Who runs it
The city council passes ordinances, adopts the budget and sets the city’s property tax.
- Abe ClarkYetter City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
- Mark LietzYetter City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
- Mitchell BroshYetter City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
- Rodney A HartYetter Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
- Mark Lietz Write inYetter 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 Yetter
The combined rate in most of Yetter is $26.49 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.
- Everyone else$13.3750%
- City of Yetter$7.3628%
- Calhoun County$5.7522%
Compared with places this size3
Yetter’s city property tax rate of $7.36 per $1,000 is the 4th lowest of 10 Iowa cities with 10–30 people. The middle of the group is $7.90.
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.
Budget and spending
Where each dollar of Yetter’s budget goes, FY26
| Where it goes | Of each dollar | Cities this size (11) |
|---|---|---|
| General Government | 53¢ | 37¢ |
| Business Type / Enterprise | 22¢ | 3¢ |
| Culture and Recreation | 11¢ | 8¢ |
| Public Works | 9¢ | 40¢ |
| Public Safety | 3¢ | 6¢ |
| Everything else | 2¢ | 4¢ |
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 11 Iowa cities closest in size (10–30 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.
The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($12,000 in FY26), so this total is low.
Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
| Function | Budget | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Public Works | $2,885 | $5,217 |
| Public Safety | $1,700 | $150 |
| Health and Social Services | $400 | $718 |
| General Government | $23,445 | $27,573 |
| Debt Service | $0 | $0 |
| Culture and Recreation | $3,000 | $2,551 |
| Community and Economic Development | $0 | $0 |
| Capital Projects | $0 | $0 |
| Business Type / Enterprise | $8,000 | $11,546 |
What it spent each year
State money
What the state sends the city
Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: down 24% since FY23; down 30% after inflation.
Show the numbers
| Program | FY27 | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $216 | $2,606 | $2,689 | $2,713 | $3,422 |
Elections
Most recent: November 4, 2025
City · 2
3 seats: the top 3 win.
- Mark Lietz Winner646.1%
- Mitchell Brosh Winner430.8%
- Abe Clark Winner323.1%
- Rodney A Hart Unopposed3100.0%
Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Yetter; official results are on each county auditor’s site.
Related places
At the Statehouse and in Congress4
Tim Kraayenbrink (Sen. 4)Wendy Larson (Rep. 7)
U.S. House:District 4
Calhoun CountySouthern Cal schools