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Manilla

Crawford County · How cities work

$2,710 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($32.12 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$930 a yearof that goes to the city ($11.01 per $1,000)
$213,742property taxes the city levies, FY27
$1.5Mcity 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.

  • Corey GaskillManilla Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Paul HeimanManilla City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Roger J KenkelManilla City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Kurt ChapmanManilla City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Lana GeorgiusManilla City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Sam RauterkusManilla 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 Manilla

Homes and businesses in most of Manilla pay a combined $32.12 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, $11.01. Estimate your bill.

  • Ikm-Manning schools$12.9940%
  • City of Manilla$11.0134%
  • 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 Manilla pay, and the city government’s own piece of it.

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$28.98$10.55
FY21$29.22$10.54
FY22$28.73$10.57
FY23$28.88$10.57
FY24$28.97$10.94
FY25$28.21$10.32
FY26$29.37$10.42
FY27$32.12$11.01
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$28.98$10.55
FY21$29.22$10.54
FY22$28.73$10.57
FY23$28.88$10.57
FY24$28.97$10.94
FY25$28.21$10.32
FY26$29.37$10.42
FY27$32.12$11.01

Compared with places this size3

Manilla’s city property tax rate of $11.01 per $1,000 is the 51st lowest of 184 Iowa cities with 510–1,100 people. The middle of the group is $12.86.

Exira: $24.81Rolfe: $22.67Dayton: $22.51Charter Oak: $21.32Correctionville: $19.84Villisca: $19.74Pomeroy: $19.60Allison: $19.06Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Greene: $17.91Alden: $17.90Dows: $17.70New Hartford: $17.69Lansing: $17.67Rockwell: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Mapleton: $16.90George: $16.89Adair: $16.84Eddyville: $16.82Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Buffalo Center: $16.58Bancroft: $16.52Eldon: $16.42Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Aplington: $16.34Panora: $16.14Mechanicsville: $16.12Armstrong: $15.87Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Newell: $15.49Riceville: $15.31Neola: $15.30Sidney: $15.19Gilbertville: $15.15Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Griswold: $15.01Zearing: $14.99Readlyn: $14.99Wyoming: $14.81Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Dunlap: $14.56Garnavillo: $14.52Maxwell: $14.50Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Mcgregor: $14.20Olin: $14.19Primghar: $14.18Sheffield: $14.16Elgin: $14.05Ossian: $13.88Redfield: $13.73Victor: $13.72Edgewood: $13.64Sioux Rapids: $13.63Donnellson: $13.63Gladbrook: $13.58Rockford: $13.52Janesville: $13.43Calmar: $13.39Boyden: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Anita: $13.28Van Horne: $13.27Conrad: $13.23Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Treynor: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Coggon: $12.99Earlville: $12.90Brighton: $12.88Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85Malvern: $12.79Montrose: $12.78Goldfield: $12.73Wellsburg: $12.68Delmar: $12.68Badger: $12.67Stanton: $12.62Hospers: $12.58Everly: $12.51Hazleton: $12.48West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Alburnett: $12.30Hubbard: $12.30Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Schaller: $12.14Winfield: $12.04Elkhart: $12.00Afton: $11.96Lowden: $11.93Tabor: $11.88Albert City: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Merrill: $11.64Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Marcus: $11.31Dunkerton: $11.30Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $11.04Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Ireton: $10.93Fontanelle: $10.88Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Cambridge: $10.53Swisher: $10.39Schleswig: $10.39Melbourne: $10.38Radcliffe: $10.37Elk Run Heights: $10.33Fredericksburg: $10.27Ventura: $10.22Inwood: $10.22Milo: $10.20Hartford: $10.16What Cheer: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Cumming: $9.85Graettinger: $9.81Doon: $9.78Long Grove: $9.59Lake View: $9.39Paullina: $9.21Fairbank: $9.00Winthrop: $8.94Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Keosauqua: $8.58Grand Junction: $8.57Princeton: $8.24Gilman: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lakeside: $8.10Riverside: $8.02Agency: $7.94Hills: $7.94Fremont: $7.86Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sloan: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Raymond: $6.85Keystone: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79Okoboji: $3.83Manilla: $11.01$3.83 lowest$24.81 highestmiddle
See all 184
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Exira$24.81766
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Dayton$22.51766
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Correctionville$19.84759
6Villisca$19.741,106
7Pomeroy$19.60511
8Allison$19.06937
9Dumont$19.04614
10Seymour$18.78646
11Dexter$18.69631
12Fonda$18.52636
13Kanawha$18.11638
14Swea City$18.04545
15Greene$17.91971
16Alden$17.90738
17Dows$17.70509
18New Hartford$17.69555
19Lansing$17.67959
20Rockwell$17.541,044
21Walnut$17.46728
22Murray$17.44609
23Gowrie$17.17943
24Colo$17.14856
25Mapleton$16.901,114
26George$16.891,106
27Adair$16.84792
28Eddyville$16.82965
29Elk Horn$16.78631
30Oxford$16.70715
31Buffalo Center$16.58839
32Bancroft$16.52677
33Eldon$16.42788
34Early$16.35571
35Truro$16.34515
36Aplington$16.341,088
37Panora$16.141,096
38Mechanicsville$16.12974
39Armstrong$15.87847
40Ruthven$15.84710
41Minden$15.77581
42Walker$15.74671
43Newell$15.49850
44Riceville$15.31807
45Neola$15.30917
46Sidney$15.191,048
47Gilbertville$15.15792
48Stanwood$15.12612
49Stratford$15.03688
50Griswold$15.01975
51Zearing$14.99508
52Readlyn$14.99857
53Wyoming$14.81526
54Hopkinton$14.79622
55Essex$14.76721
56Dunlap$14.561,030
57Garnavillo$14.52751
58Maxwell$14.50862
59Clermont$14.30571
60Moulton$14.25596
61Mcgregor$14.20725
62Olin$14.19652
63Primghar$14.18893
64Sheffield$14.161,123
65Elgin$14.05676
66Ossian$13.88777
67Redfield$13.73719
68Victor$13.72852
69Edgewood$13.64908
70Sioux Rapids$13.63722
71Donnellson$13.63859
72Gladbrook$13.58775
73Rockford$13.52722
74Janesville$13.431,052
75Calmar$13.391,100
76Boyden$13.39694
77Baxter$13.32983
78Anita$13.28953
79Van Horne$13.27768
80Conrad$13.231,098
81Keota$13.21888
82Shellsburg$13.20987
83De Soto$13.18937
84Quasqueton$13.12587
85Farmington$13.10583
86Anthon$13.05534
87Treynor$13.031,104
88Odebolt$13.00967
89Coggon$12.99691
90Earlville$12.90713
91Brighton$12.88592
92Danville$12.87910
93Underwood$12.85973
94Malvern$12.791,056
95Montrose$12.78734
96Goldfield$12.73617
97Wellsburg$12.68709
98Delmar$12.68541
99Badger$12.67540
100Stanton$12.62664
101Hospers$12.58703
102Everly$12.51570
103Hazleton$12.48711
104West Point$12.39903
105Hinton$12.38959
106Preston$12.38940
107Alburnett$12.30672
108Hubbard$12.30837
109Moravia$12.27625
110Hedrick$12.22717
111Carson$12.22772
112Wheatland$12.18765
113Schaller$12.14702
114Winfield$12.041,006
115Elkhart$12.001,079
116Afton$11.96864
117Lowden$11.93767
118Tabor$11.88983
119Albert City$11.88627
120Aurelia$11.84970
121Merrill$11.64713
122Morning Sun$11.50702
123Battle Creek$11.49683
124Wall Lake$11.43739
125West Bend$11.42770
126Dakota City$11.39764
127Marcus$11.311,069
128Dunkerton$11.30840
129Sutherland$11.25628
130Arcadia$11.23588
131Whiting$11.21725
132Shelby$11.17730
133Blairstown$11.04705
134Manilla$11.01756
135Hamburg$10.95863
136Clarence$10.94991
137Ireton$10.93571
138Fontanelle$10.88684
139Richland$10.82532
140Grand Mound$10.78608
141Cambridge$10.53844
142Swisher$10.39909
143Schleswig$10.39820
144Melbourne$10.38771
145Radcliffe$10.37540
146Elk Run Heights$10.331,061
147Fredericksburg$10.27983
148Ventura$10.22701
149Inwood$10.22962
150Milo$10.20762
151Hartford$10.16729
152What Cheer$10.01595
153Newhall$9.99887
154Cumming$9.85527
155Graettinger$9.81810
156Doon$9.78640
157Long Grove$9.59849
158Lake View$9.391,120
159Paullina$9.21979
160Fairbank$9.001,133
161Winthrop$8.94814
162Crescent$8.72626
163Ainsworth$8.62511
164Keosauqua$8.58944
165Grand Junction$8.57715
166Princeton$8.24917
167Gilman$8.10530
168Kellogg$8.10597
169Lakeside$8.10695
170Riverside$8.021,063
171Agency$7.94623
172Hills$7.94911
173Fremont$7.86688
174Larchwood$7.52954
175North English$7.491,030
176Sloan$7.491,078
177Sully$7.41891
178Fruitland$7.21928
179Lawton$7.10949
180Wayland$7.07935
181Raymond$6.85754
182Keystone$6.80616
183Shueyville$6.79725
184Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

Manilla’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 $8.09 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $8.10 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $2.91 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.69 · $32,500
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.22 · $23,446

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$155,87674%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$32,50015%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$23,44611%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Manilla’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 65¢ of every dollar65¢Public Works: 13¢ of every dollar13¢Community and Economic Development: 7¢ of every dollar7¢Public Safety: 7¢ of every dollarCulture and Recreation: 3¢ of every dollarEverything else: 5¢ 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 183 Iowa cities closest in size (510–1,100 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (183)
Business Type / Enterprise65¢40¢
Public Works13¢16¢
Community and Economic Development7¢2¢
Public Safety7¢9¢
Culture and Recreation3¢9¢
Everything else5¢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.

  • Public Works$555,00038%
  • Community and Economic Development$307,00021%
  • Public Safety$283,50019%
  • Culture and Recreation$221,00015%
  • General Government$92,0006%
  • Health and Social Services$1,0000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($2.9M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$437,180$283,133
Public Safety$475,225$126,642
Health and Social Services$2,700$35
General Government$54,605$52,059
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$100,135$97,384
Community and Economic Development$265,000$100,375
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$2.2M$1.3M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$2.3M
$2.2M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Manilla owes

$75,636 at June 30, 2026: $98 per resident. 703rd most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$288,314
$75,636
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$75,636$98
2025$175,888$227
2024$288,314$372
2023$0$0
2022$0$0
2021$0$0
2020$0$0
2019$0$0
2018$0$0
2017$0$0
2016$0$0
2015$0$0
2014$0$0
2013$0$0
2012$0$0
2011$0$0
2010$0$0
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$75,636$98
2025$175,888$227
2024$288,314$372
2023$0$0
2022$0$0
2021$0$0
2020$0$0
2019$0$0
2018$0$0
2017$0$0
2016$0$0
2015$0$0
2014$0$0
2013$0$0
2012$0$0
2011$0$0
2010$0$0

Down 74% since 2024.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $2.0M (5% of $39.3M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

2 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Capital Leases/Lease to PurchaseWater Tower Rehab2027$75,636
Capital Leases/Lease to PurchaseStreet Sweeper2026$0

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. Manilla’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Tuesday, March 31, 2026, by a CPA firm.

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

13 earlier reports for Manilla

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: $111,868 in FY25, up 12% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$107,156$106,649$109,471$110,065
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)–––$1,803

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.

$267,776
$0
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$0
    FY21$0
    FY22$267,776
    FY23$0
    FY24$0
    FY25$0
    Show the numbers
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$0
    FY21$0
    FY22$267,776
    FY23$0
    FY24$0
    FY25$0

    Has it kept up with prices?

    Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

    • Road Use Tax (streets)−12%$100,248 → $110,065, up 10% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 12% 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 52% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 21% more.

    $100,475

    Federal grants, for comparison: $44,893 in FY25.

    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 · 2

    2 seats: the top 2 win.

    Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Manilla; 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.

    • Manilla City Council At-Large (3 seats)
      Now held by Sam Rauterkus, Lana Georgius, Kurt Chapman
    • Manilla Mayor
      Now held by Corey Gaskill

    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 CountyIkm-Manning schools