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Breda

Carroll County · How cities work

$1,790 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($21.26 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$830 a yearof that goes to the city ($9.80 per $1,000)
$261,166property taxes the city levies, FY27
$896,210city 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.

  • Bob BoeckmanBreda City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dan SnyderBreda Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Josie PotthoffBreda City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Samantha PietigBreda City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jeffery RiesbergBreda City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Kayla TiefenthalerBreda 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 Breda

Homes and businesses in most of Breda pay a combined $24.66 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Carroll County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $9.80. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$25.31$10.18
FY21$25.43$10.18
FY22$24.88$10.13
FY23$25.07$10.15
FY24$26.32$10.57
FY25$26.61$11.03
FY26$26.21$10.72
FY27$21.26$9.80
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$25.31$10.18
FY21$25.43$10.18
FY22$24.88$10.13
FY23$25.07$10.15
FY24$26.32$10.57
FY25$26.61$11.03
FY26$26.21$10.72
FY27$21.26$9.80

Compared with places this size3

Breda’s city property tax rate of $9.80 per $1,000 is the 32nd lowest of 194 Iowa cities with 330–740 people. The middle of the group is $12.98.

Stanhope: $29.10Rolfe: $22.67Elliott: $21.61Charter Oak: $21.32Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Pomeroy: $19.60Salem: $19.15Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Massena: $18.23Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Alden: $17.90Elma: $17.82Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Dows: $17.70New Hartford: $17.69Vail: $17.66Ringsted: $17.65Emerson: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Pierson: $17.12Burt: $17.10Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Titonka: $16.45Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Lewis: $16.25Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Russell: $15.18Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Gilmore City: $14.60Sabula: $14.38Garrison: $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: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Redfield: $13.73Sioux Rapids: $13.63Albion: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Rockford: $13.52Boyden: $13.39Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Bennett: $13.16Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Little Rock: $13.03Coggon: $12.99Lehigh: $12.97Menlo: $12.92Templeton: $12.91Earlville: $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: $12.30Brandon: $12.29Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Bonaparte: $12.17Schaller: $12.14Hawkeye: $12.11Colesburg: $11.97Albert City: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Orient: $11.66Merrill: $11.64Ellsworth: $11.57Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Churdan: $11.31Miles: $11.28Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $11.04Milton: $10.98Ireton: $10.93New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Fontanelle: $10.88Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Batavia: $10.77Riverdale: $10.67Union: $10.58Calamus: $10.47Lovilia: $10.46Radcliffe: $10.37Stacyville: $10.36Ventura: $10.22Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Hartford: $10.16Rudd: $10.13What Cheer: $10.01Cumming: $9.85Doon: $9.78Lynnville: $9.68Farnhamville: $9.18Middletown: $9.16Alleman: $9.12Crescent: $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: $6.94Donahue: $6.83Keystone: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79New Virginia: $5.97Holy Cross: $5.91Conesville: $5.86University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Okoboji: $3.83Wahpeton: $3.19Breda: $9.80$3.19 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 194
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Stanhope$29.10354
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Elliott$21.61328
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Oxford Junction$20.84424
6Earling$20.47394
7Pomeroy$19.60511
8Salem$19.15380
9Dumont$19.04614
10Seymour$18.78646
11Dexter$18.69631
12Fonda$18.52636
13Massena$18.23352
14Kanawha$18.11638
15Swea City$18.04545
16Alden$17.90738
17Elma$17.82493
18Callender$17.78361
19Casey$17.72387
20Dows$17.70509
21New Hartford$17.69555
22Vail$17.66383
23Ringsted$17.65346
24Emerson$17.54401
25Walnut$17.46728
26Murray$17.44609
27Thompson$17.25478
28Ashton$17.17434
29Pierson$17.12335
30Burt$17.10404
31Latimer$16.96477
32Lohrville$16.95366
33Elk Horn$16.78631
34Oxford$16.70715
35Mccallsburg$16.58356
36Whittemore$16.54478
37Bancroft$16.52677
38Titonka$16.45491
39Early$16.35571
40Truro$16.34515
41Lewis$16.25358
42Duncombe$16.10374
43Bayard$16.05402
44Scranton$16.01496
45Ruthven$15.84710
46Minden$15.77581
47Walker$15.74671
48Russell$15.18475
49Stanwood$15.12612
50Stratford$15.03688
51Zearing$14.99508
52Arlington$14.98415
53Maynard$14.85466
54Plainfield$14.84392
55Ryan$14.84348
56Otho$14.82417
57Wyoming$14.81526
58Humeston$14.80472
59Hopkinton$14.79622
60Essex$14.76721
61Gilmore City$14.60484
62Sabula$14.38498
63Garrison$14.38345
64Lorimor$14.36377
65Collins$14.32503
66Clermont$14.30571
67Moulton$14.25596
68Ocheyedan$14.22424
69Mcgregor$14.20725
70Olin$14.19652
71Garwin$14.08469
72Farragut$14.07480
73Elgin$14.05676
74Lime Springs$13.95467
75Dow City$13.94477
76Wesley$13.91382
77Diagonal$13.91331
78Bussey$13.83378
79Mondamin$13.82335
80Livermore$13.78382
81Redfield$13.73719
82Sioux Rapids$13.63722
83Albion$13.58444
84Lamont$13.57429
85New Albin$13.55435
86Rockford$13.52722
87Boyden$13.39694
88Lawler$13.39392
89Lacona$13.38336
90New Market$13.25381
91Plymouth$13.21368
92Bennett$13.16330
93Quasqueton$13.12587
94Farmington$13.10583
95Anthon$13.05534
96Little Rock$13.03447
97Coggon$12.99691
98Lehigh$12.97395
99Menlo$12.92347
100Templeton$12.91337
101Earlville$12.90713
102Brighton$12.88592
103Montrose$12.78734
104Goldfield$12.73617
105Wellsburg$12.68709
106Delmar$12.68541
107Galva$12.68416
108Badger$12.67540
109Martensdale$12.63413
110Stanton$12.62664
111Hospers$12.58703
112Norway$12.53463
113Everly$12.51570
114Hazleton$12.48711
115Spillville$12.40371
116Alburnett$12.30672
117Brandon$12.29331
118Moravia$12.27625
119Hedrick$12.22717
120Bonaparte$12.17357
121Schaller$12.14702
122Hawkeye$12.11429
123Colesburg$11.97379
124Albert City$11.88627
125Thornton$11.86394
126Runnells$11.79467
127Allerton$11.72432
128Orient$11.66363
129Merrill$11.64713
130Ellsworth$11.57495
131Morning Sun$11.50702
132Battle Creek$11.49683
133Churdan$11.31359
134Miles$11.28400
135Sutherland$11.25628
136Arcadia$11.23588
137Whiting$11.21725
138Shelby$11.17730
139Blairstown$11.04705
140Milton$10.98395
141Ireton$10.93571
142New Vienna$10.91384
143Letts$10.91358
144Fontanelle$10.88684
145Birmingham$10.87371
146Charlotte$10.86386
147Richland$10.82532
148Grand Mound$10.78608
149Batavia$10.77434
150Riverdale$10.67385
151Union$10.58378
152Calamus$10.47348
153Lovilia$10.46456
154Radcliffe$10.37540
155Stacyville$10.36436
156Ventura$10.22701
157Andrew$10.22374
158Royal$10.20379
159Hartford$10.16729
160Rudd$10.13339
161What Cheer$10.01595
162Cumming$9.85527
163Breda$9.80492
164Doon$9.78640
165Lynnville$9.68382
166Farnhamville$9.18364
167Middletown$9.16365
168Alleman$9.12439
169Crescent$8.72626
170Ainsworth$8.62511
171Grand Junction$8.57715
172Gilman$8.10530
173Grandview$8.10431
174Kellogg$8.10597
175Lakeside$8.10695
176Lost Nation$8.10425
177Agency$7.94623
178Fremont$7.86688
179Delhi$7.81438
180Klemme$7.74429
181Beacon$7.56434
182Worthington$7.50374
183Marquette$7.08434
184Columbus City$6.94385
185Donahue$6.83336
186Keystone$6.80616
187Shueyville$6.79725
188New Virginia$5.97499
189Holy Cross$5.91348
190Conesville$5.86350
191University Park$5.27476
192Orleans$4.13503
193Okoboji$3.83729
194Wahpeton$3.19337

The $8.10 limit

Breda’s general levy is $7.97 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.13 below the limit.4 459 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.21 · FY26 $8.21 · FY27 $7.97 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $1.83 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$0.95 · $25,167
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$0.88 · $23,406

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$1.9M of taxable value in Breda is in TIF districts’ increment (6% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $28,070 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$38,423
$25,835

What that value would raise at each government’s rate, FY277

Taxes on TIF value go to the city’s TIF fund instead of the governments that levy them, including about $18,175 of the city’s own.

  • Carroll schools$15,432
  • Carroll County$6,204
YearTIF revenue
FY16$26,214
FY17$26,368
FY18$27,308
FY19$31,000
FY20$38,423
FY21$12,693
FY22$19,169
FY23$25,835
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$26,214
FY17$26,368
FY18$27,308
FY19$31,000
FY20$38,423
FY21$12,693
FY22$19,169
FY23$25,835

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$211,20181%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$25,16710%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$23,4069%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Breda’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 67¢ of every dollar67¢Culture and Recreation: 12¢ of every dollar12¢Public Safety: 6¢ of every dollarPublic Works: 6¢ of every dollarGeneral Government: 6¢ of every dollarEverything else: 2¢ 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 193 Iowa cities closest in size (330–740 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (193)
Business Type / Enterprise67¢40¢
Culture and Recreation12¢9¢
Public Safety6¢9¢
Public Works6¢19¢
General Government6¢13¢
Everything else2¢6¢

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 Safety$259,70029%
  • Public Works$252,25028%
  • Culture and Recreation$212,21024%
  • General Government$101,85011%
  • Debt Service$29,0003%
  • Capital Projects$29,0003%
  • Community and Economic Development$10,0001%
  • Health and Social Services$2,2000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($1.2M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$141,310$203,815
Public Safety$102,750$93,472
Health and Social Services$1,850$2,010
General Government$84,325$72,749
Debt Service$27,000$0
Culture and Recreation$227,561$252,487
Community and Economic Development$7,500$26,347
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$1.3M$1.1M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$2.4M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Breda owes

$1.2M at June 30, 2026: $2,373 per resident. 336th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$1.5M
$1.2M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.2M$2,373
2025$904,843$1,810
2024$422,237$844
2023$527,214$1,054
2022$591,270$1,183
2021$585,157$1,170
2020$651,932$1,304
2019$775,891$1,552
2018$849,736$1,699
2017$1.0M$2,026
2016$865,910$1,732
2015$1.1M$2,206
2014$1.2M$2,445
2013$1.3M$2,673
2012$1.5M$2,998
2011$1.1M$2,288
2010$864,000$1,728
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.2M$2,373
2025$904,843$1,810
2024$422,237$844
2023$527,214$1,054
2022$591,270$1,183
2021$585,157$1,170
2020$651,932$1,304
2019$775,891$1,552
2018$849,736$1,699
2017$1.0M$2,026
2016$865,910$1,732
2015$1.1M$2,206
2014$1.2M$2,445
2013$1.3M$2,673
2012$1.5M$2,998
2011$1.1M$2,288
2010$864,000$1,728

Up 37% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $161,478, 7% of the limit of about $2.4M (5% of $47.5M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

3 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsD0732R New Well2044$879,000
General ObligationTIF - Housing development2033$161,478
Revenue BondsWater Tower DWSRF-0172035$146,000

General obligation bonds are repaid from property taxes; revenue bonds and loans from the fees or revenue they’re tied to. On the Treasurer’s site

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances11. Breda’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Wednesday, March 25, 2026, by the Auditor of State.

11 earlier reports for Breda

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? 13

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: $59,196 in FY25, down 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 23% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$62,742$57,340$59,152$59,196

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−23%$61,347 → $59,196, down 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 23% 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 35% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 8% more.

$93,997
$92,788

Federal grants, for comparison: $35,586 in FY23.

Business awards

Every award statewide

Elections

Running for mayor and city council

Filing opens Monday, August 23, 2027: in 284 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)14.

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 Breda; 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.

  • Breda City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Jeffery Riesberg, Kayla Tiefenthaler
  • Breda Mayor
    Now held by Dan Snyder

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here15.

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 ballot16.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress17

Jason Schultz (Sen. 6)Craig Steven Williams (Rep. 11)

U.S. House:District 4

Carroll CountyCarroll schools