City

Fraser

$2,280 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($27.08 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$740 a yearof that goes to the city ($8.81 per $1,000)

$23,462property taxes the city levies, FY27

$62,880city budget, all funds, FY27²

Who runs it

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

Amy LaubeFraser City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Brett VaughnFraser City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Joel WilsonFraser Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Josh DuncanFraser City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Julie KrauseFraser City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Stephanie VaughnFraser City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Clay StumboFraser City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Stephanie VoughnFraser 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

Where a property tax dollar goes in Fraser

The combined rate in most of Fraser is $29.01 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.

Ogden schools$13.3846%
City of Fraser$8.8130%
Boone County$3.2411%
Boone County Hospital$2.218%
Des Moines Area Community. College$0.813%
Boone County Assessor$0.431%
Boone County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.13<1%

Compared with places this size³

Fraser’s city property tax rate of $8.81 per $1,000 is the 56th lowest of 139 Iowa cities with 70–160 people. The middle of the group is $9.59.

See all 139

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Castana	$34.13	103
2	Brayton	$25.07	138
3	Hansell	$23.66	85
4	Harris	$23.13	145
5	Whitten	$22.65	98
6	Stanley	$20.69	86
7	Rowan	$19.53	118
8	Chester	$19.30	134
9	Bouton	$19.25	125
10	Ricketts	$19.22	105
11	Hastings	$18.95	157
12	Grant	$18.71	82
13	Swaledale	$18.62	136
14	Derby	$18.13	89
15	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
16	Bristow	$17.39	139
17	Woolstock	$17.26	141
18	Monmouth	$16.41	129
19	Blockton	$16.37	123
20	Geneva	$16.25	137
21	Waterville	$16.25	112
22	Popejoy	$15.80	76
23	Woodburn	$15.59	133
24	Goodell	$15.16	139
25	Marne	$15.03	109
26	Baldwin	$14.91	99
27	Palmer	$13.89	137
28	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
29	Searsboro	$13.55	129
30	Ferguson	$13.53	98
31	Lanesboro	$13.53	112
32	Calumet	$13.16	144
33	Delaware	$12.86	139
34	Clemons	$12.69	135
35	Cylinder	$12.52	84
36	Millersburg	$12.40	135
37	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
38	Arion	$12.14	99
39	Webb	$12.10	139
40	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
41	East Peru	$11.89	119
42	Henderson	$11.85	140
43	Reasnor	$11.76	157
44	Morley	$11.74	94
45	Ledyard	$11.74	118
46	Toronto	$11.68	101
47	Exline	$11.60	157
48	Beaman	$11.54	155
49	Matlock	$11.44	74
50	Melrose	$11.27	110
51	Nodaway	$11.20	74
52	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
53	Promise City	$11.13	91
54	Leighton	$11.07	153
55	Masonville	$11.00	98
56	Somers	$10.99	121
57	Havelock	$10.95	127
58	Wallingford	$10.75	154
59	Pacific Junction	$10.56	99
60	Barnes City	$10.44	152
61	Bradgate	$10.37	76
62	Randall	$10.35	156
63	North Washington	$10.23	107
64	Dawson	$10.19	110
65	Hartwick	$9.90	91
66	Clare	$9.81	133
67	Tingley	$9.81	146
68	Rutland	$9.65	116
69	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
70	Kirkville	$9.59	159
71	Superior	$9.58	127
72	Webster	$9.55	94
73	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
74	Larrabee	$9.41	116
75	Hamilton	$9.35	125
76	Wiota	$9.32	91
77	Floris	$9.29	119
78	Mitchell	$9.22	118
79	Westphalia	$9.18	133
80	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
81	Welton	$8.86	124
82	Archer	$8.84	116
83	Luther	$8.83	147
84	Fraser	$8.81	107
85	Macksburg	$8.81	103
86	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
87	Andover	$8.28	106
88	Unionville	$8.10	74
89	Rome	$8.10	112
90	Carpenter	$8.10	92
91	Struble	$8.10	72
92	Westfield	$8.10	121
93	Shannon City	$8.10	73
94	Chillicothe	$8.10	79
95	Scarville	$8.10	75
96	Vincent	$8.09	125
97	Buckeye	$7.94	82
98	Morrison	$7.86	101
99	Oyens	$7.86	88
100	Dickens	$7.86	146
101	Castalia	$7.86	141
102	Ralston	$7.86	76
103	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
104	Chatsworth	$7.86	72
105	West Chester	$7.82	147
106	Cromwell	$7.81	104
107	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
108	Arispe	$7.71	95
109	Luzerne	$7.69	111
110	Westwood	$7.67	96
111	Kinross	$7.57	80
112	Bernard	$7.56	117
113	Braddyville	$7.49	142
114	Garber	$7.35	76
115	Franklin	$7.31	133
116	Spragueville	$7.20	92
117	Weldon	$7.18	134
118	Craig	$7.01	78
119	Brunsville	$6.95	128
120	Zwingle	$6.93	86
121	Pleasant Plain	$6.79	83
122	Houghton	$6.73	129
123	Williamson	$6.72	126
124	Willey	$6.69	72
125	Lincoln	$6.32	119
126	Tennant	$6.29	83
127	Gravity	$6.18	149
128	Ackworth	$5.90	117
129	Springbrook	$5.79	145
130	Maysville	$5.77	155
131	Harper	$5.29	117
132	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
133	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
134	Mcintire	$2.78	115
135	Graf	$2.56	76
136	Centralia	$2.41	117
137	New Liberty	$2.27	141
138	North Buena Vista	$1.78	107
139	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$20,60989%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$2,46911%

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Fraser’s budget goes, FY26

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (140)
General Government	45¢	27¢
Public Works	40¢	29¢
Public Safety	7¢	9¢
Culture and Recreation	6¢	7¢
Community and Economic Development	1¢	2¢
Everything else	<1¢	<1¢

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 140 Iowa cities closest in size (70–160 people).

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$34,50555%
General Government$20,60033%
Public Safety$4,3257%
Culture and Recreation$2,9505%
Community and Economic Development$3000%
Health and Social Services$2000%

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$16,300	$9,634
Public Safety	$1,300	$1,297
Health and Social Services	$150	$132
General Government	$21,200	$41,370
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$2,321	$1,777
Community and Economic Development	$500	$275
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$0	$0

What it spent each year

$54,485

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State money

What the state sends the city

Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: up 18% since FY23; up 8% after inflation.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Program	FY27	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Local option sales tax	$1,091	$13,954	$13,083	$12,859	$11,826

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Fraser City Council At-Large

5 seats: the top 5 win.

Josh Duncan Winner1336.1%
Julie Krause Winner925.0%
Amy Laube Winner616.7%
Stephanie Vaughn Winner411.1%
Brett Vaughn Winner411.1%

Fraser Mayor

Joel Wilson Unopposed6100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁴

Jesse Green (Sen. 24)Chad Behn (Rep. 48)

U.S. House:District 4

Boone County Ogden schoolsSoutheast Webster-Grand 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 Fraser; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Fraser 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.