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Evansdale

Black Hawk County · How cities work

$2,700 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($32.06 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$670 a yearof that goes to the city ($8.00 per $1,000)
$1.0Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$5.7Mcity 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.

  • DeAnne KobliskaEvansdale Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dottie WearEvansdale City Council Ward 2 · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jeff O'BrienEvansdale City Council Ward 4 · elected November 4, 2025
  • Justin SmockEvansdale City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Adam MorrisEvansdale City Council Ward 3 · elected November 7, 2023
  • Sandy ClementsEvansdale City Council Ward 1 · elected November 7, 2023
  • Jake AustinEvansdale Parks and Recreation Board · elected November 4, 2025
  • Reed PryorEvansdale Parks and Recreation Board · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dennis SweerinEvansdale Parks and Recreation Board · elected November 7, 2023
  • Rick NolanEvansdale Parks and Recreation Board · elected November 7, 2023
  • Tom NicholsEvansdale Parks and Recreation Board · 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 Evansdale

Homes and businesses in most of Evansdale pay a combined $32.06 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Black Hawk County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $8.00. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$31.25$9.31
FY21$29.97$7.95
FY22$29.47$7.95
FY23$28.51$7.98
FY24$28.43$7.97
FY25$29.03$7.97
FY26$31.92$7.97
FY27$32.06$8.00
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$31.25$9.31
FY21$29.97$7.95
FY22$29.47$7.95
FY23$28.51$7.98
FY24$28.43$7.97
FY25$29.03$7.97
FY26$31.92$7.97
FY27$32.06$8.00

Compared with places this size3

Evansdale’s city property tax rate of $8.00 per $1,000 is the lowest of 59 Iowa cities with 3,000–6,800 people. The middle of the group is $14.76.

Red Oak: $20.65Oelwein: $20.16Albia: $19.70Eagle Grove: $19.32Independence: $19.01Iowa Falls: $18.86West Liberty: $18.68Chariton: $18.37Atlantic: $17.48Clarinda: $17.25Centerville: $16.85Algona: $16.75Vinton: $16.25Winterset: $16.15Cresco: $16.13Humboldt: $16.00Anamosa: $15.95Forest City: $15.77Tipton: $15.54Sheldon: $15.33Estherville: $15.27Harlan: $15.07Shenandoah: $15.02Manchester: $14.96Jefferson: $14.88Hampton: $14.86Carlisle: $14.82Cherokee: $14.82Glenwood: $14.77Waukon: $14.76Monticello: $14.49Osceola: $14.37Windsor Heights: $14.30Osage: $14.29Orange City: $14.01Rock Valley: $13.76Sergeant Bluff: $13.70Emmetsburg: $13.70Mount Vernon: $13.50New Hampton: $13.44Adel: $13.43Garner: $12.86Maquoketa: $12.85Camanche: $12.75Le Claire: $12.64Milford: $12.57Tiffin: $11.80Huxley: $11.68Solon: $11.53Williamsburg: $11.11Polk City: $11.00Carter Lake: $10.67Story City: $10.39Dyersville: $10.27Spirit Lake: $10.17West Burlington: $10.15Robins: $9.68Asbury: $8.32Evansdale: $8.00$8.00 lowest$20.65 highestmiddle
See all 59
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Red Oak$20.655,420
2Oelwein$20.165,788
3Albia$19.703,579
4Eagle Grove$19.323,615
5Independence$19.016,266
6Iowa Falls$18.864,993
7West Liberty$18.683,724
8Chariton$18.374,278
9Atlantic$17.486,717
10Clarinda$17.255,334
11Centerville$16.855,345
12Algona$16.755,341
13Vinton$16.254,962
14Winterset$16.155,421
15Cresco$16.133,890
16Humboldt$16.004,774
17Anamosa$15.955,845
18Forest City$15.774,199
19Tipton$15.543,059
20Sheldon$15.335,584
21Estherville$15.275,796
22Harlan$15.074,898
23Shenandoah$15.024,878
24Manchester$14.965,283
25Jefferson$14.884,148
26Hampton$14.864,340
27Carlisle$14.824,381
28Cherokee$14.825,186
29Glenwood$14.775,250
30Waukon$14.763,799
31Monticello$14.494,095
32Osceola$14.375,585
33Windsor Heights$14.305,106
34Osage$14.293,559
35Orange City$14.016,547
36Rock Valley$13.764,024
37Sergeant Bluff$13.705,335
38Emmetsburg$13.703,632
39Mount Vernon$13.504,518
40New Hampton$13.443,433
41Adel$13.436,763
42Garner$12.863,049
43Maquoketa$12.856,064
44Camanche$12.754,536
45Le Claire$12.644,776
46Milford$12.573,258
47Tiffin$11.806,695
48Huxley$11.684,737
49Solon$11.533,284
50Williamsburg$11.113,380
51Polk City$11.006,430
52Carter Lake$10.673,752
53Story City$10.393,439
54Dyersville$10.274,559
55Spirit Lake$10.175,548
56West Burlington$10.153,249
57Robins$9.683,362
58Asbury$8.326,051
59Evansdale$8.004,515

The $8.10 limit

Evansdale’s general levy is $5.68 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $2.42 below the limit.4 897 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $6.51 · FY24 $6.47 · FY25 $6.28 · FY26 $6.28 · FY27 $5.68 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $2.32 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$2.32 · $296,634

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$51.0M of taxable value in Evansdale is in TIF districts’ increment (28% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $576,265 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$631,356
$529,671

What that value would raise at each government’s rate, FY277

Taxes on TIF value go to the city’s TIF fund instead of the governments that levy them, including about $407,994 of the city’s own.

  • Waterloo schools$737,062
  • Black Hawk County$270,952
YearTIF revenue
FY16$236,021
FY17$507,973
FY18$371,404
FY19$589,865
FY20$631,356
FY21$549,186
FY22$610,492
FY23$529,671
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$236,021
FY17$507,973
FY18$371,404
FY19$589,865
FY20$631,356
FY21$549,186
FY22$610,492
FY23$529,671

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$727,41471%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$296,63429%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Evansdale’s budget goes, FY26

Public Safety: 26¢ of every dollar26¢Business Type / Enterprise: 22¢ of every dollar22¢Public Works: 15¢ of every dollar15¢Culture and Recreation: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Capital Projects: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Everything else: 17¢ of every dollar17¢

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 58 Iowa cities closest in size (3,000–6,800 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (58)
Public Safety26¢13¢
Business Type / Enterprise22¢38¢
Public Works15¢9¢
Culture and Recreation10¢8¢
Capital Projects10¢17¢
Everything else17¢16¢

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 Safety$1.8M31%
  • Debt Service$1.1M20%
  • Public Works$1.1M19%
  • Capital Projects$600,00010%
  • Culture and Recreation$595,78710%
  • General Government$510,7599%
  • Health and Social Services$23,3100%
  • Community and Economic Development$2,9090%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($1.5M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$902,565$1.0M
Public Safety$1.4M$1.4M
Health and Social Services$20,764$21,281
General Government$516,496$340,520
Debt Service$687,076$687,275
Culture and Recreation$618,038$577,082
Community and Economic Development$2,772$2,372
Capital Projects$1.0M$9,023
Business Type / Enterprise$3.4M$1.5M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$12.9M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Evansdale owes

$18.8M at June 30, 2026: $4,119 per resident. 166th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$20.5M
$18.8M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$18.8M$4,119
2025$20.5M$4,485
2024$12.0M$2,635
2023$16.1M$3,526
2022$6.7M$1,479
2021$7.5M$1,646
2020$3.6M$798
2019$4.5M$980
2018$5.3M$1,155
2017$3.9M$844
2016$4.4M$968
2015$4.2M$931
2014$2.7M$592
2013$3.4M$749
2012$4.1M$905
2011$4.3M$935
2010$3.9M$853
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$18.8M$4,119
2025$20.5M$4,485
2024$12.0M$2,635
2023$16.1M$3,526
2022$6.7M$1,479
2021$7.5M$1,646
2020$3.6M$798
2019$4.5M$980
2018$5.3M$1,155
2017$3.9M$844
2016$4.4M$968
2015$4.2M$931
2014$2.7M$592
2013$3.4M$749
2012$4.1M$905
2011$4.3M$935
2010$3.9M$853

Up 383% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $11.2M, 64% of the limit of about $17.5M (5% of $349.4M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

7 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue Bonds2023 Sewer Revenue Bond2043$7.6M
General Obligation2025A GO Bond Lafayette Road Reconstruction project, including installation of storm water infrastructure2040$4.5M
General Obligation2020A General Obligation Debt2039$2.2M
General Obligation2020B General Obligation Debt2039$2.1M
General Obligation2024A GO Bond Construction & infrastructure for Eagles Landing Development2039$1.9M
General Obligation2017A General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2017A - Road Construction and Water Works Projects2029$420,000
General Obligation2015 GO BOND CORPORATE PURPOSE & REFUNDING BONDS - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS2028$70,000

General obligation bonds are repaid from property taxes; revenue bonds and loans from the fees or revenue they’re tied to. On the Treasurer’s site

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances11. Evansdale’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Tuesday, January 27, 2026, by a CPA firm.

16 earlier reports for Evansdale

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? 13

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: $661,044 in FY25, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$635,221$627,645$644,253$647,750
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$21,270$18,611$15,952$13,294

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.

$274,631
$8,930
  • State grants$8,930100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$126,530
FY20$14,009
FY21$4,275
FY22$79,540
FY23$50,130
FY24$274,631
FY25$8,930
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$126,530
FY20$14,009
FY21$4,275
FY22$79,540
FY23$50,130
FY24$274,631
FY25$8,930

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−16%$613,761 → $647,750, up 6% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 16% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−51%$21,639 → $13,294, down 39% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 51% 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 26% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 0% more.

$777,873
$742,795

Federal grants, for comparison: $203,112 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 1 contract since 2007 worth $30K, for 9 pledged jobs.

Awards statewide

Elections

Running for mayor and city council

Filing opens Monday, August 23, 2027: in 284 days.

For the Tuesday, November 2, 2027 election, candidates file Monday, August 23, 2027 to Thursday, September 16, 2027 with the county auditor (or the city clerk, if the auditor names the clerk to take them)14.

In a city that can hold a primary, filing runs Monday, August 9, 2027 to Thursday, August 26, 2027.

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 5

2 seats: the top 2 win.

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

Who has filed for Tuesday, November 2, 2027

Filing hasn’t opened. These seats are expected on the ballot.

  • Evansdale City Council Ward 1
    Now held by Sandy Clements
  • Evansdale City Council Ward 3
    Now held by Adam Morris
  • Evansdale City Council Ward 4
    Now held by Richard Dewater
  • Evansdale Mayor
    Now held by DeAnne Kobliska
  • Evansdale Parks and Recreation Board (3 seats)
    Now held by Tom Nichols, Rick Nolan, Dennis Sweerin

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here15.

Past ballot measures

  • Public Measure BKNovember 7, 2023

    Passed Yes 68.0% (367) · No 32.0% (173)

    Passes with more yes votes than no.

When a measure can be on the ballot

  • Tuesday, March 2, 2027 · no bond or debt questions
  • Tuesday, September 14, 2027 · no bond or debt questions
  • Tuesday, November 2, 2027 · any question, including bonds
  • Tuesday, March 7, 2028 · no bond or debt questions

Bonds and other borrowing can only go on the November ballot16.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress17

Dave Sires (Sen. 38)Derek Wulf (Rep. 76)

U.S. House:District 2

Black Hawk CountyWaterloo schools