City Hall.

The offices still have items in them from the previous tenant, but the City Administrator says once a vote passes they can have the offices ready within a week.