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Kimballton

$3,050 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($36.19 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,200 a yearof that goes to the city ($14.27 per $1,000)

$106,897property taxes the city levies, FY27

$277,020city budget, FY27, without city-run utilities (not yet reported)²

Who runs it

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

Dirk WassonKimballton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Ramadasa JivatmaKimballton Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Sheila PartridgeKimballton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Thomas LakeKimballton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Adam LarsenKimballton City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Katie KunikKimballton City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Tony PetersenKimballton 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

How the bill is collected · What each levy is for

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Kimballton

Homes and businesses in most of Kimballton pay a combined $36.19 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Audubon County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $14.27. Estimate your bill.

Everyone else$16.0744%
City of Kimballton$14.2739%
Audubon County$5.8516%

Rates over time

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

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$38.14	$15.11
FY21	$38.08	$15.41
FY22	–	$15.28
FY23	–	$12.68
FY24	$39.77	$16.74
FY25	–	$14.27
FY26	$37.05	$14.27
FY27	$36.19	$14.27

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$38.14	$15.11
FY21	$38.08	$15.41
FY22	–	$15.28
FY23	–	$12.68
FY24	$39.77	$16.74
FY25	–	$14.27
FY26	$37.05	$14.27
FY27	$36.19	$14.27

Compared with places this size³

Kimballton’s city property tax rate of $14.27 per $1,000 is the 55th highest of 200 Iowa cities with 190–420 people. The middle of the group is $12.18.

See all 200

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Stanhope	$29.10	354
2	Fenton	$22.05	250
3	Coulter	$21.80	220
4	Chelsea	$21.61	207
5	Elliott	$21.61	328
6	Earling	$20.47	394
7	Volga	$20.23	200
8	Alta Vista	$19.88	219
9	Arthur	$19.86	218
10	Fort Atkinson	$19.19	300
11	Salem	$19.15	380
12	Cumberland	$18.42	248
13	Jamaica	$18.24	196
14	Massena	$18.23	352
15	Callender	$17.78	361
16	Casey	$17.72	387
17	Vail	$17.66	383
18	Ringsted	$17.65	346
19	Emerson	$17.54	401
20	Pierson	$17.12	335
21	Burt	$17.10	404
22	Pisgah	$17.09	248
23	Lohrville	$16.95	366
24	Lakota	$16.84	261
25	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
26	Auburn	$16.65	253
27	Mccallsburg	$16.58	356
28	Irwin	$16.46	320
29	Montour	$16.37	199
30	Lewis	$16.25	358
31	Corwith	$16.22	259
32	Deep River	$16.18	243
33	Waucoma	$16.17	235
34	Duncombe	$16.10	374
35	Bayard	$16.05	402
36	Granville	$16.00	302
37	Minburn	$15.75	317
38	Onslow	$15.63	198
39	Linden	$15.62	206
40	Peterson	$15.27	321
41	Greeley	$15.23	216
42	Arlington	$14.98	415
43	Riverton	$14.94	243
44	Marathon	$14.89	221
45	Plainfield	$14.84	392
46	Ryan	$14.84	348
47	Otho	$14.82	417
48	Ladora	$14.74	223
49	Magnolia	$14.68	194
50	Bagley	$14.63	230
51	Garrison	$14.38	345
52	Halbur	$14.37	268
53	Lorimor	$14.36	377
54	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
55	Kimballton	$14.27	281
56	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
57	Westgate	$14.05	190
58	Mystic	$14.01	318
59	Wesley	$13.91	382
60	Diagonal	$13.91	331
61	Bussey	$13.83	378
62	Mondamin	$13.82	335
63	Livermore	$13.78	382
64	Fertile	$13.70	300
65	Stockport	$13.68	272
66	Kellerton	$13.60	241
67	Quimby	$13.58	245
68	Meservey	$13.43	212
69	Persia	$13.41	292
70	Lawler	$13.39	392
71	Lacona	$13.38	336
72	Leland	$13.31	240
73	Ute	$13.26	326
74	New Market	$13.25	381
75	Plymouth	$13.21	368
76	Harcourt	$13.21	257
77	Bennett	$13.16	330
78	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
79	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
80	Clutier	$13.03	209
81	Lehigh	$12.97	395
82	Menlo	$12.92	347
83	Templeton	$12.91	337
84	Silver City	$12.87	244
85	Martelle	$12.83	250
86	Malcom	$12.82	257
87	Galva	$12.68	416
88	Martensdale	$12.63	413
89	Blencoe	$12.57	223
90	Williams	$12.57	299
91	Maurice	$12.56	271
92	Clearfield	$12.50	277
93	Kensett	$12.47	256
94	Mccausland	$12.45	314
95	Spillville	$12.40	371
96	Modale	$12.34	284
97	Mingo	$12.31	314
98	Brandon	$12.29	331
99	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
100	Cushing	$12.18	225
101	Bonaparte	$12.17	357
102	Hanlontown	$12.17	200
103	Stout	$12.14	194
104	Macedonia	$12.12	266
105	Paton	$12.09	217
106	Kiron	$12.03	262
107	Rembrandt	$12.03	199
108	Colesburg	$11.97	379
109	Liscomb	$11.96	292
110	New Providence	$11.88	233
111	Thornton	$11.86	394
112	Parnell	$11.78	190
113	Joice	$11.72	206
114	Atalissa	$11.71	287
115	Cantril	$11.69	224
116	Kelley	$11.69	312
117	Orient	$11.66	363
118	Wadena	$11.65	201
119	Cincinnati	$11.57	280
120	Delta	$11.52	257
121	Terril	$11.48	310
122	Westside	$11.45	283
123	Holland	$11.37	261
124	Churdan	$11.31	359
125	Mallard	$11.28	255
126	Miles	$11.28	400
127	Renwick	$11.16	228
128	Dundee	$11.14	193
129	Frederika	$10.99	206
130	Milton	$10.98	395
131	New Vienna	$10.91	384
132	Letts	$10.91	358
133	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
134	Birmingham	$10.87	371
135	Charlotte	$10.86	386
136	Yale	$10.85	265
137	Hornick	$10.74	255
138	Riverdale	$10.67	385
139	Bode	$10.64	304
140	Union	$10.58	378
141	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
142	Calamus	$10.47	348
143	Danbury	$10.43	315
144	Lytton	$10.38	274
145	Rhodes	$10.36	269
146	Dedham	$10.28	221
147	Deloit	$10.28	246
148	Protivin	$10.28	264
149	Andrew	$10.22	374
150	Royal	$10.20	379
151	Bronson	$10.14	294
152	Hancock	$10.13	199
153	Rudd	$10.13	339
154	La Motte	$10.09	235
155	Melvin	$10.05	196
156	Defiance	$10.05	248
157	Floyd	$10.02	297
158	Panama	$9.85	234
159	Grafton	$9.83	212
160	Lynnville	$9.68	382
161	Ionia	$9.65	220
162	Salix	$9.63	303
163	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
164	Rippey	$9.42	217
165	Farnhamville	$9.18	364
166	Middletown	$9.16	365
167	Dixon	$9.03	204
168	Lester	$8.94	309
169	Oakville	$8.89	198
170	Harvey	$8.71	242
171	Washta	$8.65	206
172	Ollie	$8.44	196
173	Rowley	$8.31	264
174	South English	$8.27	196
175	Fostoria	$8.10	229
176	Low Moor	$8.10	242
177	Bertram	$8.10	267
178	Nichols	$8.10	317
179	Laurel	$8.10	214
180	Lineville	$8.10	194
181	Luana	$7.98	303
182	Lockridge	$7.92	245
183	Grand River	$7.86	192
184	Pulaski	$7.58	259
185	Sheldahl	$7.56	312
186	Fredonia	$7.55	227
187	Worthington	$7.50	374
188	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
189	Alvord	$7.41	216
190	Columbus City	$6.94	385
191	Donahue	$6.83	336
192	Libertyville	$6.60	278
193	Keswick	$6.49	238
194	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
195	Holy Cross	$5.91	348
196	Conesville	$5.86	350
197	Maharishi Vedic City	$3.87	290
198	Wahpeton	$3.19	337
199	West Okoboji	$2.92	311
200	Rickardsville	$2.27	204

The $8.10 limit

Kimballton’s general levy is $8.02 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.08 below the limit.⁴ 426 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.26 · FY26 $8.26 · FY27 $8.02 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $6.25 more⁵

Liability, property & self insurance costs$3.22 · $23,768
Total Employee Benefit Levies$3.04 · $22,448

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$59,26156%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$23,76823%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$22,44821%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Kimballton’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 198 Iowa cities closest in size (190–420 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (198)
Business Type / Enterprise	67¢	38¢
Public Works	12¢	20¢
General Government	11¢	17¢
Public Safety	6¢	9¢
Culture and Recreation	4¢	8¢
Everything else	<1¢	2¢

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.

General Government$101,86037%
Public Works$97,99735%
Public Safety$41,85015%
Culture and Recreation$33,81312%
Community and Economic Development$1,5001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($489,353 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$70,500	$54,587
Public Safety	$8,000	$37,626
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$61,750	$66,063
Debt Service	$26,600	$2,252
Culture and Recreation	$2,100	$17,416
Community and Economic Development	$0	$240
Capital Projects	$161,700	$76,268
Business Type / Enterprise	$3.2M	$1.6M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁶

$1.9M

$1.7M

State money

What the State of Iowa pays the city each year, and whether it has kept up with prices. Does state money keep pace? ⁷

What the state pays the city every year

Road Use Tax for streets, the commercial and industrial tax “backfill”, and ambulance reimbursement, paid every year by formula: $42,272 in FY25, up 17% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 7% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$37,131	$36,254	$37,212	$37,414
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)	–	$661	–	$4,858

Grants and project money

State grants and money for specific projects (roads, development, natural resources) vary with what the city applies for and wins, so they aren’t counted as the state’s regular support.

$54,890

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$3,182
FY20	$54,890
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$0
FY25	$0

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$3,182
FY20	$54,890
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$0
FY25	$0

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−17%$36,062 → $37,414, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% less

Collected by the state for the city

The local option sales tax is a city tax voters approved; the state collects it with the state sales tax and sends it back. It isn’t state aid. It’s up 76% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 41% more.

$40,561

Federal grants, for comparison: $1.0M in FY24.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Kimballton City Council At-Large

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Dirk Wasson Winner6129.3%
Sheila Partridge Winner5426.0%
Thomas Lake Winner4421.1%
Peggy Mortensen 3114.9%
James Cogdill 104.8%

1 more →

Kimballton Mayor

Ramadasa Jivatma Unopposed49100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸

Jason Schultz (Sen. 6)Craig Steven Williams (Rep. 11)

U.S. House:District 4

Audubon CountyElk Horn-Kimballton 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. ↩
Iowa Code section 384.1, as changed by House File 718 (2023). Until FY25 a city’s regular general levy was capped at $8.10 by itself, and a city at the cap could add an emergency levy of up to $0.27. From FY25 the general levy and several smaller levies were combined into one “consolidated” general levy with an $8.10 limit; a city whose combined rate was above $8.10 lowers it in steps, in years its taxable value grows by more than the law allows, until it reaches $8.10. So years before FY25 aren’t directly comparable with later ones. ↩
Levies outside the limit are each set aside for one purpose and have their own rules: debt service pays back bonds voters or the council approved, employee benefits cover pensions and insurance, and some (transit, an airport, insurance costs) have their own caps in state law. ↩
The state’s FY24 spending file repeats the year before for nearly every Iowa city, so that year isn’t shown. ↩
From the city’s annual financial reports to the state (Iowa Data Hub, city actual revenues). “Today’s dollars” adjusts each year by the consumer price index for the Midwest, so a flat line in today’s dollars means the money buys the same as before. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Kimballton; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Kimballton 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.

Kimballton

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Kimballton

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $6.25 more5

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Kimballton’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending, FY27

What it spent each year

State money

What the state pays the city every year

Grants and project money

Has it kept up with prices?

Collected by the state for the city

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress8

Compared with places this size³

Outside the limit: $6.25 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸