City

Nodaway

$2,910 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($34.59 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$940 a yearof that goes to the city ($11.20 per $1,000)

$31,849property taxes the city levies, FY27

$55,665city budget, all funds, FY27²

Who runs it

The city council passes ordinances, adopts the budget and sets the city’s property tax.

Becky PoenNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Brenda DunnNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Clifford BaldwinNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Fred GrafNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Gary PoenNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Pat ShipleyNodaway Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Christine DunnNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Gary D. PoenNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Rebecca PoenNodaway City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023

Officials are worked out from election results: every member whose four-year term is still running, plus appointments and titles Iowa Funnel has been told about. A resignation may not show yet.

Meetings and agendas

What the council is deciding: each agenda, the resolutions and ordinances on it, and a plain-language summary.

Iowa Funnel doesn’t read this city’s agendas yet. Every council and board posts its agenda at least 24 hours before it meets.

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Nodaway

Homes and businesses in most of Nodaway pay a combined $34.59 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Adams County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $11.20. Estimate your bill.

Villisca schools$13.8640%
City of Nodaway$11.2032%
Adams County$7.5422%
Southwestern Community College$1.073%
Adams County Assessor$0.632%
Adams County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.30<1%

Rates over time

Per $1,000 of taxable value: the typical combined rate people in Nodaway pay, and the city government’s own piece of it.

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$35.35	$11.00
FY21	$35.29	$11.07
FY22	–	$11.02
FY23	–	$10.90
FY24	$34.13	$10.53
FY25	–	$11.22
FY26	$35.07	$11.25
FY27	$34.59	$11.20

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$35.35	$11.00
FY21	$35.29	$11.07
FY22	–	$11.02
FY23	–	$10.90
FY24	$34.13	$10.53
FY25	–	$11.22
FY26	$35.07	$11.25
FY27	$34.59	$11.20

Compared with places this size³

Nodaway’s city property tax rate of $11.20 per $1,000 is the 28th highest of 88 Iowa cities with 50–110 people. The middle of the group is $9.38.

See all 88

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Castana	$34.13	103
2	Dougherty	$25.38	61
3	Hansell	$23.66	85
4	Whitten	$22.65	98
5	Stanley	$20.69	86
6	Ricketts	$19.22	105
7	Varina	$19.09	69
8	Sharpsburg	$18.93	69
9	Grant	$18.71	82
10	Derby	$18.13	89
11	Vining	$16.97	53
12	Northboro	$15.81	52
13	Popejoy	$15.80	76
14	Marne	$15.03	109
15	Baldwin	$14.91	99
16	Truesdale	$14.56	64
17	Yorktown	$14.48	60
18	Ferguson	$13.53	98
19	Cylinder	$12.52	84
20	Aredale	$12.19	59
21	Colwell	$12.14	52
22	Arion	$12.14	99
23	Dolliver	$11.85	63
24	Morley	$11.74	94
25	Toronto	$11.68	101
26	Matlock	$11.44	74
27	Melrose	$11.27	110
28	Nodaway	$11.20	74
29	Promise City	$11.13	91
30	Plover	$11.10	52
31	Masonville	$11.00	98
32	Numa	$10.80	69
33	Pacific Junction	$10.56	99
34	Oto	$10.45	71
35	Bradgate	$10.37	76
36	North Washington	$10.23	107
37	Dawson	$10.19	110
38	Guernsey	$10.13	59
39	Hartwick	$9.90	91
40	Gray	$9.85	62
41	Webster	$9.55	94
42	Nemaha	$9.53	65
43	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
44	Kirkman	$9.44	60
45	Wiota	$9.32	91
46	Fraser	$8.81	107
47	Macksburg	$8.81	103
48	Andover	$8.28	106
49	Knierim	$8.13	53
50	Unionville	$8.10	74
51	Carpenter	$8.10	92
52	Orchard	$8.10	64
53	Turin	$8.10	69
54	Struble	$8.10	72
55	Shannon City	$8.10	73
56	Chillicothe	$8.10	79
57	Clio	$8.10	67
58	Scarville	$8.10	75
59	Buckeye	$7.94	82
60	Gruver	$7.89	63
61	Redding	$7.86	64
62	Morrison	$7.86	101
63	Oyens	$7.86	88
64	Ralston	$7.86	76
65	Chatsworth	$7.86	72
66	Cromwell	$7.81	104
67	Arispe	$7.71	95
68	Luzerne	$7.69	111
69	Westwood	$7.67	96
70	Kinross	$7.57	80
71	Bevington	$7.41	62
72	Garber	$7.35	76
73	Spring Hill	$7.26	68
74	Greenville	$7.24	69
75	Spragueville	$7.20	92
76	Craig	$7.01	78
77	Zwingle	$6.93	86
78	Pleasant Plain	$6.79	83
79	Willey	$6.69	72
80	Tennant	$6.29	83
81	Sandyville	$6.06	59
82	Plano	$4.66	57
83	Hardy	$4.36	55
84	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
85	Graf	$2.56	76
86	Gibson	$1.88	58
87	North Buena Vista	$1.78	107
88	Balltown	$0.12	78

The city’s levies, FY27

What the city raises from each levy. The general levy is capped by state law; the others are set aside for one purpose.

Consolidate General Fund$21,97370%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$9,31230%

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Nodaway’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending from all funds, including city-run utilities like water and sewer (“business type”), which some cities run and others don’t. Transfers between funds are left out. “Cities this size” is the average for the 89 Iowa cities closest in size (50–110 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (89)
Public Works	67¢	31¢
General Government	31¢	33¢
Public Safety	2¢	11¢
Culture and Recreation	<1¢	6¢

Planned spending, FY27

All funds: property taxes, utility and other fees, state and federal money. “Business type” is city-run utilities and enterprises like water or sewer.

Public Works$28,74052%
General Government$24,28044%
Public Safety$1,4453%
Culture and Recreation$1,2002%

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$133,861	$121,598
Public Safety	$0	$0
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$23,558	$21,838
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$5,200	$2,116
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$0	$0

What it spent each year

$145,552

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State money

What the state sends the city

Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: up 29% since FY23; up 18% after inflation.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Program	FY27	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Local option sales tax	$1,377	$10,562	$11,132	$10,339	$8,197

Show the numbers

Program	FY27	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Local option sales tax	$1,377	$10,562	$11,132	$10,339	$8,197

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Nodaway City Council At-Large

5 seats: the top 5 win.

Gary Poen Winner2021.7%
Fred Graf Winner1920.6%
Clifford Baldwin Winner1920.6%
Becky Poen Winner1819.6%
Brenda Dunn Winner1617.4%

Nodaway Mayor

Pat Shipley Unopposed19100.0%

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Nodaway; official results are on each county auditor’s site.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁴

Tom Shipley (Sen. 9)Devon Wood (Rep. 17)

U.S. House:District 3

Adams County Villisca schools

Notes

For a $200,000 home with the homestead credit, at the combined rate in most of the city. Some parts of the city pay a different rate (special districts, tax increment financing districts). ↩
Cities adopt their budgets each spring for the year starting July 1. ↩
FY27 rates from the Department of Management. A higher rate isn’t always a bigger bill: it depends on how much property there is to tax. Sizes: Census Bureau 2024 estimates. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Nodaway; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Nodaway works within. ↩

Sources: City budgets and levies from the Department of Management; tax rates from the Iowa Data Hub; state payments from the Department of Revenue; prices from the consumer price index; legislative districts from Census Bureau maps.