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Marble Rock

Floyd County · How cities work

$3,330 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($39.56 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,410 a yearof that goes to the city ($16.78 per $1,000)
$59,540property taxes the city levies, FY27
$224,903city 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.

  • Bradley RohwedderMarble Rock City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Earl KieferMarble Rock City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Lynn BradyMarble Rock City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jerry EngelhardtMarble Rock Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Jerry HubbardMarble Rock City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Kaylah SchweizerMarble Rock 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 Marble Rock

Homes and businesses in most of Marble Rock pay a combined $39.56 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Floyd County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $16.78. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$34.43$14.00
FY21$34.07$13.99
FY22$34.85$15.23
FY23$34.85$14.72
FY24$33.66$14.03
FY25$34.83$15.37
FY26$34.84$15.56
FY27$39.56$16.78
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YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$34.43$14.00
FY21$34.07$13.99
FY22$34.85$15.23
FY23$34.85$14.72
FY24$33.66$14.03
FY25$34.83$15.37
FY26$34.84$15.56
FY27$39.56$16.78

Compared with places this size3

Marble Rock’s city property tax rate of $16.78 per $1,000 is the 25th highest of 213 Iowa cities with 170–390 people. The middle of the group is $12.03.

Stanhope: $29.10Fenton: $22.05Soldier: $21.92Coulter: $21.80Chelsea: $21.61Elliott: $21.61Smithland: $21.12Volga: $20.23Alta Vista: $19.88Arthur: $19.86Garden Grove: $19.20Fort Atkinson: $19.19Salem: $19.15Cumberland: $18.42Jamaica: $18.24Massena: $18.23Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Vail: $17.66Ringsted: $17.65Pierson: $17.12Pisgah: $17.09Lohrville: $16.95Lakota: $16.84Auburn: $16.65Mccallsburg: $16.58Prescott: $16.53Irwin: $16.46Montour: $16.37Lewis: $16.25Corwith: $16.22Deep River: $16.18Waucoma: $16.17Duncombe: $16.10Granville: $16.00Minburn: $15.75Moorhead: $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: $14.37Lorimor: $14.36Crystal Lake: $14.36Kimballton: $14.27Steamboat Rock: $14.19Westgate: $14.05Mystic: $14.01Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Fertile: $13.70Stockport: $13.68Kellerton: $13.60Quimby: $13.58Meservey: $13.43Persia: $13.41Lacona: $13.38Leland: $13.31Ute: $13.26New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Harcourt: $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: $12.45Spillville: $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: $12.03Colesburg: $11.97Liscomb: $11.96New Providence: $11.88Parnell: $11.78Joice: $11.72Atalissa: $11.71Cantril: $11.69Kelley: $11.69Orient: $11.66Wadena: $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: $10.99New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Goose Lake: $10.89Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Yale: $10.85Lambs Grove: $10.78Hornick: $10.74Woden: $10.68Riverdale: $10.67Bode: $10.64Union: $10.58Cleghorn: $10.49Calamus: $10.47Danbury: $10.43Lytton: $10.38Rhodes: $10.36Dedham: $10.28Deloit: $10.28Protivin: $10.28Meriden: $10.28Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Bronson: $10.14Hancock: $10.13Rudd: $10.13La Motte: $10.09Melvin: $10.05Defiance: $10.05Floyd: $10.02Barnum: $9.96Panama: $9.85Grafton: $9.83Lynnville: $9.68Ionia: $9.65Salix: $9.63Van Wert: $9.62Luxemburg: $9.58Rippey: $9.42Farnhamville: $9.18Elberon: $9.16Middletown: $9.16Dixon: $9.03Lester: $8.94Blairsburg: $8.93Oakville: $8.89Harvey: $8.71Washta: $8.65Ollie: $8.44Thor: $8.38Rowley: $8.31South English: $8.27Boxholm: $8.11Bertram: $8.10Fostoria: $8.10Low Moor: $8.10Nichols: $8.10Laurel: $8.10Lineville: $8.10Luana: $7.98Lockridge: $7.92Grand River: $7.86Olds: $7.86Pulaski: $7.58Sheldahl: $7.56Fredonia: $7.55Worthington: $7.50Harpers Ferry: $7.49Alvord: $7.41Columbus City: $6.94Donahue: $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: $2.27Marble Rock: $16.78$2.27 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
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#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
11Garden Grove$19.20173
12Fort Atkinson$19.19300
13Salem$19.15380
14Cumberland$18.42248
15Jamaica$18.24196
16Massena$18.23352
17Callender$17.78361
18Casey$17.72387
19Vail$17.66383
20Ringsted$17.65346
21Pierson$17.12335
22Pisgah$17.09248
23Lohrville$16.95366
24Lakota$16.84261
25Marble Rock$16.78258
26Auburn$16.65253
27Mccallsburg$16.58356
28Prescott$16.53186
29Irwin$16.46320
30Montour$16.37199
31Lewis$16.25358
32Corwith$16.22259
33Deep River$16.18243
34Waucoma$16.17235
35Duncombe$16.10374
36Granville$16.00302
37Minburn$15.75317
38Moorhead$15.68186
39Onslow$15.63198
40Linden$15.62206
41Kamrar$15.47178
42Peterson$15.27321
43Greeley$15.23216
44Riverton$14.94243
45Marathon$14.89221
46Ryan$14.84348
47Ladora$14.74223
48Magnolia$14.68194
49Bagley$14.63230
50Davis City$14.45178
51Lucas$14.40176
52Garrison$14.38345
53Halbur$14.37268
54Lorimor$14.36377
55Crystal Lake$14.36243
56Kimballton$14.27281
57Steamboat Rock$14.19261
58Westgate$14.05190
59Mystic$14.01318
60Wesley$13.91382
61Diagonal$13.91331
62Bussey$13.83378
63Mondamin$13.82335
64Livermore$13.78382
65Fertile$13.70300
66Stockport$13.68272
67Kellerton$13.60241
68Quimby$13.58245
69Meservey$13.43212
70Persia$13.41292
71Lacona$13.38336
72Leland$13.31240
73Ute$13.26326
74New Market$13.25381
75Plymouth$13.21368
76Harcourt$13.21257
77Bennett$13.16330
78Ridgeway$13.10261
79Farmersburg$13.09264
80Portsmouth$13.05187
81Clutier$13.03209
82Menlo$12.92347
83Templeton$12.91337
84Silver City$12.87244
85Patterson$12.84176
86Martelle$12.83250
87Malcom$12.82257
88Blencoe$12.57223
89Williams$12.57299
90Maurice$12.56271
91Clearfield$12.50277
92Kensett$12.47256
93Mccausland$12.45314
94Spillville$12.40371
95Modale$12.34284
96Mingo$12.31314
97Brandon$12.29331
98Blakesburg$12.21273
99Cushing$12.18225
100Bonaparte$12.17357
101Hanlontown$12.17200
102Stout$12.14194
103Macedonia$12.12266
104Paton$12.09217
105Decatur$12.08174
106Kiron$12.03262
107Rembrandt$12.03199
108Colesburg$11.97379
109Liscomb$11.96292
110New Providence$11.88233
111Parnell$11.78190
112Joice$11.72206
113Atalissa$11.71287
114Cantril$11.69224
115Kelley$11.69312
116Orient$11.66363
117Wadena$11.65201
118Cincinnati$11.57280
119Delta$11.52257
120Terril$11.48310
121Westside$11.45283
122College Springs$11.44172
123Holland$11.37261
124Churdan$11.31359
125Mallard$11.28255
126Renwick$11.16228
127Dundee$11.14193
128Randolph$11.08183
129Rake$11.05179
130Frederika$10.99206
131New Vienna$10.91384
132Letts$10.91358
133Goose Lake$10.89250
134Birmingham$10.87371
135Charlotte$10.86386
136Yale$10.85265
137Lambs Grove$10.78174
138Hornick$10.74255
139Woden$10.68183
140Riverdale$10.67385
141Bode$10.64304
142Union$10.58378
143Cleghorn$10.49235
144Calamus$10.47348
145Danbury$10.43315
146Lytton$10.38274
147Rhodes$10.36269
148Dedham$10.28221
149Deloit$10.28246
150Protivin$10.28264
151Meriden$10.28175
152Andrew$10.22374
153Royal$10.20379
154Bronson$10.14294
155Hancock$10.13199
156Rudd$10.13339
157La Motte$10.09235
158Melvin$10.05196
159Defiance$10.05248
160Floyd$10.02297
161Barnum$9.96186
162Panama$9.85234
163Grafton$9.83212
164Lynnville$9.68382
165Ionia$9.65220
166Salix$9.63303
167Van Wert$9.62175
168Luxemburg$9.58240
169Rippey$9.42217
170Farnhamville$9.18364
171Elberon$9.16178
172Middletown$9.16365
173Dixon$9.03204
174Lester$8.94309
175Blairsburg$8.93175
176Oakville$8.89198
177Harvey$8.71242
178Washta$8.65206
179Ollie$8.44196
180Thor$8.38182
181Rowley$8.31264
182South English$8.27196
183Boxholm$8.11177
184Bertram$8.10267
185Fostoria$8.10229
186Low Moor$8.10242
187Nichols$8.10317
188Laurel$8.10214
189Lineville$8.10194
190Luana$7.98303
191Lockridge$7.92245
192Grand River$7.86192
193Olds$7.86174
194Pulaski$7.58259
195Sheldahl$7.56312
196Fredonia$7.55227
197Worthington$7.50374
198Harpers Ferry$7.49273
199Alvord$7.41216
200Columbus City$6.94385
201Donahue$6.83336
202Packwood$6.77186
203Libertyville$6.60278
204Keswick$6.49238
205Crawfordsville$6.44278
206Holy Cross$5.91348
207Oakland Acres$5.88178
208Conesville$5.86350
209Maharishi Vedic City$3.87290
210Wahpeton$3.19337
211West Okoboji$2.92311
212Sherrill$2.66176
213Rickardsville$2.27204

The $8.10 limit

Marble Rock’s general levy is $8.51 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.41 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.4 27 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.51 · FY26 $8.51 · FY27 $8.51 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $8.27 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$5.03 · $17,521
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$3.24 · $11,289

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$7.2M of taxable value in Marble Rock is in TIF districts’ increment (65% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $170,000 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$220,115
$188,126

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 $120,168 of the city’s own.

  • Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock schools$88,156
  • Floyd County$34,317
YearTIF revenue
FY16$172,662
FY17$177,255
FY18$155,429
FY19$168,716
FY20$42,290
FY21$220,115
FY22$212,954
FY23$188,126
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YearTIF revenue
FY16$172,662
FY17$177,255
FY18$155,429
FY19$168,716
FY20$42,290
FY21$220,115
FY22$212,954
FY23$188,126

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$29,61551%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$17,52130%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$11,28919%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Marble Rock’s budget goes, FY26

Debt Service: 49¢ of every dollar49¢Business Type / Enterprise: 40¢ of every dollar40¢Public Works: 4¢ of every dollarGeneral Government: 3¢ of every dollarCulture and Recreation: 2¢ of every dollarEverything else: 1¢ 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 211 Iowa cities closest in size (170–390 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (211)
Debt Service49¢2¢
Business Type / Enterprise40¢36¢
Public Works4¢21¢
General Government3¢18¢
Culture and Recreation2¢8¢
Everything else1¢9¢

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$80,76936%
  • General Government$58,87726%
  • Culture and Recreation$52,80723%
  • Public Safety$23,04910%
  • Debt Service$7,2013%
  • Health and Social Services$2,2001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($741,018 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$76,148$89,683
Public Safety$16,710$15,719
Health and Social Services$3,200$2,130
General Government$79,326$80,862
Debt Service$12,320$196,315
Culture and Recreation$77,700$114,500
Community and Economic Development$31,592$61,385
Capital Projects$36,794$31,570
Business Type / Enterprise$109,389$138,738

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$1.4M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Marble Rock owes

$103,000 at June 30, 2026: $380 per resident. 655th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$476,542
$103,000
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$103,000$380
2025$337,265$1,245
2024$0$0
2023$75,000$277
2022$266,000$982
2021$175,790$649
2020$405,889$1,498
2019$74,906$276
2018$147,057$543
2017$147,547$544
2016$285,734$1,054
2015$364,717$1,346
2014$476,542$1,758
2013$238,405$880
2012$32,420$120
2011$94,285$348
2010$50,000$185
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June 30OwedPer resident
2026$103,000$380
2025$337,265$1,245
2024$0$0
2023$75,000$277
2022$266,000$982
2021$175,790$649
2020$405,889$1,498
2019$74,906$276
2018$147,057$543
2017$147,547$544
2016$285,734$1,054
2015$364,717$1,346
2014$476,542$1,758
2013$238,405$880
2012$32,420$120
2011$94,285$348
2010$50,000$185

Up 106% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances10. Marble Rock’s latest audit has them: Periodic Examination, period ending Sunday, June 30, 2019 (PDF).

Audits11

The latest: Periodic Examination for the period ending Sunday, June 30, 2019 (PDF), released Thursday, December 5, 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? 12

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: $34,724 in FY25, up 27% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% more. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$26,391$25,758$26,448$26,591
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)–$6,664$8,655$8,133

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.

$1,732
  • Iowa DOT projects$1,732100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$465
FY20$855
FY21$440
FY22$0
FY23$0
FY24$0
FY25$1,732
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YearGrants and projects
FY19$465
FY20$855
FY21$440
FY22$0
FY23$0
FY24$0
FY25$1,732

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−22%$27,287 → $26,591, down 3% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 22% 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 29% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 3% more.

$40,845
$37,160

Federal grants, for comparison: $102,658 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

Elections

Running for mayor and city council

Filing opens Monday, August 23, 2027: in 285 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)13.

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 · 1

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Marble Rock; 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.

  • Marble Rock City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Kaylah Schweizer, Jerry Hubbard
  • Marble Rock Mayor
    Now held by Jerry Engelhardt

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here14.

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 ballot15.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress16

Sandy Salmon (Sen. 29)Charley Thomson (Rep. 58)

U.S. House:District 2

Floyd CountyRudd-Rockford-Marble Rock schools