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New Hartford

Butler County · How cities work

$3,410 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($40.53 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,490 a yearof that goes to the city ($17.69 per $1,000)
$246,900property taxes the city levies, FY27
$526,197city 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.

  • Abbie BanwarthNew Hartford City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dennis CanfieldNew Hartford Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jerry RagsdaleNew Hartford City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Randolph J. JohnsonNew Hartford City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Cindy BrewerNew Hartford City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Timothy WoodsNew Hartford 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 New Hartford

Homes and businesses in most of New Hartford pay a combined $25.84 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, $17.69. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$29.55$17.15
FY21$31.80$17.00
FY22$31.65$16.76
FY23$29.91$14.35
FY24$32.10$17.68
FY25$33.73$17.54
FY26$33.60$17.24
FY27$40.53$17.69
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$29.55$17.15
FY21$31.80$17.00
FY22$31.65$16.76
FY23$29.91$14.35
FY24$32.10$17.68
FY25$33.73$17.54
FY26$33.60$17.24
FY27$40.53$17.69

Compared with places this size3

New Hartford’s city property tax rate of $17.69 per $1,000 is the 20th highest of 187 Iowa cities with 370–820 people. The middle of the group is $12.90.

Exira: $24.81Rolfe: $22.67Dayton: $22.51Charter Oak: $21.32Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Correctionville: $19.84Pomeroy: $19.60Salem: $19.15Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Alden: $17.90Elma: $17.82Casey: $17.72Dows: $17.70Vail: $17.66Emerson: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Burt: $17.10Latimer: $16.96Adair: $16.84Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Titonka: $16.45Eldon: $16.42Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Riceville: $15.31Russell: $15.18Gilbertville: $15.15Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Gilmore City: $14.60Garnavillo: $14.52Sabula: $14.38Lorimor: $14.36Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Ocheyedan: $14.22Mcgregor: $14.20Olin: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Elgin: $14.05Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Ossian: $13.88Bussey: $13.83Livermore: $13.78Redfield: $13.73Sioux Rapids: $13.63Albion: $13.58Gladbrook: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Rockford: $13.52Boyden: $13.39Lawler: $13.39Van Horne: $13.27New Market: $13.25Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Little Rock: $13.03Coggon: $12.99Lehigh: $12.97Earlville: $12.90Brighton: $12.88Montrose: $12.78Goldfield: $12.73Wellsburg: $12.68Delmar: $12.68Galva: $12.68Badger: $12.67Martensdale: $12.63Stanton: $12.62Hospers: $12.58Norway: $12.53Everly: $12.51Hazleton: $12.48Spillville: $12.40Alburnett: $12.30Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Schaller: $12.14Hawkeye: $12.11Colesburg: $11.97Lowden: $11.93Albert City: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Merrill: $11.64Ellsworth: $11.57Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Miles: $11.28Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $11.04Manilla: $11.01Milton: $10.98Ireton: $10.93New Vienna: $10.91Fontanelle: $10.88Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Batavia: $10.77Riverdale: $10.67Union: $10.58Lovilia: $10.46Schleswig: $10.39Melbourne: $10.38Radcliffe: $10.37Stacyville: $10.36Ventura: $10.22Andrew: $10.22Milo: $10.20Royal: $10.20Hartford: $10.16What Cheer: $10.01Cumming: $9.85Graettinger: $9.81Breda: $9.80Doon: $9.78Lynnville: $9.68Alleman: $9.12Winthrop: $8.94Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Grand Junction: $8.57Gilman: $8.10Grandview: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lakeside: $8.10Lost Nation: $8.10Agency: $7.94Fremont: $7.86Delhi: $7.81Klemme: $7.74Beacon: $7.56Worthington: $7.50Marquette: $7.08Columbus City: $6.94Raymond: $6.85Keystone: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79New Virginia: $5.97University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Okoboji: $3.83New Hartford: $17.69$3.83 lowest$24.81 highestmiddle
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#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Exira$24.81766
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Dayton$22.51766
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Oxford Junction$20.84424
6Earling$20.47394
7Correctionville$19.84759
8Pomeroy$19.60511
9Salem$19.15380
10Dumont$19.04614
11Seymour$18.78646
12Dexter$18.69631
13Fonda$18.52636
14Kanawha$18.11638
15Swea City$18.04545
16Alden$17.90738
17Elma$17.82493
18Casey$17.72387
19Dows$17.70509
20New Hartford$17.69555
21Vail$17.66383
22Emerson$17.54401
23Walnut$17.46728
24Murray$17.44609
25Thompson$17.25478
26Ashton$17.17434
27Burt$17.10404
28Latimer$16.96477
29Adair$16.84792
30Elk Horn$16.78631
31Oxford$16.70715
32Whittemore$16.54478
33Bancroft$16.52677
34Titonka$16.45491
35Eldon$16.42788
36Early$16.35571
37Truro$16.34515
38Duncombe$16.10374
39Bayard$16.05402
40Scranton$16.01496
41Ruthven$15.84710
42Minden$15.77581
43Walker$15.74671
44Riceville$15.31807
45Russell$15.18475
46Gilbertville$15.15792
47Stanwood$15.12612
48Stratford$15.03688
49Zearing$14.99508
50Arlington$14.98415
51Maynard$14.85466
52Plainfield$14.84392
53Otho$14.82417
54Wyoming$14.81526
55Humeston$14.80472
56Hopkinton$14.79622
57Essex$14.76721
58Gilmore City$14.60484
59Garnavillo$14.52751
60Sabula$14.38498
61Lorimor$14.36377
62Collins$14.32503
63Clermont$14.30571
64Moulton$14.25596
65Ocheyedan$14.22424
66Mcgregor$14.20725
67Olin$14.19652
68Garwin$14.08469
69Farragut$14.07480
70Elgin$14.05676
71Lime Springs$13.95467
72Dow City$13.94477
73Wesley$13.91382
74Ossian$13.88777
75Bussey$13.83378
76Livermore$13.78382
77Redfield$13.73719
78Sioux Rapids$13.63722
79Albion$13.58444
80Gladbrook$13.58775
81Lamont$13.57429
82New Albin$13.55435
83Rockford$13.52722
84Boyden$13.39694
85Lawler$13.39392
86Van Horne$13.27768
87New Market$13.25381
88Quasqueton$13.12587
89Farmington$13.10583
90Anthon$13.05534
91Little Rock$13.03447
92Coggon$12.99691
93Lehigh$12.97395
94Earlville$12.90713
95Brighton$12.88592
96Montrose$12.78734
97Goldfield$12.73617
98Wellsburg$12.68709
99Delmar$12.68541
100Galva$12.68416
101Badger$12.67540
102Martensdale$12.63413
103Stanton$12.62664
104Hospers$12.58703
105Norway$12.53463
106Everly$12.51570
107Hazleton$12.48711
108Spillville$12.40371
109Alburnett$12.30672
110Moravia$12.27625
111Hedrick$12.22717
112Carson$12.22772
113Wheatland$12.18765
114Schaller$12.14702
115Hawkeye$12.11429
116Colesburg$11.97379
117Lowden$11.93767
118Albert City$11.88627
119Thornton$11.86394
120Runnells$11.79467
121Allerton$11.72432
122Merrill$11.64713
123Ellsworth$11.57495
124Morning Sun$11.50702
125Battle Creek$11.49683
126Wall Lake$11.43739
127West Bend$11.42770
128Dakota City$11.39764
129Miles$11.28400
130Sutherland$11.25628
131Arcadia$11.23588
132Whiting$11.21725
133Shelby$11.17730
134Blairstown$11.04705
135Manilla$11.01756
136Milton$10.98395
137Ireton$10.93571
138New Vienna$10.91384
139Fontanelle$10.88684
140Birmingham$10.87371
141Charlotte$10.86386
142Richland$10.82532
143Grand Mound$10.78608
144Batavia$10.77434
145Riverdale$10.67385
146Union$10.58378
147Lovilia$10.46456
148Schleswig$10.39820
149Melbourne$10.38771
150Radcliffe$10.37540
151Stacyville$10.36436
152Ventura$10.22701
153Andrew$10.22374
154Milo$10.20762
155Royal$10.20379
156Hartford$10.16729
157What Cheer$10.01595
158Cumming$9.85527
159Graettinger$9.81810
160Breda$9.80492
161Doon$9.78640
162Lynnville$9.68382
163Alleman$9.12439
164Winthrop$8.94814
165Crescent$8.72626
166Ainsworth$8.62511
167Grand Junction$8.57715
168Gilman$8.10530
169Grandview$8.10431
170Kellogg$8.10597
171Lakeside$8.10695
172Lost Nation$8.10425
173Agency$7.94623
174Fremont$7.86688
175Delhi$7.81438
176Klemme$7.74429
177Beacon$7.56434
178Worthington$7.50374
179Marquette$7.08434
180Columbus City$6.94385
181Raymond$6.85754
182Keystone$6.80616
183Shueyville$6.79725
184New Virginia$5.97499
185University Park$5.27476
186Orleans$4.13503
187Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

New Hartford’s general levy is $8.10 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, at the limit.4 247 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.13 · FY26 $7.89 · FY27 $8.10 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $9.59 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$4.46 · $61,763
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$2.97 · $41,197
  • Debt Service Levy$2.16 · $31,284

Tax increment financing (TIF)

New Hartford’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state.

$34,793
YearTIF revenue
FY16$21,306
FY17$33,490
FY18$33,395
FY19$33,790
FY20$32,345
FY21$33,711
FY22$34,793
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$21,306
FY17$33,490
FY18$33,395
FY19$33,790
FY20$32,345
FY21$33,711
FY22$34,793

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$112,27146%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$61,76325%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$41,19717%
  • Debt Service Levy$31,28413%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of New Hartford’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 31¢ of every dollar31¢Public Works: 21¢ of every dollar21¢General Government: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Public Safety: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Culture and Recreation: 12¢ of every dollar12¢Everything else: 8¢ of every dollar8¢

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 186 Iowa cities closest in size (370–820 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (186)
Business Type / Enterprise31¢41¢
Public Works21¢18¢
General Government14¢12¢
Public Safety14¢9¢
Culture and Recreation12¢9¢
Everything else8¢10¢

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$156,02230%
  • General Government$106,36020%
  • Public Safety$94,07418%
  • Culture and Recreation$93,86618%
  • Debt Service$42,8258%
  • Community and Economic Development$22,2504%
  • Capital Projects$8,0002%
  • Health and Social Services$2,8001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($224,138 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$131,613$191,254
Public Safety$85,030$92,570
Health and Social Services$0$2,700
General Government$75,374$124,897
Debt Service$40,989$32,988
Culture and Recreation$66,364$153,481
Community and Economic Development$0$0
Capital Projects$29,384$0
Business Type / Enterprise$145,361$209,781

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$1.1M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What New Hartford owes

$173,675 at June 30, 2026: $305 per resident. 671st most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$818,328
$173,675
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$173,675$305
2025$282,526$496
2024$613,320$1,076
2023$294,819$517
2022$343,312$602
2021$451,395$792
2020$540,089$948
2019$619,400$1,087
2018$608,000$1,067
2017$672,000$1,179
2016$542,000$951
2015$644,200$1,130
2014$741,000$1,300
2013$638,000$1,119
2012$818,328$1,436
2011$678,776$1,191
2010$678,776$1,191
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$173,675$305
2025$282,526$496
2024$613,320$1,076
2023$294,819$517
2022$343,312$602
2021$451,395$792
2020$540,089$948
2019$619,400$1,087
2018$608,000$1,067
2017$672,000$1,179
2016$542,000$951
2015$644,200$1,130
2014$741,000$1,300
2013$638,000$1,119
2012$818,328$1,436
2011$678,776$1,191
2010$678,776$1,191

Down 74% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances8. New Hartford’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Sunday, June 30, 2019 (PDF).

Audits9

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Sunday, June 30, 2019 (PDF), released Monday, August 24, 2020, by the Auditor of State.

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: $84,346 in FY25, up 27% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% more. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$77,447$78,438$80,514$80,951
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)–$3,946$3,751$3,395

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.

$11,006
$1,280
  • State grants$1,280100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$11,006
FY20$884
FY21$898
FY22$10,876
FY23$1,293
FY24$1,774
FY25$1,280
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$11,006
FY20$884
FY21$898
FY22$10,876
FY23$1,293
FY24$1,774
FY25$1,280

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−3%$66,660 → $80,951, up 21% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 3% 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 73% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 38% more.

$101,910
$61,944

Federal grants, for comparison: $300 in FY23.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 1 contract since 2010 worth $60K, for 7 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

Ballot measures · 2

Passed Yes 84.7% (72) · No 15.3% (13)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

Passed Yes 95.2% (80) · No 4.8% (4)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

City · 2

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for New Hartford; 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.

  • New Hartford City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Timothy Woods, Cindy Brewer
  • New Hartford Mayor
    Now held by Dennis Canfield

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

Past ballot measures

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

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