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Luxemburg

Dubuque County · How cities work

$2,390 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($28.38 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$810 a yearof that goes to the city ($9.58 per $1,000)
$131,791property taxes the city levies, FY27
$396,850city 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.

  • Andrew W. BockenstedtLuxemburg City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Matthew J. RamlerLuxemburg City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Roger OberbroecklingLuxemburg Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Travis BriesLuxemburg City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • David RueberLuxemburg City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Michael E. UngsLuxemburg 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 Luxemburg

Homes and businesses in most of Luxemburg pay a combined $28.38 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, $9.58. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$28.15$8.99
FY21$27.88$9.10
FY22$27.78$9.19
FY23$27.29$9.16
FY24$27.65$9.82
FY25$27.68$9.73
FY26$28.05$9.79
FY27$28.38$9.58
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$28.15$8.99
FY21$27.88$9.10
FY22$27.78$9.19
FY23$27.29$9.16
FY24$27.65$9.82
FY25$27.68$9.73
FY26$28.05$9.79
FY27$28.38$9.58

Compared with places this size3

Luxemburg’s city property tax rate of $9.58 per $1,000 is the 47th lowest of 198 Iowa cities with 160–360 people. The middle of the group is $11.92.

Stanhope: $29.10Fenton: $22.05Soldier: $21.92Coulter: $21.80Chelsea: $21.61Elliott: $21.61Smithland: $21.12Volga: $20.23Alta Vista: $19.88Arthur: $19.86Coin: $19.59Garden Grove: $19.20Fort Atkinson: $19.19Cumberland: $18.42Jamaica: $18.24Massena: $18.23Ringsted: $17.65Pierson: $17.12Pisgah: $17.09Lakota: $16.84Marble Rock: $16.78Auburn: $16.65Mccallsburg: $16.58Prescott: $16.53Irwin: $16.46Montour: $16.37Lewis: $16.25Corwith: $16.22Deep River: $16.18Waucoma: $16.17Granville: $16.00Minburn: $15.75Little Sioux: $15.74Moorhead: $15.68Onslow: $15.63Linden: $15.62Kamrar: $15.47Peterson: $15.27Greeley: $15.23Riverton: $14.94Marathon: $14.89Ryan: $14.84Ladora: $14.74Magnolia: $14.68Bagley: $14.63Davis City: $14.45Lucas: $14.40Garrison: $14.38Halbur: $14.37Crystal Lake: $14.36Kimballton: $14.27Steamboat Rock: $14.19Westgate: $14.05Mystic: $14.01Diagonal: $13.91Mondamin: $13.82Fertile: $13.70Stockport: $13.68Kellerton: $13.60Quimby: $13.58Meservey: $13.43Persia: $13.41Lacona: $13.38Leland: $13.31Ute: $13.26Harcourt: $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: $12.45Aurora: $12.40Modale: $12.34Mingo: $12.31Brandon: $12.29Blakesburg: $12.21Cushing: $12.18Bonaparte: $12.17Hanlontown: $12.17Stout: $12.14Macedonia: $12.12Paton: $12.09Decatur: $12.08Kiron: $12.03Rembrandt: $12.03Shambaugh: $11.98Liscomb: $11.96New Providence: $11.88Parnell: $11.78Joice: $11.72Atalissa: $11.71Cantril: $11.69Kelley: $11.69Wadena: $11.65Cincinnati: $11.57Delta: $11.52Terril: $11.48Westside: $11.45College Springs: $11.44Holland: $11.37Churdan: $11.31Mallard: $11.28Renwick: $11.16Dundee: $11.14Randolph: $11.08Rake: $11.05Frederika: $10.99Letts: $10.91Alexander: $10.90Goose Lake: $10.89Yale: $10.85Lambs Grove: $10.78Hornick: $10.74Woden: $10.68Bode: $10.64Cleghorn: $10.49Calamus: $10.47Danbury: $10.43Lytton: $10.38Stockton: $10.37Rhodes: $10.36Dedham: $10.28Deloit: $10.28Protivin: $10.28Meriden: $10.28Drakesville: $10.24Bronson: $10.14Hancock: $10.13Rudd: $10.13La Motte: $10.09Melvin: $10.05Defiance: $10.05Floyd: $10.02Barnum: $9.96Panama: $9.85Grafton: $9.83Ionia: $9.65Salix: $9.63Van Wert: $9.62Rippey: $9.42Elberon: $9.16Dixon: $9.03Lester: $8.94Blairsburg: $8.93Oakville: $8.89Harvey: $8.71Washta: $8.65Moorland: $8.61Ollie: $8.44Thor: $8.38Rowley: $8.31South English: $8.27Thurman: $8.26Boxholm: $8.11Bertram: $8.10Fostoria: $8.10Low Moor: $8.10Nichols: $8.10Laurel: $8.10Lineville: $8.10Luana: $7.98Lockridge: $7.92Mount Auburn: $7.86Haverhill: $7.86Grand River: $7.86Olds: $7.86Lidderdale: $7.68Pulaski: $7.58Sheldahl: $7.56Fredonia: $7.55Harpers Ferry: $7.49Alvord: $7.41Donahue: $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: $2.27Luxemburg: $9.58$2.27 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 198
#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
11Coin$19.59171
12Garden Grove$19.20173
13Fort Atkinson$19.19300
14Cumberland$18.42248
15Jamaica$18.24196
16Massena$18.23352
17Ringsted$17.65346
18Pierson$17.12335
19Pisgah$17.09248
20Lakota$16.84261
21Marble Rock$16.78258
22Auburn$16.65253
23Mccallsburg$16.58356
24Prescott$16.53186
25Irwin$16.46320
26Montour$16.37199
27Lewis$16.25358
28Corwith$16.22259
29Deep River$16.18243
30Waucoma$16.17235
31Granville$16.00302
32Minburn$15.75317
33Little Sioux$15.74170
34Moorhead$15.68186
35Onslow$15.63198
36Linden$15.62206
37Kamrar$15.47178
38Peterson$15.27321
39Greeley$15.23216
40Riverton$14.94243
41Marathon$14.89221
42Ryan$14.84348
43Ladora$14.74223
44Magnolia$14.68194
45Bagley$14.63230
46Davis City$14.45178
47Lucas$14.40176
48Garrison$14.38345
49Halbur$14.37268
50Crystal Lake$14.36243
51Kimballton$14.27281
52Steamboat Rock$14.19261
53Westgate$14.05190
54Mystic$14.01318
55Diagonal$13.91331
56Mondamin$13.82335
57Fertile$13.70300
58Stockport$13.68272
59Kellerton$13.60241
60Quimby$13.58245
61Meservey$13.43212
62Persia$13.41292
63Lacona$13.38336
64Leland$13.31240
65Ute$13.26326
66Harcourt$13.21257
67Bennett$13.16330
68Ridgeway$13.10261
69Farmersburg$13.09264
70Portsmouth$13.05187
71Clutier$13.03209
72Menlo$12.92347
73Templeton$12.91337
74Silver City$12.87244
75Patterson$12.84176
76Martelle$12.83250
77Malcom$12.82257
78Blencoe$12.57223
79Williams$12.57299
80Maurice$12.56271
81Clearfield$12.50277
82Kensett$12.47256
83Mccausland$12.45314
84Aurora$12.40165
85Modale$12.34284
86Mingo$12.31314
87Brandon$12.29331
88Blakesburg$12.21273
89Cushing$12.18225
90Bonaparte$12.17357
91Hanlontown$12.17200
92Stout$12.14194
93Macedonia$12.12266
94Paton$12.09217
95Decatur$12.08174
96Kiron$12.03262
97Rembrandt$12.03199
98Shambaugh$11.98161
99Liscomb$11.96292
100New Providence$11.88233
101Parnell$11.78190
102Joice$11.72206
103Atalissa$11.71287
104Cantril$11.69224
105Kelley$11.69312
106Wadena$11.65201
107Cincinnati$11.57280
108Delta$11.52257
109Terril$11.48310
110Westside$11.45283
111College Springs$11.44172
112Holland$11.37261
113Churdan$11.31359
114Mallard$11.28255
115Renwick$11.16228
116Dundee$11.14193
117Randolph$11.08183
118Rake$11.05179
119Frederika$10.99206
120Letts$10.91358
121Alexander$10.90165
122Goose Lake$10.89250
123Yale$10.85265
124Lambs Grove$10.78174
125Hornick$10.74255
126Woden$10.68183
127Bode$10.64304
128Cleghorn$10.49235
129Calamus$10.47348
130Danbury$10.43315
131Lytton$10.38274
132Stockton$10.37171
133Rhodes$10.36269
134Dedham$10.28221
135Deloit$10.28246
136Protivin$10.28264
137Meriden$10.28175
138Drakesville$10.24170
139Bronson$10.14294
140Hancock$10.13199
141Rudd$10.13339
142La Motte$10.09235
143Melvin$10.05196
144Defiance$10.05248
145Floyd$10.02297
146Barnum$9.96186
147Panama$9.85234
148Grafton$9.83212
149Ionia$9.65220
150Salix$9.63303
151Van Wert$9.62175
152Luxemburg$9.58240
153Rippey$9.42217
154Elberon$9.16178
155Dixon$9.03204
156Lester$8.94309
157Blairsburg$8.93175
158Oakville$8.89198
159Harvey$8.71242
160Washta$8.65206
161Moorland$8.61169
162Ollie$8.44196
163Thor$8.38182
164Rowley$8.31264
165South English$8.27196
166Thurman$8.26162
167Boxholm$8.11177
168Bertram$8.10267
169Fostoria$8.10229
170Low Moor$8.10242
171Nichols$8.10317
172Laurel$8.10214
173Lineville$8.10194
174Luana$7.98303
175Lockridge$7.92245
176Mount Auburn$7.86162
177Haverhill$7.86164
178Grand River$7.86192
179Olds$7.86174
180Lidderdale$7.68162
181Pulaski$7.58259
182Sheldahl$7.56312
183Fredonia$7.55227
184Harpers Ferry$7.49273
185Alvord$7.41216
186Donahue$6.83336
187Packwood$6.77186
188Libertyville$6.60278
189Keswick$6.49238
190Crawfordsville$6.44278
191Holy Cross$5.91348
192Oakland Acres$5.88178
193Conesville$5.86350
194Maharishi Vedic City$3.87290
195Wahpeton$3.19337
196West Okoboji$2.92311
197Sherrill$2.66176
198Rickardsville$2.27204

The $8.10 limit

Luxemburg’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.

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

Outside the limit: $1.45 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.45 · $19,915

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$2.9M of taxable value in Luxemburg is in TIF districts’ increment (17% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $90,000 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$22,926
$21,566

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 $27,331 of the city’s own.

  • Dubuque County$15,679
YearTIF revenue
FY16$9,556
FY17$20,815
FY18$21,230
FY19$22,513
FY20$22,926
FY21$21,445
FY22$22,286
FY23$21,566
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$9,556
FY17$20,815
FY18$21,230
FY19$22,513
FY20$22,926
FY21$21,445
FY22$22,286
FY23$21,566

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$111,24285%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$19,91515%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Luxemburg’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 40¢ of every dollar40¢General Government: 20¢ of every dollar20¢Public Works: 15¢ of every dollar15¢Culture and Recreation: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Debt Service: 6¢ 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 196 Iowa cities closest in size (160–360 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (196)
Business Type / Enterprise40¢35¢
General Government20¢19¢
Public Works15¢21¢
Culture and Recreation14¢8¢
Debt Service6¢3¢
Everything else5¢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 Works$163,75041%
  • General Government$115,80029%
  • Culture and Recreation$54,50014%
  • Debt Service$35,0009%
  • Community and Economic Development$20,5005%
  • Public Safety$7,3002%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($215,800 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$148,400$144,811
Public Safety$6,550$27
Health and Social Services$500$0
General Government$61,960$58,526
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$16,700$9,633
Community and Economic Development$9,600$5,818
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$149,200$139,369

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$526,432

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Luxemburg owes

$447,357 at June 30, 2026: $1,826 per resident. 409th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$812,678
$447,357
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$447,357$1,826
2025$525,560$2,145
2024$599,925$2,449
2023$403,375$1,646
2022$455,192$1,858
2021$505,339$2,063
2020$553,865$2,261
2019$600,884$2,453
2018$642,524$2,623
2017$686,691$2,803
2016$729,243$2,977
2015$775,000$3,163
2014$774,746$3,162
2013$787,958$3,216
2012$800,594$3,268
2011$812,678$3,317
2010$775,134$3,164
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$447,357$1,826
2025$525,560$2,145
2024$599,925$2,449
2023$403,375$1,646
2022$455,192$1,858
2021$505,339$2,063
2020$553,865$2,261
2019$600,884$2,453
2018$642,524$2,623
2017$686,691$2,803
2016$729,243$2,977
2015$775,000$3,163
2014$774,746$3,162
2013$787,958$3,216
2012$800,594$3,268
2011$812,678$3,317
2010$775,134$3,164

Down 42% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $210,001, 15% of the limit of about $1.4M (5% of $27.4M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

3 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
General ObligationGO CORPORATE PURPOSE NOTE COMMERCIAL AVE PROJECT2034$210,001
Revenue BondsRefinanced water revenue bond2030$119,941
Revenue BondsRefinanced sewer revenue bond2030$117,415

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. Luxemburg’s latest audit has them: Periodic Examination, period ending Sunday, March 31, 2019 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Periodic Examination for the period ending Sunday, March 31, 2019 (PDF), released Friday, November 8, 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? 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: $40,743 in FY25, up 23% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 2% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$33,743$33,715$34,607$34,795
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$1,792$2,181$3,963$5,948

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.

$65
$0
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$0
    FY21$0
    FY22$0
    FY23$0
    FY24$65
    FY25$0
    Show the numbers
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$0
    FY21$0
    FY22$0
    FY23$0
    FY24$65
    FY25$0

    Has it kept up with prices?

    Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

    • Road Use Tax (streets)−11%$31,005 → $34,795, up 12% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% less
    • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)+130%$2,062 → $5,948, up 188% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 130% more

    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 37% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 9% more.

    $46,306
    $45,576

    Federal grants, for comparison: $253,127 in FY24.

    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)14.

    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

    3 seats: the top 3 win.

    Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Luxemburg; 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.

    • Luxemburg City Council At-Large (2 seats)
      Now held by David Rueber, Michael E. Ungs
    • Luxemburg Mayor
      Now held by Roger Oberbroeckling

    Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here15.

    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 ballot16.

    Related places

    At the Statehouse and in Congress17

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

    U.S. House:District 2

    Dubuque CountyWestern Dubuque schools