City

Westgate

$3,010 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($35.74 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,180 a yearof that goes to the city ($14.05 per $1,000)

$55,229property taxes the city levies, FY27

$118,461city 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.

Brett FultonWestgate Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Josh VanskyhawkWestgate City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
LaTasha WolffWestgate City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Brett FultonWestgate City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
John PrickettWestgate City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Randy MooreWestgate 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

Where a property tax dollar goes in Westgate

The combined rate in most of Westgate is $35.74 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.

West Central schools$14.1440%
City of Westgate$14.0539%
Fayette County$5.8316%
Northeast Iowa Community. College$1.043%
Fayette County Assessor$0.461%
Fayette County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.21<1%

Compared with places this size³

Westgate’s city property tax rate of $14.05 per $1,000 is the 51st highest of 202 Iowa cities with 130–280 people. The middle of the group is $11.53.

See all 202

#	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	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
57	Searsboro	$13.55	129
58	Meservey	$13.43	212
59	Leland	$13.31	240
60	Harcourt	$13.21	257
61	Calumet	$13.16	144
62	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
63	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
64	Portsmouth	$13.05	187
65	Clutier	$13.03	209
66	Silver City	$12.87	244
67	Delaware	$12.86	139
68	Patterson	$12.84	176
69	Martelle	$12.83	250
70	Malcom	$12.82	257
71	Clemons	$12.69	135
72	Blencoe	$12.57	223
73	Maurice	$12.56	271
74	Clearfield	$12.50	277
75	Kensett	$12.47	256
76	Millersburg	$12.40	135
77	Aurora	$12.40	165
78	Modale	$12.34	284
79	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
80	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
81	Cushing	$12.18	225
82	Hanlontown	$12.17	200
83	Stout	$12.14	194
84	Macedonia	$12.12	266
85	Webb	$12.10	139
86	Paton	$12.09	217
87	Decatur	$12.08	174
88	Kiron	$12.03	262
89	Rembrandt	$12.03	199
90	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
91	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
92	New Providence	$11.88	233
93	Henderson	$11.85	140
94	Parnell	$11.78	190
95	Reasnor	$11.76	157
96	Joice	$11.72	206
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	Havelock	$10.95	127
115	Alexander	$10.90	165
116	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
117	Yale	$10.85	265
118	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
119	Wallingford	$10.75	154
120	Hornick	$10.74	255
121	Woden	$10.68	183
122	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
123	Barnes City	$10.44	152
124	Lytton	$10.38	274
125	Stockton	$10.37	171
126	Rhodes	$10.36	269
127	Randall	$10.35	156
128	Dedham	$10.28	221
129	Deloit	$10.28	246
130	Protivin	$10.28	264
131	Meriden	$10.28	175
132	Drakesville	$10.24	170
133	Hancock	$10.13	199
134	La Motte	$10.09	235
135	Melvin	$10.05	196
136	Defiance	$10.05	248
137	Barnum	$9.96	186
138	Panama	$9.85	234
139	Grafton	$9.83	212
140	Clare	$9.81	133
141	Tingley	$9.81	146
142	Ionia	$9.65	220
143	Van Wert	$9.62	175
144	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
145	Kirkville	$9.59	159
146	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
147	Superior	$9.58	127
148	Rippey	$9.42	217
149	Westphalia	$9.18	133
150	Elberon	$9.16	178
151	Dixon	$9.03	204
152	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
153	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
154	Oakville	$8.89	198
155	Luther	$8.83	147
156	Harvey	$8.71	242
157	Washta	$8.65	206
158	Moorland	$8.61	169
159	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
160	Ollie	$8.44	196
161	Thor	$8.38	182
162	Rowley	$8.31	264
163	South English	$8.27	196
164	Thurman	$8.26	162
165	Boxholm	$8.11	177
166	Fostoria	$8.10	229
167	Low Moor	$8.10	242
168	Bertram	$8.10	267
169	Laurel	$8.10	214
170	Lineville	$8.10	194
171	Lockridge	$7.92	245
172	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
173	Haverhill	$7.86	164
174	Grand River	$7.86	192
175	Olds	$7.86	174
176	Dickens	$7.86	146
177	Castalia	$7.86	141
178	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
179	West Chester	$7.82	147
180	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
181	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
182	Pulaski	$7.58	259
183	Fredonia	$7.55	227
184	Braddyville	$7.49	142
185	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
186	Alvord	$7.41	216
187	Franklin	$7.31	133
188	Weldon	$7.18	134
189	Brunsville	$6.95	128
190	Packwood	$6.77	186
191	Houghton	$6.73	129
192	Libertyville	$6.60	278
193	Keswick	$6.49	238
194	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
195	Gravity	$6.18	149
196	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
197	Springbrook	$5.79	145
198	Maysville	$5.77	155
199	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
200	Sherrill	$2.66	176
201	Rickardsville	$2.27	204
202	New Liberty	$2.27	141

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$31,33258%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$13,22824%
Debt Service Levy$8,38915%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$7331%
Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$7031%

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Westgate’s budget goes, FY26

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (200)
Business Type / Enterprise	42¢	33¢
General Government	20¢	20¢
Public Works	15¢	24¢
Culture and Recreation	14¢	8¢
Public Safety	5¢	9¢
Everything else	5¢	2¢

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 200 Iowa cities closest in size (130–280 people).

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$45,80039%
Public Works$27,90024%
Culture and Recreation$27,00023%
Debt Service$8,5917%
Public Safety$7,4206%
Health and Social Services$1,2501%
Community and Economic Development$5000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($94,441 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$42,756	$32,247
Public Safety	$6,759	$9,501
Health and Social Services	$825	$0
General Government	$25,167	$36,791
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$13,900	$26,608
Community and Economic Development	$0	$575
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$93,000	$54,224

What it spent each year

$159,946

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State money

What the state sends the city

Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: up 9% since FY23; down 0% after inflation.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Program	FY27	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Local option sales tax	$1,658	$21,534	$21,612	$20,593	$19,708

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Ballot measures · 1

City of Westgate Public Measure HO

Passed Yes 79.5% (31) · No 20.5% (8)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

City · 2

Westgate City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

LaTasha Wolff Winner4090.9%
Josh Vanskyhawk Winner49.1%

Westgate Mayor

Brett Fulton Unopposed37100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁴

Dan Zumbach (Sen. 34)Chad Ingels (Rep. 68)

U.S. House:District 2

Fayette County West Central 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. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Westgate; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Westgate 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.