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Edgewood

$3,190 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($37.91 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,150 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.64 per $1,000)

$469,930property 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.

Jason SullivanEdgewood City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Kirby KendrickEdgewood City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Sarah DuganEdgewood Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Tammy HarrisEdgewood City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Jed KoprenEdgewood City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Michael StrubleEdgewood 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 Edgewood

Homes and businesses in most of Edgewood pay a combined $37.91 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Delaware County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $13.64. Estimate your bill.

Edgewood-Colesburg schools$14.9139%
City of Edgewood$13.6436%
Delaware County$5.7915%
Delaware County Hospital$1.835%
Northeast Iowa Community College$1.043%
Delaware County Assessor$0.531%
Delaware County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.18<1%

Rates over time

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

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$35.10	$12.70
FY21	$34.85	$12.55
FY22	$34.47	$12.22
FY23	$32.83	$12.59
FY24	$37.82	$14.24
FY25	$37.98	$14.48
FY26	$38.48	$14.33
FY27	$37.91	$13.64

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$35.10	$12.70
FY21	$34.85	$12.55
FY22	$34.47	$12.22
FY23	$32.83	$12.59
FY24	$37.82	$14.24
FY25	$37.98	$14.48
FY26	$38.48	$14.33
FY27	$37.91	$13.64

Compared with places this size³

Edgewood’s city property tax rate of $13.64 per $1,000 is the 69th highest of 181 Iowa cities with 610–1,400 people. The middle of the group is $12.90.

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#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Elkader	$27.11	1,192
2	Exira	$24.81	766
3	Laurens	$24.16	1,253
4	Dayton	$22.51	766
5	Correctionville	$19.84	759
6	Villisca	$19.74	1,106
7	Allison	$19.06	937
8	Dumont	$19.04	614
9	Seymour	$18.78	646
10	Dexter	$18.69	631
11	Fonda	$18.52	636
12	Kanawha	$18.11	638
13	Dysart	$17.95	1,266
14	Greene	$17.91	971
15	Alden	$17.90	738
16	Lansing	$17.67	959
17	Strawberry Point	$17.58	1,141
18	Rockwell	$17.54	1,044
19	Walnut	$17.46	728
20	Murray	$17.44	609
21	Gowrie	$17.17	943
22	Colo	$17.14	856
23	Mapleton	$16.90	1,114
24	George	$16.89	1,106
25	Fayette	$16.85	1,193
26	Adair	$16.84	792
27	Eddyville	$16.82	965
28	Elk Horn	$16.78	631
29	Oxford	$16.70	715
30	Buffalo Center	$16.58	839
31	Bancroft	$16.52	677
32	Eldon	$16.42	788
33	Aplington	$16.34	1,088
34	Panora	$16.14	1,096
35	Mechanicsville	$16.12	974
36	Dike	$15.94	1,293
37	Armstrong	$15.87	847
38	Ruthven	$15.84	710
39	Walker	$15.74	671
40	Shell Rock	$15.52	1,265
41	Newell	$15.49	850
42	Riceville	$15.31	807
43	Neola	$15.30	917
44	Sidney	$15.19	1,048
45	Gilbertville	$15.15	792
46	Stanwood	$15.12	612
47	Logan	$15.05	1,351
48	Stratford	$15.03	688
49	Griswold	$15.01	975
50	Readlyn	$14.99	857
51	Tripoli	$14.99	1,208
52	Hopkinton	$14.79	622
53	Essex	$14.76	721
54	Lenox	$14.65	1,355
55	Dunlap	$14.56	1,030
56	Garnavillo	$14.52	751
57	Maxwell	$14.50	862
58	Coon Rapids	$14.49	1,258
59	Nora Springs	$14.25	1,330
60	Mcgregor	$14.20	725
61	Olin	$14.19	652
62	Primghar	$14.18	893
63	Sheffield	$14.16	1,123
64	Elgin	$14.05	676
65	Ossian	$13.88	777
66	Alton	$13.87	1,248
67	Redfield	$13.73	719
68	Victor	$13.72	852
69	Edgewood	$13.64	908
70	Sioux Rapids	$13.63	722
71	Donnellson	$13.63	859
72	Gladbrook	$13.58	775
73	Clarksville	$13.53	1,238
74	Rockford	$13.52	722
75	Janesville	$13.43	1,052
76	Glidden	$13.43	1,140
77	Calmar	$13.39	1,100
78	Boyden	$13.39	694
79	Baxter	$13.32	983
80	Manly	$13.29	1,233
81	Anita	$13.28	953
82	Van Horne	$13.27	768
83	Conrad	$13.23	1,098
84	Springville	$13.22	1,161
85	Keota	$13.21	888
86	Shellsburg	$13.20	987
87	De Soto	$13.18	937
88	Treynor	$13.03	1,104
89	Odebolt	$13.00	967
90	Coggon	$12.99	691
91	Earlville	$12.90	713
92	Danville	$12.87	910
93	Underwood	$12.85	973
94	New Sharon	$12.80	1,249
95	Malvern	$12.79	1,056
96	Montrose	$12.78	734
97	Goldfield	$12.73	617
98	Wellsburg	$12.68	709
99	Buffalo	$12.68	1,163
100	Stanton	$12.62	664
101	Hospers	$12.58	703
102	Hazleton	$12.48	711
103	West Point	$12.39	903
104	Hinton	$12.38	959
105	Preston	$12.38	940
106	Alburnett	$12.30	672
107	Hubbard	$12.30	837
108	Moravia	$12.27	625
109	Hedrick	$12.22	717
110	Carson	$12.22	772
111	Wheatland	$12.18	765
112	Schaller	$12.14	702
113	Winfield	$12.04	1,006
114	Elkhart	$12.00	1,079
115	Afton	$11.96	864
116	Lowden	$11.93	767
117	Tabor	$11.88	983
118	Albert City	$11.88	627
119	Aurelia	$11.84	970
120	Merrill	$11.64	713
121	Morning Sun	$11.50	702
122	Battle Creek	$11.49	683
123	Wall Lake	$11.43	739
124	West Bend	$11.42	770
125	Dakota City	$11.39	764
126	Marcus	$11.31	1,069
127	Dunkerton	$11.30	840
128	Sutherland	$11.25	628
129	Whiting	$11.21	725
130	Melcher-Dallas	$11.21	1,193
131	Shelby	$11.17	730
132	University Heights	$11.12	1,188
133	Blairstown	$11.04	705
134	Manilla	$11.01	756
135	Hamburg	$10.95	863
136	Clarence	$10.94	991
137	Fontanelle	$10.88	684
138	Grand Mound	$10.78	608
139	Cambridge	$10.53	844
140	Swisher	$10.39	909
141	Schleswig	$10.39	820
142	Melbourne	$10.38	771
143	Elk Run Heights	$10.33	1,061
144	Fredericksburg	$10.27	983
145	Lake Park	$10.25	1,155
146	Ventura	$10.22	701
147	Inwood	$10.22	962
148	Milo	$10.20	762
149	Hartford	$10.16	729
150	Central City	$10.01	1,254
151	Newhall	$9.99	887
152	Graettinger	$9.81	810
153	Doon	$9.78	640
154	Long Grove	$9.59	849
155	Lake View	$9.39	1,120
156	Paullina	$9.21	979
157	Fairbank	$9.00	1,133
158	Winthrop	$8.94	814
159	Walford	$8.72	1,357
160	Crescent	$8.72	626
161	Keosauqua	$8.58	944
162	Grand Junction	$8.57	715
163	Princeton	$8.24	917
164	Lone Tree	$8.13	1,341
165	Lakeside	$8.10	695
166	Riverside	$8.02	1,063
167	Agency	$7.94	623
168	Hills	$7.94	911
169	Fremont	$7.86	688
170	Larchwood	$7.52	954
171	North English	$7.49	1,030
172	Sloan	$7.49	1,078
173	Sully	$7.41	891
174	Fruitland	$7.21	928
175	Lawton	$7.10	949
176	Wayland	$7.07	935
177	Raymond	$6.85	754
178	Keystone	$6.80	616
179	Shueyville	$6.79	725
180	Arnolds Park	$4.95	1,214
181	Okoboji	$3.83	729

The $8.10 limit

Edgewood’s general levy is $8.13 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.03 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.⁴ 218 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.37 · FY26 $8.37 · FY27 $8.13 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $5.51 more⁵

Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.43 · $80,171
Debt Service Levy$1.55 · $70,287
Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.54 · $50,665

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$12.4M of taxable value in Edgewood is in TIF districts’ increment (27% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.⁶ It budgeted $297,735 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$242,975

Year	TIF revenue
FY16	$128,481
FY17	$131,989
FY18	$153,209
FY19	$159,670
FY20	$139,660
FY21	$160,949
FY22	$171,899
FY23	$242,975

Show the numbers

Year	TIF revenue
FY16	$128,481
FY17	$131,989
FY18	$153,209
FY19	$159,670
FY20	$139,660
FY21	$160,949
FY22	$171,899
FY23	$242,975

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$268,13257%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$80,17117%
Debt Service Levy$70,28715%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$50,66511%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Edgewood’s budget goes, FY26

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 180 Iowa cities closest in size (610–1,400 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (180)
Business Type / Enterprise	26¢	40¢
Public Works	17¢	16¢
Culture and Recreation	14¢	9¢
Debt Service	12¢	6¢
Public Safety	11¢	10¢
Everything else	19¢	11¢

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$457,38630%
Public Works$296,79419%
Culture and Recreation$224,87315%
Debt Service$215,10014%
Community and Economic Development$179,43512%
General Government$163,51311%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($468,309 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$267,009	$288,584
Public Safety	$198,451	$176,475
Health and Social Services	$2,814	$2,814
General Government	$141,792	$150,935
Debt Service	$136,775	$152,092
Culture and Recreation	$362,061	$377,854
Community and Economic Development	$81,462	$175,553
Capital Projects	$0	$63,696
Business Type / Enterprise	$1.0M	$382,058

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁷

$2.1M

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? ⁸

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: $133,156 in FY25, up 19% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 5% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$124,532	$125,089	$128,399	$129,096
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)	$12,993	$5,684	$3,319	$4,060

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.

$12,581

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$12,295
FY20	$12,581
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$764
FY25	$0

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$12,295
FY20	$12,581
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$764
FY25	$0

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−8%$111,616 → $129,096, up 16% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 8% 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 69% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 34% more.

$140,734

Federal grants, for comparison: $14,926 in FY24.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Edgewood City Council At-Large

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Jason Sullivan Winner9835.5%
Tammy Harris Winner9233.3%
Kirby Kendrick Winner8631.2%

Edgewood Mayor

Sarah Dugan Unopposed83100.0%

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Edgewood; official results are on each county auditor’s site.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁹

Dan Zumbach (Sen. 34)Craig P. Johnson (Rep. 67)

U.S. House:District 2

Delaware County Edgewood-Colesburg schools Starmont schools

Notes

For a $200,000 home with the homestead credit, at the combined rate in most of the city. Some parts of the city pay a different rate (special districts, tax increment financing districts). ↩
Cities adopt their budgets each spring for the year starting July 1. ↩
FY27 rates from the Department of Management. A higher rate isn’t always a bigger bill: it depends on how much property there is to tax. Sizes: Census Bureau 2024 estimates. ↩
Iowa Code section 384.1, as changed by House File 718 (2023). Until FY25 a city’s regular general levy was capped at $8.10 by itself, and a city at the cap could add an emergency levy of up to $0.27. From FY25 the general levy and several smaller levies were combined into one “consolidated” general levy with an $8.10 limit; a city whose combined rate was above $8.10 lowers it in steps, in years its taxable value grows by more than the law allows, until it reaches $8.10. So years before FY25 aren’t directly comparable with later ones. ↩
Levies outside the limit are each set aside for one purpose and have their own rules: debt service pays back bonds voters or the council approved, employee benefits cover pensions and insurance, and some (transit, an airport, insurance costs) have their own caps in state law. ↩
Tax increment financing: when a city sets up a TIF district, the taxable value there is frozen at a “base”. Taxes on the base go to every government as usual; taxes on the growth in value since (the “increment”) go to the city’s TIF fund to pay for the project, such as roads, utilities or a developer rebate, until the district ends. From the state’s valuation file (Iowa Data Hub), valuation year 2025. ↩
The state’s FY24 spending file repeats the year before for nearly every Iowa city, so that year isn’t shown. ↩
From the city’s annual financial reports to the state (Iowa Data Hub, city actual revenues). “Today’s dollars” adjusts each year by the consumer price index for the Midwest, so a flat line in today’s dollars means the money buys the same as before. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Edgewood; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Edgewood works within. ↩

Sources: City budgets and levies from the Department of Management; tax rates from the Iowa Data Hub; state payments from the Department of Revenue; prices from the consumer price index; legislative districts from Census Bureau maps.

Edgewood

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Edgewood

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $5.51 more5

Tax increment financing (TIF)

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Edgewood’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending, FY27

What it spent each year

State money

What the state pays the city every year

Grants and project money

Has it kept up with prices?

Collected by the state for the city

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress9

Compared with places this size³

Outside the limit: $5.51 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁹