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Aplington

Butler County · How cities work

$3,270 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($38.83 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,380 a yearof that goes to the city ($16.34 per $1,000)
$497,488property taxes the city levies, FY27
$1.2Mcity 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.

  • Alan MeyerAplington City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Debra D. JacobsAplington City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Debra PrierAplington City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jason MehmenAplington Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Lindsay WolffAplington City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Matthew KlahsenAplington 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 Aplington

Homes and businesses in most of Aplington pay a combined $38.83 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Butler County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $16.34. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$35.71$15.82
FY21$36.04$15.60
FY22$35.98$15.64
FY23$34.39$15.20
FY24$35.06$15.49
FY25$36.30$15.73
FY26$36.39$15.92
FY27$38.83$16.34
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$35.71$15.82
FY21$36.04$15.60
FY22$35.98$15.64
FY23$34.39$15.20
FY24$35.06$15.49
FY25$36.30$15.73
FY26$36.39$15.92
FY27$38.83$16.34

Compared with places this size3

Aplington’s city property tax rate of $16.34 per $1,000 is the 31st highest of 157 Iowa cities with 730–1,600 people. The middle of the group is $13.28.

Elkader: $27.11Exira: $24.81Laurens: $24.16Dayton: $22.51Correctionville: $19.84Villisca: $19.74Traer: $19.56Corning: $19.36Allison: $19.06Corydon: $18.22Dysart: $17.95Greene: $17.91Alden: $17.90Lansing: $17.67Strawberry Point: $17.58Rockwell: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Mapleton: $16.90George: $16.89Fayette: $16.85Adair: $16.84Eddyville: $16.82Nashua: $16.81Ackley: $16.63Buffalo Center: $16.58Roland: $16.51Eldon: $16.42Monona: $16.41Panora: $16.14Mechanicsville: $16.12Dike: $15.94Armstrong: $15.87Holstein: $15.81State Center: $15.80Earlham: $15.55Shell Rock: $15.52Brooklyn: $15.49Newell: $15.49Mount Ayr: $15.32Riceville: $15.31Neola: $15.30Sidney: $15.19Gilbertville: $15.15Logan: $15.05Griswold: $15.01Readlyn: $14.99Tripoli: $14.99Bedford: $14.66Lenox: $14.65Manning: $14.62Dunlap: $14.56Garnavillo: $14.52Maxwell: $14.50Coon Rapids: $14.49Nora Springs: $14.25Kingsley: $14.25Primghar: $14.18Sheffield: $14.16Hartley: $14.11Woodward: $14.05Guthrie Center: $14.04Ossian: $13.88Alton: $13.87Montezuma: $13.79Victor: $13.72Gilbert: $13.71Edgewood: $13.64Donnellson: $13.63Gladbrook: $13.58Clarksville: $13.53Janesville: $13.43Glidden: $13.43Calmar: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Manly: $13.29Anita: $13.28Van Horne: $13.27Conrad: $13.23Springville: $13.22Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Treynor: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Akron: $12.93Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85New Sharon: $12.80Slater: $12.79Malvern: $12.79Montrose: $12.78Buffalo: $12.68Sanborn: $12.62West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Hubbard: $12.30Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Winfield: $12.04Elkhart: $12.00Afton: $11.96Lowden: $11.93Tabor: $11.88Wellman: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Palo: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Marcus: $11.31Dunkerton: $11.30Melcher-Dallas: $11.21Shelby: $11.17University Heights: $11.12Manilla: $11.01Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Oakland: $10.85Cambridge: $10.53Swisher: $10.39Schleswig: $10.39Melbourne: $10.38Elk Run Heights: $10.33Walcott: $10.29Fredericksburg: $10.27Lake Park: $10.25Inwood: $10.22Milo: $10.20Hartford: $10.16Central City: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Graettinger: $9.81Long Grove: $9.59Lake View: $9.39Paullina: $9.21Fairbank: $9.00Winthrop: $8.94Walford: $8.72Keosauqua: $8.58Princeton: $8.24Lone Tree: $8.13Riverside: $8.02Hills: $7.94Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sloan: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Raymond: $6.85Arnolds Park: $4.95Okoboji: $3.83Aplington: $16.34$3.83 lowest$27.11 highestmiddle
See all 157
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Elkader$27.111,192
2Exira$24.81766
3Laurens$24.161,253
4Dayton$22.51766
5Correctionville$19.84759
6Villisca$19.741,106
7Traer$19.561,547
8Corning$19.361,509
9Allison$19.06937
10Corydon$18.221,563
11Dysart$17.951,266
12Greene$17.91971
13Alden$17.90738
14Lansing$17.67959
15Strawberry Point$17.581,141
16Rockwell$17.541,044
17Walnut$17.46728
18Gowrie$17.17943
19Colo$17.14856
20Mapleton$16.901,114
21George$16.891,106
22Fayette$16.851,193
23Adair$16.84792
24Eddyville$16.82965
25Nashua$16.811,515
26Ackley$16.631,538
27Buffalo Center$16.58839
28Roland$16.511,376
29Eldon$16.42788
30Monona$16.411,462
31Aplington$16.341,088
32Panora$16.141,096
33Mechanicsville$16.12974
34Dike$15.941,293
35Armstrong$15.87847
36Holstein$15.811,475
37State Center$15.801,403
38Earlham$15.551,411
39Shell Rock$15.521,265
40Brooklyn$15.491,474
41Newell$15.49850
42Mount Ayr$15.321,616
43Riceville$15.31807
44Neola$15.30917
45Sidney$15.191,048
46Gilbertville$15.15792
47Logan$15.051,351
48Griswold$15.01975
49Readlyn$14.99857
50Tripoli$14.991,208
51Bedford$14.661,474
52Lenox$14.651,355
53Manning$14.621,390
54Dunlap$14.561,030
55Garnavillo$14.52751
56Maxwell$14.50862
57Coon Rapids$14.491,258
58Nora Springs$14.251,330
59Kingsley$14.251,394
60Primghar$14.18893
61Sheffield$14.161,123
62Hartley$14.111,584
63Woodward$14.051,383
64Guthrie Center$14.041,579
65Ossian$13.88777
66Alton$13.871,248
67Montezuma$13.791,421
68Victor$13.72852
69Gilbert$13.711,397
70Edgewood$13.64908
71Donnellson$13.63859
72Gladbrook$13.58775
73Clarksville$13.531,238
74Janesville$13.431,052
75Glidden$13.431,140
76Calmar$13.391,100
77Baxter$13.32983
78Manly$13.291,233
79Anita$13.28953
80Van Horne$13.27768
81Conrad$13.231,098
82Springville$13.221,161
83Keota$13.21888
84Shellsburg$13.20987
85De Soto$13.18937
86Treynor$13.031,104
87Odebolt$13.00967
88Akron$12.931,545
89Danville$12.87910
90Underwood$12.85973
91New Sharon$12.801,249
92Slater$12.791,626
93Malvern$12.791,056
94Montrose$12.78734
95Buffalo$12.681,163
96Sanborn$12.621,463
97West Point$12.39903
98Hinton$12.38959
99Preston$12.38940
100Hubbard$12.30837
101Carson$12.22772
102Wheatland$12.18765
103Winfield$12.041,006
104Elkhart$12.001,079
105Afton$11.96864
106Lowden$11.93767
107Tabor$11.88983
108Wellman$11.881,531
109Aurelia$11.84970
110Palo$11.491,554
111Wall Lake$11.43739
112West Bend$11.42770
113Dakota City$11.39764
114Marcus$11.311,069
115Dunkerton$11.30840
116Melcher-Dallas$11.211,193
117Shelby$11.17730
118University Heights$11.121,188
119Manilla$11.01756
120Hamburg$10.95863
121Clarence$10.94991
122Oakland$10.851,519
123Cambridge$10.53844
124Swisher$10.39909
125Schleswig$10.39820
126Melbourne$10.38771
127Elk Run Heights$10.331,061
128Walcott$10.291,556
129Fredericksburg$10.27983
130Lake Park$10.251,155
131Inwood$10.22962
132Milo$10.20762
133Hartford$10.16729
134Central City$10.011,254
135Newhall$9.99887
136Graettinger$9.81810
137Long Grove$9.59849
138Lake View$9.391,120
139Paullina$9.21979
140Fairbank$9.001,133
141Winthrop$8.94814
142Walford$8.721,357
143Keosauqua$8.58944
144Princeton$8.24917
145Lone Tree$8.131,341
146Riverside$8.021,063
147Hills$7.94911
148Larchwood$7.52954
149North English$7.491,030
150Sloan$7.491,078
151Sully$7.41891
152Fruitland$7.21928
153Lawton$7.10949
154Wayland$7.07935
155Raymond$6.85754
156Arnolds Park$4.951,214
157Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

Aplington’s general levy is $8.37 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.27 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.4 52 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.37 · FY26 $8.37 · FY27 $8.37 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $7.97 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$2.95 · $89,719
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.62 · $79,750
  • Debt Service Levy$2.40 · $73,015

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Aplington’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $6,219 in TIF revenue for FY20.

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$254,78651%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$89,71918%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$79,75016%
  • Debt Service Levy$73,01515%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Aplington’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 54¢ de cada dólar54¢Public Works: 14¢ de cada dólar14¢Public Safety: 11¢ de cada dólar11¢General Government: 8¢ de cada dólar8¢Culture and Recreation: 8¢ de cada dólar8¢Everything else: 5¢ de cada dólar

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 156 Iowa cities closest in size (730–1,600 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (156)
Business Type / Enterprise54¢40¢
Public Works14¢14¢
Public Safety11¢10¢
General Government8¢8¢
Culture and Recreation8¢9¢
Everything else5¢9¢

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$362,53029%
  • Public Safety$336,08127%
  • Culture and Recreation$211,98317%
  • General Government$205,38317%
  • Debt Service$116,3449%
  • Health and Social Services$2,7000%
  • Community and Economic Development$2,0000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($1.3M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$398,300$254,650
Public Safety$285,984$227,399
Health and Social Services$4,800$100
General Government$178,756$194,566
Debt Service$120,741$120,485
Culture and Recreation$177,565$196,531
Community and Economic Development$2,200$2,188
Capital Projects$0$31,403
Business Type / Enterprise$1.2M$1.1M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$2.9M
$2.4M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Aplington owes

$1.7M at June 30, 2026: $1,522 per resident. 458th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$2.9M
$1.7M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.7M$1,522
2025$1.9M$1,686
2024$2.1M$1,848
2023$2.2M$2,006
2022$2.4M$2,163
2021$2.6M$2,316
2020$2.7M$2,463
2019$2.9M$2,589
2018$2.8M$2,480
2017$2.2M$1,975
2016$1.3M$1,188
2015$1.7M$1,567
2014$190,000$170
2013$225,000$202
2012$260,000$233
2011$323,000$289
2010$446,000$400
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.7M$1,522
2025$1.9M$1,686
2024$2.1M$1,848
2023$2.2M$2,006
2022$2.4M$2,163
2021$2.6M$2,316
2020$2.7M$2,463
2019$2.9M$2,589
2018$2.8M$2,480
2017$2.2M$1,975
2016$1.3M$1,188
2015$1.7M$1,567
2014$190,000$170
2013$225,000$202
2012$260,000$233
2011$323,000$289
2010$446,000$400

Up 281% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances8. Aplington’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Friday, June 30, 2023 (PDF).

Audits9

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Friday, June 30, 2023 (PDF), released Friday, August 16, 2024, by a CPA firm.

4 earlier reports for Aplington

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? 10

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: $160,131 in FY25, up 10% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 12% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$154,568$153,574$157,638$158,494
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)––$1,964$1,637

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.

$6,514
$2,119
  • State grants$2,119100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$2,419
FY20$6,514
FY21$2,813
FY22$2,546
FY23$3,111
FY24$2,237
FY25$2,119
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$2,419
FY20$6,514
FY21$2,813
FY22$2,546
FY23$3,111
FY24$2,237
FY25$2,119

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−13%$145,722 → $158,494, up 9% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 13% 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 59% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 27% more.

$113,774
$104,716

Federal grants, for comparison: $78,500 in FY23.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 1 contract since 1995 worth $225K, for 64 pledged jobs.

Awards statewide

Elections

Running for mayor and city council

Filing opens Monday, August 23, 2027: in 285 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)11.

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 · 2

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Aplington; 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.

  • Aplington City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Lindsay Wolff, Matthew Klahsen
  • Aplington Mayor
    Now held by Jason Mehmen

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here12.

Past ballot measures

None found since 2022.

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 ballot13.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress14

Sandy Salmon (Sen. 29)Pat Grassley (Rep. 57)

U.S. House:District 2

Butler CountyAplington-Parkersburg schools