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East Central Iowa Council of Governments
FY26 Assessment Schedule
Adopted January 29, 2025 by the:
MPOJC Urbanized Area Policy Board
MPOJC Rural Policy Board
Date: January 29, 2025
To: MPOJC Urbanized Area Policy Board
MPOJC Rural Policy Board
From: Kent Ralston, Executive Director
Re: FY26 ECICOG Assessment Schedule
The East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) is the Regional Planning Association for east-central Iowa, including Benton,
Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Tama and Washington Counties. ECICOG conducts planning and grant administration services in the
areas of community and economic development, housing, transportation, and solid waste management. ECICOG is governed by a policy
board including elected officials and citizen representatives.
In 2010, the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County (MPOJC) Urbanized Area Policy Board directed that the schedule of
ECICOG assessments be considered separately from the annual MPOJC budget. ECICOG assesses counties on a per capita basis. In
Johnson County, governmental entities are in-turn assessed on a per-capita basis. ECICOG has proposed a 2% rate increase for all the
counties it serves for FY26. This assessment schedule reflects 2020 Census figures for each entity as required by the MPO Bylaws.
East Central Iowa Council of Governments FY26 – FY28 Assessments
FY25 FY26 FY271 FY281
Actual Proposed Forecast Forecast
$86,769 $88,504 $90,274 $92,080
Community Population %Assessment2 %Assessment2 %Assessment2
Iowa City 74,828 48.95%$32,795 ----37.06%$32,795
Johnson County (rural)21,884 14.32%$9,591 28.05%$6,033 17.65%$15,625
Coralville 22,318 14.60%$9,781 28.60%$6,153 18.00%$15,935
North Liberty 20,479 13.40%$8,975 26.25%$5,646 16.52%$14,622
Solon 3,018 1.97%$1,323 3.87%$832 2.43%$2,155
Tiffin 4,512 2.95%$1,978 5.78%$1,244 3.64%$3,221
Lone Tree 1,357 0.89%$595 1.74%$374 1.09%$969
University Heights 1,228 0.80%$538 1.57%$339 0.99%$877
Swisher 914 0.60%$401 1.17%$252 0.74%$653
Oxford 722 0.47%$316 0.93%$199 0.58%$515
Hills 863 0.56%$378 1.11%$238 0.70%$616
Shueyville 731 0.48%$320 0.94%$202 0.59%$522
152,854 100.0%$66,993 100.0%$21,512 100.0%$88,504
Assessments
Expenditures
Payment to ECICOG
Small Communities Planning Assistance Total FY26 ECICOG AssessmentGeneral Assessment
ECICOG is a multi-county regional planning agency which includes Johnson County . It is Region 10 in the state’s system of regional planning agencies.
Planning assistance is available through ECICOG to the small communities in Johnson County. All municipalities in Johnson Cou nty pay a population-based
general assessment for the overall support of ECICOG. An additional planning assistance assessment is made to all communities – except Iowa City which
is a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement city.
1Assumes a 2% increase.
2 Assessment figures may not equal exact percentages shown due to rounding.