Welcome to the City of Portsmouth Iowa

We welcome you to Portsmouth’s website. This website seeks to inform its citizens and others about ongoing projects and events in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth is a small town in the heart of America. We have an volunteer fire department and county sheriff. We provide and invoice monthly for the following services: water, sewer and solid waste.

Events in Portsmouth

Next City Council Meeting

When: Monday October 6, 2025

Time: 7pm

Where: American Legion

Reminder: Burn pile is only for yard waste. No construction waste. Only to be used by people living inside the city limits (tax payers) Please keep pieces of debris 6ft and under.

The city of Portsmouth supports fair housing practices. Call 712-743-2044 if you have any fair housing concerns

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Please do not blow grass clipping and leaves into the street/gutters. This causes a safety issue (slippery) and a maintenance issue as it clogs the gutters. It is against the city ordinance to blow lawn debree into the street/gutters. Please be courteous.

There is a 5 ton weight limits on all streets except 2nd Street. This is a farm to market road.

www.eyeonwater.com/signup see all the information on your water meter

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News from Regional Water Rural Water Association: 8-29-2025 ATP Water Update - Level Yellow

Date: Aug 29, 2025

Drinking Water Advisory

Level Yellow Press Release

Due to the efforts of its customers and member communities, Regional Water announced that it has downgraded the “Level Red” advisory to “Level Yellow”, the next lower conservation level of its Emergency Water Conservation Plan.

General Manager Tom Kallman stated that the measure was taken due to improved water levels in both their wellfield and the storage towers throughout its Avoca Treatment Plant Distribution System. “We want to thank all of our association members across our district who have done such a great job in conserving water throughout these last several weeks. We aren’t out of the woods yet, but we are moving in the right direction. We just don’t want to go back into Red or a Boil Advisory.”

This “Level Red” alert began on June 14th after a system-wide pressure loss due to excessive use. The area affected includes members and customers of the Association in Shelby, Audubon, Cass, Harrison, and Northern Pottawattamie Counties. Included are the communities of Avoca, Portsmouth, Westphalia, Kirkman, Tennant, Panama, Earling, Persia, Exira, and Brayton.

Municipal, residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial users are asked to observe the following conservation measures:

No watering or irrigation of established lawns.

Wash your car only at commercial establishments that provide that service as their only means of income. In these cases, hours of use should be restricted to 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

No water shall be used to fill private swimming pools, children’s wading pools, or similar articles.

No water shall be used to clean streets, driveways, sidewalks, etc.

Large volume water users, including industries, motels, hotels, eating establishments, and livestock confinements are requested to scale back services and/or production where feasible..

During the School Year, Schools will be authorized to use water for human consumption, food preparation, and personal hygiene/wastewater operations, to include showers for student athletes. They are requested to take whatever actions possible to reduce water consumption.

For more information, please contact the Regional Water Office at 712-343-2413.

This notice is being sent to you by:

Regional Water

PWSID: IA8300184

Date: 29 August 2025

For details, visit: [ 8-29-2025 ATP Water Update - Level Yellow ]

Petitions for Council or Mayor Candidacy - Both forms need to be filled out. 10 signatures needed and returned to the City Clerk by September 18th at 5pm

Download the forms from the forms section.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5757.00 AND PROVIDING A LEVY OF TAXES TO PAY SAME

The City Council of Portsmouth shall meet on the 1st of April, 2024, at the American Legion Building in Portsmouth, IA, at 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of instituting proceedings and taking action to enter into a loan agreement in a principal amount not to exceed $5757.00 each for expenses related to any authorized essential corporate purpose.

The Loan Agreement is proposed to be entered into pursuant to authority contained in Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa and will constitute a general obligation of the City.

At that time and place, oral or written objections may be filed or made to the proposal to enter into the Loan Agreement. After receiving objections, the City may determine to enter into the Loan Agreement, in which case, the decision will be final unless appealed to the District Court within fifteen (15) days thereafter.

By order of the City Council of the City of Portsmouth, Iowa.