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0 development cases, 230 upcoming public meetings and 0 open comment windows across 26 covered cities - all from official records. Enter your address to see what’s near you.
City scores weighted by the records behind each, from the 25 of 26 covered cities with a full record base. How it’s measured
Share of scored cities in each band - a distribution, not a ranking.
230 public meetings are on Iowa calendars right now, across 26 covered cities - 636 were held or scheduled in the last 90 days.
10+ are coming up this week.
0 land-use and permit cases are on record across Iowa's covered cities.
Each case names the government record it came from.
No comment windows are open right now in the covered records.
Every agenda and project page shows how to take part when the record says so.
26 cities are covered; 26 have enough records for a number - 6 Good, 20 Limited.
A city appears as soon as its meeting portal or permit records can be read.
City government finances summed across the 26 covered cities with Census finance data - not every government in the area, and county/state/school spending is not included. Read from the Census Bureau government-finance file.
Reported by 24 city police agencies to the FBI (NIBRS) and read from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Offenses reported to the FBI by the covered cities' own police agencies, summed - not sheriff or state patrol activity, and not every city reports every year; reporting practices differ between agencies.
The next one on the calendars is Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting (Spencer) on Monday, September 7 - one of 230 meetings currently scheduled across Iowa's covered cities. Each meeting page links to the city's own agenda.
Cities set their own rules - sign-up forms, comment periods and time limits differ - so every agenda page here shows that city's own participation instructions when the record includes them.
Most of Iowa's covered cities rate Good on community safety: 14 Good, 4 Fair, 6 Low of 24 scored cities, by reported crime against similar-size communities. In 2025, police agencies across Iowa's covered cities reported 2,435 violent offenses (about 1 for every 295 residents) and 12,748 property offenses (about 1 for every 56 residents) to the FBI. Counts are what agencies reported; practices differ between agencies and years.
Violent offenses are down 18% since 2021 and property offenses are down 16% since 2021, by the rates the covered cities' police agencies reported to the FBI (population-adjusted, complete reporting years only).
In FY2022, Iowa's covered cities spent $2,908 per resident. The biggest shares went to general government & administration (19%), sewer, water & waste (19%), health & welfare (14%). Figures are the Census Bureau's own survey of local government finances, summed across the covered cities.
In FY2022, Iowa's covered cities raised $3,112 per resident, mostly from charges & fees (28%), property tax (26%), state & federal aid (15%).
48 (Limited) - city scores weighted by the records behind each, from the 25 cities with a full record base. It describes what official records show about responsiveness, safety and spending; it never ranks governments or predicts anything.
26 of 26 covered cities have enough official records for a number: 6 Good and 20 Limited. A Limited band means the records show gaps or there are not yet enough records to say - never a judgement.
From the governments themselves: city meeting portals and agenda documents, city and statewide land-use records, reported crime and government finance files. Every item names its official source, and pages refresh every 12 hours.
Bands describe what the records show; nothing here ranks a government. Computed Sep 4, 2026, 10:01 PM, refreshed every 12 hours. How it’s measured