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Camanche

Clinton County · How cities work

$3,260 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($38.73 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,070 a yearof that goes to the city ($12.75 per $1,000)
$2.7Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$9.3Mcity 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.

  • Austin PruettCamanche Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Bob EdensCamanche City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Gregg MaxwellCamanche City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Randy GoldbeckCamanche City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Tom KlahnCamanche City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Wesley FarrellCamanche 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 Camanche

Homes and businesses in most of Camanche pay a combined $38.73 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Clinton County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $12.75. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$33.86$12.17
FY21$33.83$12.56
FY22$37.05$12.26
FY23$38.14$12.77
FY24$38.50$12.45
FY25$39.24$12.45
FY26$39.74$13.01
FY27$38.73$12.75
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$33.86$12.17
FY21$33.83$12.56
FY22$37.05$12.26
FY23$38.14$12.77
FY24$38.50$12.45
FY25$39.24$12.45
FY26$39.74$13.01
FY27$38.73$12.75

Compared with places this size3

Camanche’s city property tax rate of $12.75 per $1,000 is the 16th lowest of 59 Iowa cities with 3,000–6,800 people. The middle of the group is $14.76.

Red Oak: $20.65Oelwein: $20.16Albia: $19.70Eagle Grove: $19.32Independence: $19.01Iowa Falls: $18.86West Liberty: $18.68Chariton: $18.37Atlantic: $17.48Clarinda: $17.25Centerville: $16.85Algona: $16.75Vinton: $16.25Winterset: $16.15Cresco: $16.13Humboldt: $16.00Anamosa: $15.95Forest City: $15.77Tipton: $15.54Sheldon: $15.33Estherville: $15.27Harlan: $15.07Shenandoah: $15.02Manchester: $14.96Jefferson: $14.88Hampton: $14.86Carlisle: $14.82Cherokee: $14.82Glenwood: $14.77Waukon: $14.76Monticello: $14.49Osceola: $14.37Windsor Heights: $14.30Osage: $14.29Orange City: $14.01Rock Valley: $13.76Sergeant Bluff: $13.70Emmetsburg: $13.70Mount Vernon: $13.50New Hampton: $13.44Adel: $13.43Garner: $12.86Maquoketa: $12.85Le Claire: $12.64Milford: $12.57Tiffin: $11.80Huxley: $11.68Solon: $11.53Williamsburg: $11.11Polk City: $11.00Carter Lake: $10.67Story City: $10.39Dyersville: $10.27Spirit Lake: $10.17West Burlington: $10.15Robins: $9.68Asbury: $8.32Evansdale: $8.00Camanche: $12.75$8.00 lowest$20.65 highestmiddle
See all 59
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Red Oak$20.655,420
2Oelwein$20.165,788
3Albia$19.703,579
4Eagle Grove$19.323,615
5Independence$19.016,266
6Iowa Falls$18.864,993
7West Liberty$18.683,724
8Chariton$18.374,278
9Atlantic$17.486,717
10Clarinda$17.255,334
11Centerville$16.855,345
12Algona$16.755,341
13Vinton$16.254,962
14Winterset$16.155,421
15Cresco$16.133,890
16Humboldt$16.004,774
17Anamosa$15.955,845
18Forest City$15.774,199
19Tipton$15.543,059
20Sheldon$15.335,584
21Estherville$15.275,796
22Harlan$15.074,898
23Shenandoah$15.024,878
24Manchester$14.965,283
25Jefferson$14.884,148
26Hampton$14.864,340
27Carlisle$14.824,381
28Cherokee$14.825,186
29Glenwood$14.775,250
30Waukon$14.763,799
31Monticello$14.494,095
32Osceola$14.375,585
33Windsor Heights$14.305,106
34Osage$14.293,559
35Orange City$14.016,547
36Rock Valley$13.764,024
37Sergeant Bluff$13.705,335
38Emmetsburg$13.703,632
39Mount Vernon$13.504,518
40New Hampton$13.443,433
41Adel$13.436,763
42Garner$12.863,049
43Maquoketa$12.856,064
44Camanche$12.754,536
45Le Claire$12.644,776
46Milford$12.573,258
47Tiffin$11.806,695
48Huxley$11.684,737
49Solon$11.533,284
50Williamsburg$11.113,380
51Polk City$11.006,430
52Carter Lake$10.673,752
53Story City$10.393,439
54Dyersville$10.274,559
55Spirit Lake$10.175,548
56West Burlington$10.153,249
57Robins$9.683,362
58Asbury$8.326,051
59Evansdale$8.004,515

The $8.10 limit

Camanche’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 $8.10 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $8.10 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $4.65 more5

  • Debt Service Levy$2.71 · $580,402
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.57 · $323,694
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$0.37 · $76,125

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$7.0M of taxable value in Camanche is in TIF districts’ increment (3% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $144,000 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$135,829

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 $70,521 of the city’s own.

  • Camanche schools$89,190
  • Clinton County$43,068
YearTIF revenue
FY16$10,880
FY17$13,681
FY18$18,508
FY19$11,276
FY20$33,601
FY21$77,653
FY22$103,681
FY23$135,829
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$10,880
FY17$13,681
FY18$18,508
FY19$11,276
FY20$33,601
FY21$77,653
FY22$103,681
FY23$135,829

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$1.7M63%
  • Debt Service Levy$580,40222%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$323,69412%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$76,1253%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Camanche’s budget goes, FY26

Capital Projects: 28¢ of every dollar28¢Public Safety: 27¢ of every dollar27¢Business Type / Enterprise: 13¢ of every dollar13¢Public Works: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Debt Service: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Everything else: 12¢ of every dollar12¢

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 58 Iowa cities closest in size (3,000–6,800 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (58)
Capital Projects28¢17¢
Public Safety27¢13¢
Business Type / Enterprise13¢38¢
Public Works10¢9¢
Debt Service10¢8¢
Everything else12¢16¢

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.

  • Capital Projects$3.7M39%
  • Public Safety$2.7M29%
  • Debt Service$980,62111%
  • Public Works$784,7698%
  • General Government$498,4105%
  • Culture and Recreation$481,6985%
  • Community and Economic Development$179,1042%
  • Health and Social Services$2,3750%

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$743,530$692,158
Public Safety$2.2M$2.3M
Health and Social Services$2,375$1,375
General Government$443,296$468,873
Debt Service$829,147$857,820
Culture and Recreation$542,344$463,370
Community and Economic Development$149,778$139,063
Capital Projects$4.3M$2.3M
Business Type / Enterprise$1.2M$1.2M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$9.3M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Camanche owes

$4.7M at June 30, 2026: $1,029 per resident. 542nd most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$6.7M
$4.7M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$4.7M$1,029
2025$5.3M$1,160
2024$5.4M$1,180
2023$6.0M$1,324
2022$6.7M$1,471
2021$4.5M$982
2020$4.4M$965
2019$4.9M$1,071
2018$5.3M$1,169
2017$5.4M$1,191
2016$4.9M$1,077
2015$5.3M$1,156
2014$5.7M$1,236
2013$6.0M$1,305
2012$6.3M$1,382
2011$1.8M$386
2010$1.0M$223
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$4.7M$1,029
2025$5.3M$1,160
2024$5.4M$1,180
2023$6.0M$1,324
2022$6.7M$1,471
2021$4.5M$982
2020$4.4M$965
2019$4.9M$1,071
2018$5.3M$1,169
2017$5.4M$1,191
2016$4.9M$1,077
2015$5.3M$1,156
2014$5.7M$1,236
2013$6.0M$1,305
2012$6.3M$1,382
2011$1.8M$386
2010$1.0M$223

Up 362% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $4.1M, 20% of the limit of about $20.3M (5% of $405.4M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

10 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
General Obligation9th Street Project2042$1.9M
Revenue BondsLift Station Project2030$520,000
General ObligationWater Meter Project2034$400,000
General ObligationPhase 3 Street Improvement and Equipment for Street Department2032$380,000
General ObligationStreet Improvements - Washington Blvd2027$355,000
General ObligationAnamosa Road street improvements2031$350,000
General ObligationSplash Pad Project2034$327,000
General ObligationCity Hall Expansion construction2035$250,020
General ObligationCity Hall Project2035$125,007
LoansCommunity Center2027$79,291

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. Camanche’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Monday, March 23, 2026, by a CPA firm.

16 earlier reports for Camanche

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: $735,396 in FY25, up 22% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 3% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$628,686$628,883$645,524$649,028
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$108,620$102,193$54,510$86,368

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.

$1.1M
$137,023
  • Other$111,05881%
  • Iowa DHS$22,90517%
  • State grants$3,0452%
  • ARPA$150%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$53,926
FY20$234,571
FY21$65,949
FY22$558,971
FY23$1.1M
FY24$22,851
FY25$137,023
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$53,926
FY20$234,571
FY21$65,949
FY22$558,971
FY23$1.1M
FY24$22,851
FY25$137,023

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−10%$574,618 → $649,028, up 13% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)+147%$27,828 → $86,368, up 210% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 147% 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 44% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% more.

$745,569

Federal grants, for comparison: $158,622 in FY21.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

1 business has state awards in CAMANCHE: $800K in grants, loans and tax benefits, for 94 jobs.14

  • Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc. dba Merrill Steel
    High Quality Jobs Program · FY24 · Under contract: Building · 94 jobs required
    $800K
  • Naeve Family Beef, LLC
    High Quality Jobs Program · FY21 · Not going ahead: Contract ended · 49 jobs required
    $665K

Community college new jobs training: 7 contracts since 1997 worth $2.4M, for 289 pledged jobs.

Awards 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)15.

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 · 1

Failed Yes 36.1% (413) · No 63.9% (731)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

City · 2

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Camanche; 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.

  • Camanche City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Tom Klahn, Wesley Farrell
  • Camanche Mayor
    Now held by Austin Pruett

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here16.

Past ballot measures

  • Public Measure FCNovember 4, 2025

    Failed Yes 36.1% (413) · No 63.9% (731)

    Passes with more yes votes than no.

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 ballot17.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress18

Mike Zimmer (Sen. 35)Tom Determann (Rep. 69)

U.S. House:District 1

Clinton CountyCamanche schools