City

Dundee

$2,820 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($33.45 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$940 a yearof that goes to the city ($11.14 per $1,000)

$50,249property taxes the city levies, FY27

$101,533city 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.

Barb RobinsonDundee Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Dylan RonnebaumDundee City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Tiffany SchmelzerDundee City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Bob BurginDundee City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Scott GibbsDundee City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Vern FeldmannDundee 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 Dundee

Homes and businesses in most of Dundee pay a combined $33.45 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, $11.14. Estimate your bill.

West Delaware County schools$12.9539%
City of Dundee$11.1433%
Delaware County$5.7917%
Delaware County Hospital$1.835%
Northeast Iowa Community College$1.043%
Delaware County Assessor$0.532%
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 Dundee pay, and the city government’s own piece of it.

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$31.69	$10.89
FY21	$31.34	$10.66
FY22	$31.86	$10.47
FY23	$32.12	$10.69
FY24	$32.84	$10.98
FY25	$34.07	$11.14
FY26	$34.07	$11.15
FY27	$33.45	$11.14

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$31.69	$10.89
FY21	$31.34	$10.66
FY22	$31.86	$10.47
FY23	$32.12	$10.69
FY24	$32.84	$10.98
FY25	$34.07	$11.14
FY26	$34.07	$11.15
FY27	$33.45	$11.14

Compared with places this size³

Dundee’s city property tax rate of $11.14 per $1,000 is the 91st lowest of 199 Iowa cities with 130–290 people. The middle of the group is $11.57.

See all 199

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Brayton	$25.07	138
2	Harris	$23.13	145
3	Fenton	$22.05	250
4	Soldier	$21.92	176
5	Coulter	$21.80	220
6	Chelsea	$21.61	207
7	Smithland	$21.12	184
8	Volga	$20.23	200
9	Alta Vista	$19.88	219
10	Arthur	$19.86	218
11	Coin	$19.59	171
12	Chester	$19.30	134
13	Garden Grove	$19.20	173
14	Hastings	$18.95	157
15	Swaledale	$18.62	136
16	Cumberland	$18.42	248
17	Jamaica	$18.24	196
18	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
19	Bristow	$17.39	139
20	Woolstock	$17.26	141
21	Pisgah	$17.09	248
22	Lakota	$16.84	261
23	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
24	Auburn	$16.65	253
25	Prescott	$16.53	186
26	Monmouth	$16.41	129
27	Montour	$16.37	199
28	Geneva	$16.25	137
29	Corwith	$16.22	259
30	Deep River	$16.18	243
31	Waucoma	$16.17	235
32	Little Sioux	$15.74	170
33	Moorhead	$15.68	186
34	Onslow	$15.63	198
35	Linden	$15.62	206
36	Woodburn	$15.59	133
37	Kamrar	$15.47	178
38	Greeley	$15.23	216
39	Goodell	$15.16	139
40	Riverton	$14.94	243
41	Marathon	$14.89	221
42	Ladora	$14.74	223
43	Magnolia	$14.68	194
44	Bagley	$14.63	230
45	Davis City	$14.45	178
46	Lucas	$14.40	176
47	Halbur	$14.37	268
48	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
49	Kimballton	$14.27	281
50	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
51	Westgate	$14.05	190
52	Palmer	$13.89	137
53	Stockport	$13.68	272
54	Kellerton	$13.60	241
55	Quimby	$13.58	245
56	Searsboro	$13.55	129
57	Meservey	$13.43	212
58	Leland	$13.31	240
59	Harcourt	$13.21	257
60	Calumet	$13.16	144
61	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
62	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
63	Portsmouth	$13.05	187
64	Clutier	$13.03	209
65	Silver City	$12.87	244
66	Delaware	$12.86	139
67	Patterson	$12.84	176
68	Martelle	$12.83	250
69	Malcom	$12.82	257
70	Clemons	$12.69	135
71	Blencoe	$12.57	223
72	Maurice	$12.56	271
73	Clearfield	$12.50	277
74	Kensett	$12.47	256
75	Millersburg	$12.40	135
76	Aurora	$12.40	165
77	Modale	$12.34	284
78	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
79	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
80	Cushing	$12.18	225
81	Hanlontown	$12.17	200
82	Stout	$12.14	194
83	Macedonia	$12.12	266
84	Webb	$12.10	139
85	Paton	$12.09	217
86	Decatur	$12.08	174
87	Kiron	$12.03	262
88	Rembrandt	$12.03	199
89	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
90	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
91	New Providence	$11.88	233
92	Henderson	$11.85	140
93	Parnell	$11.78	190
94	Reasnor	$11.76	157
95	Joice	$11.72	206
96	Atalissa	$11.71	287
97	Cantril	$11.69	224
98	Wadena	$11.65	201
99	Exline	$11.60	157
100	Cincinnati	$11.57	280
101	Beaman	$11.54	155
102	Delta	$11.52	257
103	Westside	$11.45	283
104	College Springs	$11.44	172
105	Holland	$11.37	261
106	Mallard	$11.28	255
107	Renwick	$11.16	228
108	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
109	Dundee	$11.14	193
110	Randolph	$11.08	183
111	Leighton	$11.07	153
112	Rake	$11.05	179
113	Frederika	$10.99	206
114	Alexander	$10.90	165
115	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
116	Yale	$10.85	265
117	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
118	Wallingford	$10.75	154
119	Hornick	$10.74	255
120	Woden	$10.68	183
121	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
122	Barnes City	$10.44	152
123	Lytton	$10.38	274
124	Stockton	$10.37	171
125	Rhodes	$10.36	269
126	Randall	$10.35	156
127	Dedham	$10.28	221
128	Deloit	$10.28	246
129	Protivin	$10.28	264
130	Meriden	$10.28	175
131	Drakesville	$10.24	170
132	Hancock	$10.13	199
133	La Motte	$10.09	235
134	Melvin	$10.05	196
135	Defiance	$10.05	248
136	Barnum	$9.96	186
137	Panama	$9.85	234
138	Grafton	$9.83	212
139	Clare	$9.81	133
140	Tingley	$9.81	146
141	Ionia	$9.65	220
142	Van Wert	$9.62	175
143	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
144	Kirkville	$9.59	159
145	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
146	Rippey	$9.42	217
147	Westphalia	$9.18	133
148	Elberon	$9.16	178
149	Dixon	$9.03	204
150	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
151	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
152	Oakville	$8.89	198
153	Luther	$8.83	147
154	Harvey	$8.71	242
155	Washta	$8.65	206
156	Moorland	$8.61	169
157	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
158	Ollie	$8.44	196
159	Thor	$8.38	182
160	Rowley	$8.31	264
161	South English	$8.27	196
162	Thurman	$8.26	162
163	Boxholm	$8.11	177
164	Fostoria	$8.10	229
165	Low Moor	$8.10	242
166	Bertram	$8.10	267
167	Laurel	$8.10	214
168	Lineville	$8.10	194
169	Lockridge	$7.92	245
170	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
171	Haverhill	$7.86	164
172	Grand River	$7.86	192
173	Olds	$7.86	174
174	Dickens	$7.86	146
175	Castalia	$7.86	141
176	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
177	West Chester	$7.82	147
178	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
179	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
180	Pulaski	$7.58	259
181	Fredonia	$7.55	227
182	Braddyville	$7.49	142
183	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
184	Alvord	$7.41	216
185	Franklin	$7.31	133
186	Weldon	$7.18	134
187	Packwood	$6.77	186
188	Houghton	$6.73	129
189	Libertyville	$6.60	278
190	Keswick	$6.49	238
191	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
192	Gravity	$6.18	149
193	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
194	Springbrook	$5.79	145
195	Maysville	$5.77	155
196	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
197	Sherrill	$2.66	176
198	Rickardsville	$2.27	204
199	New Liberty	$2.27	141

The $8.10 limit

Dundee’s general levy is $7.94 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.16 below the limit.⁴ 479 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.10 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $7.94 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $3.20 more⁵

Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.43 · $10,911
Total Employee Benefit Levies$0.77 · $3,472

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$35,71771%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$10,91122%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$3,4727%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Dundee’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 197 Iowa cities closest in size (130–290 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (197)
General Government	29¢	20¢
Public Works	26¢	23¢
Public Safety	25¢	9¢
Business Type / Enterprise	16¢	34¢
Culture and Recreation	4¢	8¢

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.

General Government$39,60039%
Public Safety$34,15134%
Public Works$14,50014%
Culture and Recreation$13,28213%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($25,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$26,300	$16,276
Public Safety	$33,230	$40,913
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$31,500	$23,006
Debt Service	$12,000	$11,930
Culture and Recreation	$12,350	$14,599
Community and Economic Development	$1,500	$495
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$20,000	$35,350

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁶

$239,247

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? ⁷

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: $18,525 in FY25, up 25% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$17,678	$17,953	$18,425	$18,525

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.

$38,499

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$38,499
FY20	$2,904
FY21	$0
FY22	$12,145
FY23	$3,483
FY24	$0
FY25	$0

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$38,499
FY20	$2,904
FY21	$0
FY22	$12,145
FY23	$3,483
FY24	$0
FY25	$0

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−1%$14,843 → $18,525, up 25% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% 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 98% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 57% more.

$28,193

Federal grants, for comparison: $12,186 in FY23.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Dundee City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Dylan Ronnebaum Winner2652.0%
Tiffany Schmelzer Winner2448.0%

Dundee Mayor

Barb Robinson Unopposed29100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸

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

U.S. House:District 2

Delaware County West Delaware County 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. ↩
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 Dundee; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Dundee 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.

Dundee

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Dundee

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $3.20 more5

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Dundee’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 Congress8

Compared with places this size³

Outside the limit: $3.20 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸