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Dyersville

Dubuque County · How cities work

$2,450 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($29.07 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$870 a yearof that goes to the city ($10.27 per $1,000)
$3.4Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$8.8Mcity 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.

  • Jeff JacqueDyersville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Michael OberbroecklingDyersville City Council Ward 3 · elected November 4, 2025
  • Norman Lee PottebaumDyersville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Scott DeSousaDyersville City Council Ward 1 · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jeff JacqueDyersville Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Mark SingsankDyersville City Council Ward 2 · elected November 7, 2023
  • Michael J. EnglishDyersville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Michael J. EnglishDyersville 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 Dyersville

Homes and businesses in most of Dyersville pay a combined $29.07 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Dubuque County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $10.27. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$27.66$8.50
FY21$28.34$9.56
FY22$27.94$9.34
FY23$27.90$9.76
FY24$28.43$10.60
FY25$28.32$10.37
FY26$28.52$10.26
FY27$29.07$10.27
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$27.66$8.50
FY21$28.34$9.56
FY22$27.94$9.34
FY23$27.90$9.76
FY24$28.43$10.60
FY25$28.32$10.37
FY26$28.52$10.26
FY27$29.07$10.27

Compared with places this size3

Dyersville’s city property tax rate of $10.27 per $1,000 is the 6th 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: $12.85Camanche: $12.75Le Claire: $12.64Milford: $12.57Tiffin: $11.80Huxley: $11.68Solon: $11.53Williamsburg: $11.11Polk City: $11.00Carter Lake: $10.67Story City: $10.39Spirit Lake: $10.17West Burlington: $10.15Robins: $9.68Asbury: $8.32Evansdale: $8.00Dyersville: $10.27$8.00 lowest$20.65 highestmiddle
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#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

Dyersville’s general levy is $7.34 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.76 below the limit.4 833 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $7.93 · FY24 $8.02 · FY25 $7.79 · FY26 $7.56 · FY27 $7.34 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $2.93 more5

  • Debt Service Levy$2.25 · $935,131
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$0.68 · $211,310

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$96.6M of taxable value in Dyersville is in TIF districts’ increment (24% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $3.3M in TIF revenue for FY25.

$1.7M

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 $774,552 of the city’s own.

  • Delaware County$283,656
  • Dubuque County$223,092
YearTIF revenue
FY16$625,540
FY17$952,131
FY18$761,753
FY19$984,764
FY20$1.1M
FY21$1.3M
FY22$1.7M
FY23$1.7M
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$625,540
FY17$952,131
FY18$761,753
FY19$984,764
FY20$1.1M
FY21$1.3M
FY22$1.7M
FY23$1.7M

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$2.3M67%
  • Debt Service Levy$935,13127%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$211,3106%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Dyersville’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 24¢ of every dollar24¢Community and Economic Development: 19¢ of every dollar19¢Debt Service: 17¢ of every dollar17¢Public Safety: 13¢ of every dollar13¢Culture and Recreation: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Everything else: 15¢ of every dollar15¢

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)
Business Type / Enterprise24¢38¢
Community and Economic Development19¢3¢
Debt Service17¢8¢
Public Safety13¢13¢
Culture and Recreation11¢8¢
Everything else15¢31¢

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.

  • Debt Service$2.2M25%
  • Community and Economic Development$1.9M22%
  • Public Safety$1.6M18%
  • Culture and Recreation$1.4M16%
  • Public Works$792,1429%
  • General Government$598,0647%
  • Capital Projects$345,0004%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($2.7M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$722,556$846,805
Public Safety$1.2M$1.4M
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$510,440$582,853
Debt Service$1.7M$1.2M
Culture and Recreation$1.4M$1.4M
Community and Economic Development$1.3M$3.6M
Capital Projects$320,000$940,809
Business Type / Enterprise$13.3M$9.3M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$19.2M
$16.4M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Dyersville owes

$18.8M at June 30, 2026: $4,202 per resident. 163rd most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$22.6M
$18.8M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$18.8M$4,202
2025$18.8M$4,204
2024$20.5M$4,569
2023$22.5M$5,017
2022$22.6M$5,048
2021$20.3M$4,539
2020$16.0M$3,567
2019$15.4M$3,429
2018$10.2M$2,282
2017$12.9M$2,887
2016$11.2M$2,492
2015$12.2M$2,724
2014$12.4M$2,767
2013$11.3M$2,534
2012$12.1M$2,709
2011$9.4M$2,103
2010$10.0M$2,244
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$18.8M$4,202
2025$18.8M$4,204
2024$20.5M$4,569
2023$22.5M$5,017
2022$22.6M$5,048
2021$20.3M$4,539
2020$16.0M$3,567
2019$15.4M$3,429
2018$10.2M$2,282
2017$12.9M$2,887
2016$11.2M$2,492
2015$12.2M$2,724
2014$12.4M$2,767
2013$11.3M$2,534
2012$12.1M$2,709
2011$9.4M$2,103
2010$10.0M$2,244

Up 87% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $9.9M, 30% of the limit of about $33.2M (5% of $664.7M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

11 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
General ObligationSeries 2019 X49 Roadway, Ertl Property, Ped Bridge, Econ Dev Grant, Bear Creek Rest, Sewer Tele System2036$4.0M
Revenue BondsSeries 2016 Wastewater Treatment2037$2.6M
Revenue BondsSeries 20202037$2.3M
General ObligationSeries 2023 Resolution 12-232038$2.2M
Revenue BondsSeries 2020 Southeast Wastewater Collection System2040$2.2M
General ObligationSeries 2018 $8,180,000 GO Refund 2008 $2,465,000 GO Refund 2011 $2,735,000 GO Series 20132027$1.6M
General ObligationSeries 2021A Resolution No. 45-212037$1.4M
Revenue BondsSeries 2020 Water Systems Improvements SE Water Pumping Facility Water Main Improvements2040$1.3M
General ObligationSeries 2021B Resolution No. 46-212037$685,000
Revenue BondsUtilities/Sewers Bond 20102030$372,000
Revenue BondsSeries 2016 Water Treatment Plant2036$207,000

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. Dyersville’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 Thursday, February 12, 2026, by a CPA firm.

16 earlier reports for Dyersville

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: $635,820 in FY25, up 21% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 3% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$608,425$616,086$632,388$635,820

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.

$1.9M
$1.4M
  • State grants$1.4M100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$1,548
FY20$238,283
FY21$1.0M
FY22$131,778
FY23$27,343
FY24$1.9M
FY25$1.4M
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$1,548
FY20$238,283
FY21$1.0M
FY22$131,778
FY23$27,343
FY24$1.9M
FY25$1.4M

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−3%$524,236 → $635,820, up 21% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 3% 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 48% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 18% more.

$827,360

Federal grants, for comparison: $640,803 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

2 businesses have state awards in DYERSVILLE: $1.0M in grants, loans and tax benefits, for 67 jobs.14

  • Ancient Brands Milling
    High Quality Jobs Program · FY22 · Under contract: Building · 17 jobs required
    $769K
  • Zero Zone Refrigeration, LLC, Zero Zone, Inc., and ZZI, Inc.
    High Quality Jobs Program · FY22 · Under contract: Building · 50 jobs required
    $260K

Community college new jobs training: 5 contracts since 1995 worth $1.3M, for 186 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.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Dyersville; 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.

  • Dyersville City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Michael J. English, Michael J. English
  • Dyersville City Council Ward 2
    Now held by Mark Singsank
  • Dyersville Mayor (2 seats)
    Now held by Jeff Jacque, Jeff Jacque

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

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 ballot17.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress18

Carrie Koelker (Sen. 33)Shannon Lundgren (Rep. 65)

U.S. House:District 2

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