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Farnhamville

Calhoun County · How cities work

$2,280 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($27.03 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$770 a yearof that goes to the city ($9.18 per $1,000)
$242,788property taxes the city levies, FY27
$277,400city 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.

  • Christopher D Adams II (Write In)Farnhamville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jerome MouldsFarnhamville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Teri OlsonFarnhamville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Barbara GreggFarnhamville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Brittney PearsonFarnhamville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Jerome Moulds-Write InFarnhamville 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 Farnhamville

Homes and businesses in most of Farnhamville pay a combined $26.65 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Calhoun County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $9.18. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$26.02$8.10
FY21$26.34$8.10
FY22$25.36$8.08
FY23$25.20$8.10
FY24$24.92$8.10
FY25$24.99$7.86
FY26$25.50$8.10
FY27$26.65$9.18
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$26.02$8.10
FY21$26.34$8.10
FY22$25.36$8.08
FY23$25.20$8.10
FY24$24.92$8.10
FY25$24.99$7.86
FY26$25.50$8.10
FY27$26.65$9.18

Compared with places this size3

Farnhamville’s city property tax rate of $9.18 per $1,000 is the 33rd lowest of 199 Iowa cities with 240–550 people. The middle of the group is $12.68.

Stanhope: $29.10Rolfe: $22.67Fenton: $22.05Elliott: $21.61Charter Oak: $21.32Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Pomeroy: $19.60Fort Atkinson: $19.19Salem: $19.15Cumberland: $18.42Massena: $18.23Swea City: $18.04Elma: $17.82Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Dows: $17.70Vail: $17.66Ringsted: $17.65Emerson: $17.54Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Pierson: $17.12Burt: $17.10Pisgah: $17.09Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Lakota: $16.84Marble Rock: $16.78Auburn: $16.65Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Irwin: $16.46Titonka: $16.45Truro: $16.34Lewis: $16.25Corwith: $16.22Deep River: $16.18Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Granville: $16.00Minburn: $15.75Peterson: $15.27Russell: $15.18Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Riverton: $14.94Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Gilmore City: $14.60Sabula: $14.38Garrison: $14.38Halbur: $14.37Lorimor: $14.36Crystal Lake: $14.36Collins: $14.32Kimballton: $14.27Ocheyedan: $14.22Steamboat Rock: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Mystic: $14.01Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Fertile: $13.70Stockport: $13.68Albion: $13.58Quimby: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Persia: $13.41Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38Ute: $13.26New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Harcourt: $13.21Bennett: $13.16Ridgeway: $13.10Farmersburg: $13.09Anthon: $13.05Little Rock: $13.03Lehigh: $12.97Menlo: $12.92Templeton: $12.91Silver City: $12.87Martelle: $12.83Malcom: $12.82Delmar: $12.68Galva: $12.68Badger: $12.67Martensdale: $12.63Williams: $12.57Maurice: $12.56Norway: $12.53Clearfield: $12.50Kensett: $12.47Mccausland: $12.45Spillville: $12.40Modale: $12.34Mingo: $12.31Brandon: $12.29Blakesburg: $12.21Bonaparte: $12.17Macedonia: $12.12Hawkeye: $12.11Kiron: $12.03Colesburg: $11.97Liscomb: $11.96Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Atalissa: $11.71Kelley: $11.69Orient: $11.66Ellsworth: $11.57Cincinnati: $11.57Delta: $11.52Terril: $11.48Westside: $11.45Holland: $11.37Churdan: $11.31Mallard: $11.28Miles: $11.28Milton: $10.98New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Goose Lake: $10.89Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Yale: $10.85Richland: $10.82Batavia: $10.77Hornick: $10.74Riverdale: $10.67Bode: $10.64Union: $10.58Calamus: $10.47Lovilia: $10.46Danbury: $10.43Lytton: $10.38Radcliffe: $10.37Stacyville: $10.36Rhodes: $10.36Deloit: $10.28Protivin: $10.28Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Bronson: $10.14Rudd: $10.13Defiance: $10.05Floyd: $10.02Cumming: $9.85Breda: $9.80Lynnville: $9.68Salix: $9.63Middletown: $9.16Alleman: $9.12Lester: $8.94Ainsworth: $8.62Rowley: $8.31Gilman: $8.10Bertram: $8.10Grandview: $8.10Lost Nation: $8.10Nichols: $8.10Luana: $7.98Lockridge: $7.92Delhi: $7.81Klemme: $7.74Pulaski: $7.58Beacon: $7.56Sheldahl: $7.56Worthington: $7.50Harpers Ferry: $7.49Marquette: $7.08Columbus City: $6.94Donahue: $6.83Libertyville: $6.60Crawfordsville: $6.44New Virginia: $5.97Holy Cross: $5.91Conesville: $5.86University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Maharishi Vedic City: $3.87Wahpeton: $3.19West Okoboji: $2.92Farnhamville: $9.18$2.92 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 199
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Stanhope$29.10354
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Fenton$22.05250
4Elliott$21.61328
5Charter Oak$21.32521
6Oxford Junction$20.84424
7Earling$20.47394
8Pomeroy$19.60511
9Fort Atkinson$19.19300
10Salem$19.15380
11Cumberland$18.42248
12Massena$18.23352
13Swea City$18.04545
14Elma$17.82493
15Callender$17.78361
16Casey$17.72387
17Dows$17.70509
18Vail$17.66383
19Ringsted$17.65346
20Emerson$17.54401
21Thompson$17.25478
22Ashton$17.17434
23Pierson$17.12335
24Burt$17.10404
25Pisgah$17.09248
26Latimer$16.96477
27Lohrville$16.95366
28Lakota$16.84261
29Marble Rock$16.78258
30Auburn$16.65253
31Mccallsburg$16.58356
32Whittemore$16.54478
33Irwin$16.46320
34Titonka$16.45491
35Truro$16.34515
36Lewis$16.25358
37Corwith$16.22259
38Deep River$16.18243
39Duncombe$16.10374
40Bayard$16.05402
41Scranton$16.01496
42Granville$16.00302
43Minburn$15.75317
44Peterson$15.27321
45Russell$15.18475
46Zearing$14.99508
47Arlington$14.98415
48Riverton$14.94243
49Maynard$14.85466
50Plainfield$14.84392
51Ryan$14.84348
52Otho$14.82417
53Wyoming$14.81526
54Humeston$14.80472
55Gilmore City$14.60484
56Sabula$14.38498
57Garrison$14.38345
58Halbur$14.37268
59Lorimor$14.36377
60Crystal Lake$14.36243
61Collins$14.32503
62Kimballton$14.27281
63Ocheyedan$14.22424
64Steamboat Rock$14.19261
65Garwin$14.08469
66Farragut$14.07480
67Mystic$14.01318
68Lime Springs$13.95467
69Dow City$13.94477
70Wesley$13.91382
71Diagonal$13.91331
72Bussey$13.83378
73Mondamin$13.82335
74Livermore$13.78382
75Fertile$13.70300
76Stockport$13.68272
77Albion$13.58444
78Quimby$13.58245
79Lamont$13.57429
80New Albin$13.55435
81Persia$13.41292
82Lawler$13.39392
83Lacona$13.38336
84Ute$13.26326
85New Market$13.25381
86Plymouth$13.21368
87Harcourt$13.21257
88Bennett$13.16330
89Ridgeway$13.10261
90Farmersburg$13.09264
91Anthon$13.05534
92Little Rock$13.03447
93Lehigh$12.97395
94Menlo$12.92347
95Templeton$12.91337
96Silver City$12.87244
97Martelle$12.83250
98Malcom$12.82257
99Delmar$12.68541
100Galva$12.68416
101Badger$12.67540
102Martensdale$12.63413
103Williams$12.57299
104Maurice$12.56271
105Norway$12.53463
106Clearfield$12.50277
107Kensett$12.47256
108Mccausland$12.45314
109Spillville$12.40371
110Modale$12.34284
111Mingo$12.31314
112Brandon$12.29331
113Blakesburg$12.21273
114Bonaparte$12.17357
115Macedonia$12.12266
116Hawkeye$12.11429
117Kiron$12.03262
118Colesburg$11.97379
119Liscomb$11.96292
120Thornton$11.86394
121Runnells$11.79467
122Allerton$11.72432
123Atalissa$11.71287
124Kelley$11.69312
125Orient$11.66363
126Ellsworth$11.57495
127Cincinnati$11.57280
128Delta$11.52257
129Terril$11.48310
130Westside$11.45283
131Holland$11.37261
132Churdan$11.31359
133Mallard$11.28255
134Miles$11.28400
135Milton$10.98395
136New Vienna$10.91384
137Letts$10.91358
138Goose Lake$10.89250
139Birmingham$10.87371
140Charlotte$10.86386
141Yale$10.85265
142Richland$10.82532
143Batavia$10.77434
144Hornick$10.74255
145Riverdale$10.67385
146Bode$10.64304
147Union$10.58378
148Calamus$10.47348
149Lovilia$10.46456
150Danbury$10.43315
151Lytton$10.38274
152Radcliffe$10.37540
153Stacyville$10.36436
154Rhodes$10.36269
155Deloit$10.28246
156Protivin$10.28264
157Andrew$10.22374
158Royal$10.20379
159Bronson$10.14294
160Rudd$10.13339
161Defiance$10.05248
162Floyd$10.02297
163Cumming$9.85527
164Breda$9.80492
165Lynnville$9.68382
166Salix$9.63303
167Farnhamville$9.18364
168Middletown$9.16365
169Alleman$9.12439
170Lester$8.94309
171Ainsworth$8.62511
172Rowley$8.31264
173Gilman$8.10530
174Bertram$8.10267
175Grandview$8.10431
176Lost Nation$8.10425
177Nichols$8.10317
178Luana$7.98303
179Lockridge$7.92245
180Delhi$7.81438
181Klemme$7.74429
182Pulaski$7.58259
183Beacon$7.56434
184Sheldahl$7.56312
185Worthington$7.50374
186Harpers Ferry$7.49273
187Marquette$7.08434
188Columbus City$6.94385
189Donahue$6.83336
190Libertyville$6.60278
191Crawfordsville$6.44278
192New Virginia$5.97499
193Holy Cross$5.91348
194Conesville$5.86350
195University Park$5.27476
196Orleans$4.13503
197Maharishi Vedic City$3.87290
198Wahpeton$3.19337
199West Okoboji$2.92311

The $8.10 limit

Farnhamville’s general levy is $7.86 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.24 below the limit.4 670 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $7.86 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $7.86 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $1.32 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.21 · $31,959
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$0.10 · $2,697

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$207,14086%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$31,95913%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$2,6971%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Farnhamville’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 76¢ of every dollar76¢Public Works: 10¢ of every dollar10¢General Government: 6¢ of every dollarCulture and Recreation: 4¢ of every dollarPublic Safety: 3¢ of every dollarEverything else: <1¢ of every dollar

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 197 Iowa cities closest in size (240–550 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (197)
Business Type / Enterprise76¢39¢
Public Works10¢19¢
General Government6¢15¢
Culture and Recreation4¢8¢
Public Safety3¢9¢
Everything else<1¢<1¢

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$103,11037%
  • General Government$90,70033%
  • Culture and Recreation$44,74016%
  • Public Safety$36,25013%
  • Health and Social Services$2,6001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($789,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$108,475$100,034
Public Safety$81,170$19,320
Health and Social Services$3,000$2,415
General Government$59,615$51,894
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$40,655$32,373
Community and Economic Development$1,500$0
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$750,073$587,762

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$9.3M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Farnhamville owes

$4.6M at June 30, 2026: $12,001 per resident. 8th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$4.6M
$4.6M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$4.6M$12,001
2025$4.6M$12,130
2024$1.9M$4,964
2023$2.0M$5,117
2022$2.0M$5,350
2021$2.1M$5,367
2020$2.1M$5,502
2019$2.2M$5,625
2018$2.2M$5,777
2017$2.3M$5,908
2016$2.3M$6,036
2015$2.4M$6,159
2014$2.4M$6,287
2013$342,302$894
2012$360,269$941
2011$369,189$964
2010$377,725$986
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$4.6M$12,001
2025$4.6M$12,130
2024$1.9M$4,964
2023$2.0M$5,117
2022$2.0M$5,350
2021$2.1M$5,367
2020$2.1M$5,502
2019$2.2M$5,625
2018$2.2M$5,777
2017$2.3M$5,908
2016$2.3M$6,036
2015$2.4M$6,159
2014$2.4M$6,287
2013$342,302$894
2012$360,269$941
2011$369,189$964
2010$377,725$986

Up 1117% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances8. Farnhamville’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits9

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Wednesday, October 28, 2026, by the Auditor of State.

The report has no Schedule of Findings Iowa Funnel could read.

10 earlier reports for Farnhamville

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: $46,158 in FY25, up 14% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 9% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$44,256$44,319$45,493$45,740
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$125$301–$418

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.

$99,759
$10,783
  • CEBA grants$10,24495%
  • State grants$5395%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$88,453
FY20$99,759
FY21$15,165
FY22$12,764
FY23$9,739
FY24$15,681
FY25$10,783
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$88,453
FY20$99,759
FY21$15,165
FY22$12,764
FY23$9,739
FY24$15,681
FY25$10,783

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−10%$40,291 → $45,740, up 14% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)+594%$48 → $418, up 771% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 594% more

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 38% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% more.

$57,127
$39,943

Federal grants, for comparison: $25,718 in FY23.

Business awards

Every award 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

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Farnhamville; 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.

  • Farnhamville City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Barbara Gregg, Brittney Pearson, Jerome Moulds-Write In

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

Tim Kraayenbrink (Sen. 4)Wendy Larson (Rep. 7)

U.S. House:District 4

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