Budgets & Reports

Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports

Comprehensive annual financial reports (CAFRs) are available from the Finance Department following approval.

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Annual Budgets

Budgets prepared by the Finance Department include:

City Council Report

The Finance Department also prepares an annual staff report that is submitted to the City Council. View the Finance Department Staff Report (PDF) for the most recent fiscal year.

City Debt

A report of the City of Sioux Center's current outstanding obligations include bonds, notes, capital leases and loans is available through the state treasurer's website under Current Reports - Outstanding Obligation Report by Counties.

This is additional information about how the city is performing financially. The information in the charts below are also found in the City of Sioux Center Financial Report (PDF) for the most recent fiscal year.

2017-18 Property Tax Rate Comparison

CityPopulationLevy Rate for
Fiscal Year 2017 to 2018
Orange City6,00414.79157
Hawarden2,54614.50063
Alton1,21613.98504
Rock Valley3,35413.48099
Hospers69812.25824
Hull2,17512.71257
Boyden70712.40371
Ireton60912.10467
Sioux Center7,04811.80000
Maurice27511.47046
Matlock8711.58013
Granville31210.02990
Chatsworth798.10000


City's Historic Property Tax Levy

Fiscal YearLevy Rate
2005 to 200613.45379
2006 to 200713.77055
2007 to 200813.97244
2008 to 200914.24980
2009 to 201014.38906
2010 to 201114.38906
2011 to 201213.77542
2012 to 201313.14801
2013 to 201412.62062
2014 to 201512.39490
2015 to 201612.37006
2016 to 201711.82600
2017 to 201811.80000

Current and previous year TIF reports for Sioux Center are available in the City section on this Iowa Department of Management website.

Outstanding Debt - Both General Obligation & Revenue Bonds

Fiscal YearDebt
2007 to 200815,658,999
2008 to 200918,721,999
2009 to 201016,816,000
2010 to 201114,950,000
2011 to 201214,468,000
2012 to 201315,227,000
2013 to 201412,540,000
2014 to 20158,583,000
2015 to 20167,238,000
2016 to 20175,696,736

Legal Debt Margin Percent

Fiscal Year
Debt Margin
The City's total outstanding general obligation debt can't exceed 5% of total assessed property value. The above figures show the percentage of that 5% amount being used.
2007 to 2008
65.13%
2008 to 2009
80.62%
2009 to 2010
66.82%
2010 to 2011
54.75%
2011 to 2012
51.37%
2012 to 2013
42.95%
2013 to 2014
34.85%
2014 to 2015
25.78%
2015 to 2016
21.13%
2016 to 2017
13.72%

Fiscal 2016 to 2017 Liquid Assets

AssetAmount
Cash and Pooled Investments12,799,876
Land Held for Resale
(Investment Land)		9,362,956
 Total Liquid Assets22,162,8328


Our city debt limit for Fiscal 2017 - $26,005,079

Total General Obligation Bonds - $3,568,000

$3,568,000 / $26,005,079 = 13.72%