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Kiron

Crawford County · How cities work

$2,660 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.61 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,010 a yearof that goes to the city ($12.03 per $1,000)
$63,773property taxes the city levies, FY27
$85,188city 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.

  • Kathy LickteigKiron City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Paul SchultzKiron City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Lodean KastnerKiron City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Mike LickteigKiron Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Nathan TremblayKiron City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Tamarra EckKiron 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 Kiron

Homes and businesses in most of Kiron pay a combined $31.61 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Crawford County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $12.03. Estimate your bill.

  • City of Kiron$12.0338%
  • Denison schools$11.4536%
  • Crawford County$4.9015%
  • Crawford County Memorial Hospital$1.404%
  • Western Iowa Tech Community College$1.023%
  • Crawford County Assessor$0.612%
  • Crawford County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.19<1%

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$34.36$12.04
FY21$34.04$11.96
FY22$33.03$11.50
FY23$31.62$11.14
FY24$34.32$13.90
FY25$31.76$11.69
FY26$32.19$12.22
FY27$31.61$12.03
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$34.36$12.04
FY21$34.04$11.96
FY22$33.03$11.50
FY23$31.62$11.14
FY24$34.32$13.90
FY25$31.76$11.69
FY26$32.19$12.22
FY27$31.61$12.03

Compared with places this size3

Kiron’s city property tax rate of $12.03 per $1,000 is the 105th lowest of 210 Iowa cities with 180–390 people. The middle of the group is $12.06.

Stanhope: $29.10Fenton: $22.05Soldier: $21.92Coulter: $21.80Chelsea: $21.61Elliott: $21.61Smithland: $21.12Volga: $20.23Alta Vista: $19.88Arthur: $19.86Fort Atkinson: $19.19Salem: $19.15Cumberland: $18.42Jamaica: $18.24Massena: $18.23Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Vail: $17.66Ringsted: $17.65Pierson: $17.12Pisgah: $17.09Lohrville: $16.95Lakota: $16.84Marble Rock: $16.78Auburn: $16.65Mccallsburg: $16.58Prescott: $16.53Irwin: $16.46Montour: $16.37Lewis: $16.25Corwith: $16.22Deep River: $16.18Waucoma: $16.17Duncombe: $16.10Granville: $16.00Minburn: $15.75Moorhead: $15.68Onslow: $15.63Linden: $15.62Kamrar: $15.47Peterson: $15.27Greeley: $15.23Riverton: $14.94Marathon: $14.89Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Ladora: $14.74Magnolia: $14.68Bagley: $14.63Davis City: $14.45Lucas: $14.40Garrison: $14.38Halbur: $14.37Lorimor: $14.36Crystal Lake: $14.36Kimballton: $14.27Steamboat Rock: $14.19Westgate: $14.05Mystic: $14.01Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Fertile: $13.70Stockport: $13.68Kellerton: $13.60Quimby: $13.58Meservey: $13.43Persia: $13.41Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38Leland: $13.31Ute: $13.26New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Harcourt: $13.21Bennett: $13.16Ridgeway: $13.10Farmersburg: $13.09Portsmouth: $13.05Clutier: $13.03Menlo: $12.92Templeton: $12.91Silver City: $12.87Patterson: $12.84Martelle: $12.83Malcom: $12.82Blencoe: $12.57Williams: $12.57Maurice: $12.56Clearfield: $12.50Kensett: $12.47Mccausland: $12.45Spillville: $12.40Modale: $12.34Mingo: $12.31Brandon: $12.29Blakesburg: $12.21Cushing: $12.18Bonaparte: $12.17Hanlontown: $12.17Stout: $12.14Macedonia: $12.12Paton: $12.09Rembrandt: $12.03Colesburg: $11.97Liscomb: $11.96New Providence: $11.88Parnell: $11.78Joice: $11.72Atalissa: $11.71Cantril: $11.69Kelley: $11.69Orient: $11.66Wadena: $11.65Cincinnati: $11.57Delta: $11.52Terril: $11.48Westside: $11.45Holland: $11.37Churdan: $11.31Mallard: $11.28Renwick: $11.16Dundee: $11.14Randolph: $11.08Rake: $11.05Frederika: $10.99New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Goose Lake: $10.89Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Yale: $10.85Hornick: $10.74Woden: $10.68Riverdale: $10.67Bode: $10.64Union: $10.58Cleghorn: $10.49Calamus: $10.47Danbury: $10.43Lytton: $10.38Rhodes: $10.36Dedham: $10.28Deloit: $10.28Protivin: $10.28Meriden: $10.28Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Bronson: $10.14Hancock: $10.13Rudd: $10.13La Motte: $10.09Melvin: $10.05Defiance: $10.05Floyd: $10.02Barnum: $9.96Panama: $9.85Grafton: $9.83Lynnville: $9.68Ionia: $9.65Salix: $9.63Van Wert: $9.62Luxemburg: $9.58Rippey: $9.42Farnhamville: $9.18Elberon: $9.16Middletown: $9.16Dixon: $9.03Lester: $8.94Blairsburg: $8.93Oakville: $8.89Harvey: $8.71Washta: $8.65Ollie: $8.44Thor: $8.38Rowley: $8.31South English: $8.27Boxholm: $8.11Bertram: $8.10Fostoria: $8.10Low Moor: $8.10Nichols: $8.10Laurel: $8.10Lineville: $8.10Luana: $7.98Lockridge: $7.92Grand River: $7.86Pulaski: $7.58Sheldahl: $7.56Fredonia: $7.55Worthington: $7.50Harpers Ferry: $7.49Alvord: $7.41Columbus City: $6.94Donahue: $6.83Packwood: $6.77Libertyville: $6.60Keswick: $6.49Crawfordsville: $6.44Holy Cross: $5.91Oakland Acres: $5.88Conesville: $5.86Maharishi Vedic City: $3.87Wahpeton: $3.19West Okoboji: $2.92Sherrill: $2.66Rickardsville: $2.27Kiron: $12.03$2.27 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 210
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Stanhope$29.10354
2Fenton$22.05250
3Soldier$21.92176
4Coulter$21.80220
5Chelsea$21.61207
6Elliott$21.61328
7Smithland$21.12184
8Volga$20.23200
9Alta Vista$19.88219
10Arthur$19.86218
11Fort Atkinson$19.19300
12Salem$19.15380
13Cumberland$18.42248
14Jamaica$18.24196
15Massena$18.23352
16Callender$17.78361
17Casey$17.72387
18Vail$17.66383
19Ringsted$17.65346
20Pierson$17.12335
21Pisgah$17.09248
22Lohrville$16.95366
23Lakota$16.84261
24Marble Rock$16.78258
25Auburn$16.65253
26Mccallsburg$16.58356
27Prescott$16.53186
28Irwin$16.46320
29Montour$16.37199
30Lewis$16.25358
31Corwith$16.22259
32Deep River$16.18243
33Waucoma$16.17235
34Duncombe$16.10374
35Granville$16.00302
36Minburn$15.75317
37Moorhead$15.68186
38Onslow$15.63198
39Linden$15.62206
40Kamrar$15.47178
41Peterson$15.27321
42Greeley$15.23216
43Riverton$14.94243
44Marathon$14.89221
45Plainfield$14.84392
46Ryan$14.84348
47Ladora$14.74223
48Magnolia$14.68194
49Bagley$14.63230
50Davis City$14.45178
51Lucas$14.40176
52Garrison$14.38345
53Halbur$14.37268
54Lorimor$14.36377
55Crystal Lake$14.36243
56Kimballton$14.27281
57Steamboat Rock$14.19261
58Westgate$14.05190
59Mystic$14.01318
60Wesley$13.91382
61Diagonal$13.91331
62Bussey$13.83378
63Mondamin$13.82335
64Livermore$13.78382
65Fertile$13.70300
66Stockport$13.68272
67Kellerton$13.60241
68Quimby$13.58245
69Meservey$13.43212
70Persia$13.41292
71Lawler$13.39392
72Lacona$13.38336
73Leland$13.31240
74Ute$13.26326
75New Market$13.25381
76Plymouth$13.21368
77Harcourt$13.21257
78Bennett$13.16330
79Ridgeway$13.10261
80Farmersburg$13.09264
81Portsmouth$13.05187
82Clutier$13.03209
83Menlo$12.92347
84Templeton$12.91337
85Silver City$12.87244
86Patterson$12.84176
87Martelle$12.83250
88Malcom$12.82257
89Blencoe$12.57223
90Williams$12.57299
91Maurice$12.56271
92Clearfield$12.50277
93Kensett$12.47256
94Mccausland$12.45314
95Spillville$12.40371
96Modale$12.34284
97Mingo$12.31314
98Brandon$12.29331
99Blakesburg$12.21273
100Cushing$12.18225
101Bonaparte$12.17357
102Hanlontown$12.17200
103Stout$12.14194
104Macedonia$12.12266
105Paton$12.09217
106Kiron$12.03262
107Rembrandt$12.03199
108Colesburg$11.97379
109Liscomb$11.96292
110New Providence$11.88233
111Parnell$11.78190
112Joice$11.72206
113Atalissa$11.71287
114Cantril$11.69224
115Kelley$11.69312
116Orient$11.66363
117Wadena$11.65201
118Cincinnati$11.57280
119Delta$11.52257
120Terril$11.48310
121Westside$11.45283
122Holland$11.37261
123Churdan$11.31359
124Mallard$11.28255
125Renwick$11.16228
126Dundee$11.14193
127Randolph$11.08183
128Rake$11.05179
129Frederika$10.99206
130New Vienna$10.91384
131Letts$10.91358
132Goose Lake$10.89250
133Birmingham$10.87371
134Charlotte$10.86386
135Yale$10.85265
136Hornick$10.74255
137Woden$10.68183
138Riverdale$10.67385
139Bode$10.64304
140Union$10.58378
141Cleghorn$10.49235
142Calamus$10.47348
143Danbury$10.43315
144Lytton$10.38274
145Rhodes$10.36269
146Dedham$10.28221
147Deloit$10.28246
148Protivin$10.28264
149Meriden$10.28175
150Andrew$10.22374
151Royal$10.20379
152Bronson$10.14294
153Hancock$10.13199
154Rudd$10.13339
155La Motte$10.09235
156Melvin$10.05196
157Defiance$10.05248
158Floyd$10.02297
159Barnum$9.96186
160Panama$9.85234
161Grafton$9.83212
162Lynnville$9.68382
163Ionia$9.65220
164Salix$9.63303
165Van Wert$9.62175
166Luxemburg$9.58240
167Rippey$9.42217
168Farnhamville$9.18364
169Elberon$9.16178
170Middletown$9.16365
171Dixon$9.03204
172Lester$8.94309
173Blairsburg$8.93175
174Oakville$8.89198
175Harvey$8.71242
176Washta$8.65206
177Ollie$8.44196
178Thor$8.38182
179Rowley$8.31264
180South English$8.27196
181Boxholm$8.11177
182Bertram$8.10267
183Fostoria$8.10229
184Low Moor$8.10242
185Nichols$8.10317
186Laurel$8.10214
187Lineville$8.10194
188Luana$7.98303
189Lockridge$7.92245
190Grand River$7.86192
191Pulaski$7.58259
192Sheldahl$7.56312
193Fredonia$7.55227
194Worthington$7.50374
195Harpers Ferry$7.49273
196Alvord$7.41216
197Columbus City$6.94385
198Donahue$6.83336
199Packwood$6.77186
200Libertyville$6.60278
201Keswick$6.49238
202Crawfordsville$6.44278
203Holy Cross$5.91348
204Oakland Acres$5.88178
205Conesville$5.86350
206Maharishi Vedic City$3.87290
207Wahpeton$3.19337
208West Okoboji$2.92311
209Sherrill$2.66176
210Rickardsville$2.27204

The $8.10 limit

Kiron’s general levy is $7.68 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.42 below the limit.4 742 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.09 · FY26 $7.91 · FY27 $7.68 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $4.35 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$4.35 · $23,053

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$40,72064%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$23,05336%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Kiron’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 66¢ of every dollar66¢Public Works: 16¢ of every dollar16¢General Government: 13¢ of every dollar13¢Culture and Recreation: 3¢ of every dollarPublic Safety: 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 208 Iowa cities closest in size (180–390 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (208)
Business Type / Enterprise66¢37¢
Public Works16¢21¢
General Government13¢18¢
Culture and Recreation3¢8¢
Public Safety2¢9¢

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$45,50053%
  • General Government$29,00034%
  • Culture and Recreation$8,0009%
  • Public Safety$2,6883%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($214,596 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$36,346$19,600
Public Safety$9,900$0
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$46,564$49,345
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$6,350$8,372
Community and Economic Development$0$0
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$202,929$176,326

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$668,424
$313,204

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Kiron owes

$1.4M at June 30, 2026: $5,409 per resident. 100th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$1.7M
$1.4M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.4M$5,409
2025$1.4M$5,336
2024$1.5M$5,558
2023$1.5M$5,770
2022$1.6M$5,975
2021$1.7M$6,305
2020$1.7M$6,375
2019$1.4M$5,426
2018$1.6M$5,874
2017$1.6M$5,874
2016$1.5M$5,786
2015$1.5M$5,786
2014$102,834$385
2013$102,834$385
2012$105,783$396
2011$107,589$403
2010$108,603$407
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.4M$5,409
2025$1.4M$5,336
2024$1.5M$5,558
2023$1.5M$5,770
2022$1.6M$5,975
2021$1.7M$6,305
2020$1.7M$6,375
2019$1.4M$5,426
2018$1.6M$5,874
2017$1.6M$5,874
2016$1.5M$5,786
2015$1.5M$5,786
2014$102,834$385
2013$102,834$385
2012$105,783$396
2011$107,589$403
2010$108,603$407

Up 1230% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $562,320 (5% of $11.2M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

3 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
LoansWastewater Treatment Improvements for City of Kiron2044$1.1M
LoansWater Tower Project2049$240,000
Loanswater and utility2040$68,173

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 balances9. Kiron’s latest audit has them: Periodic Examination, period ending Sunday, June 30, 2019 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Periodic Examination for the period ending Sunday, June 30, 2019 (PDF), released Thursday, December 19, 2019, by a CPA firm.

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? 11

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: $30,917 in FY25, down 0% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 21% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$31,948$32,111$32,106$30,917

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.

$240,711
$700
  • State grants$700100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$60,936
FY20$240,711
FY21$29,049
FY22$0
FY23$12,875
FY24$0
FY25$700
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$60,936
FY20$240,711
FY21$29,049
FY22$0
FY23$12,875
FY24$0
FY25$700

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−21%$31,055 → $30,917, down 0% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 21% 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 51% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 20% more.

$36,583
$34,472

Federal grants, for comparison: $19,887 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)12.

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 · 1

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Kiron; 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.

  • Kiron City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Nathan Tremblay, Tamarra Eck, Lodean Kastner
  • Kiron Mayor
    Now held by Mike Lickteig

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here13.

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 ballot14.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress15

Jason Schultz (Sen. 6)Steven C. Holt (Rep. 12)

U.S. House:District 4

Crawford CountyDenison schools