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Nora Springs

Floyd County · How cities work

$2,610 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($30.99 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,200 a yearof that goes to the city ($14.25 per $1,000)
$676,582property taxes the city levies, FY27
$2.2Mcity 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.

  • Marty ColemanNora Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Nancy E. LundNora Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Randy HassmanNora Springs Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dain MannNora Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Duane KochNora Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Sarah AveryNora Springs 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 Nora Springs

Homes and businesses in most of Nora Springs pay a combined $32.85 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, $14.25. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$31.49$12.22
FY21$32.77$13.99
FY22$32.35$13.93
FY23$33.09$13.87
FY24$32.53$13.62
FY25$31.08$13.04
FY26$32.77$14.29
FY27$32.85$14.25
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YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$31.49$12.22
FY21$32.77$13.99
FY22$32.35$13.93
FY23$33.09$13.87
FY24$32.53$13.62
FY25$31.08$13.04
FY26$32.77$14.29
FY27$32.85$14.25

Compared with places this size3

Nora Springs’s city property tax rate of $14.25 per $1,000 is the 53rd highest of 142 Iowa cities with 890–2,000 people. The middle of the group is $13.36.

Elkader: $27.11Laurens: $24.16Pocahontas: $20.79Villisca: $19.74Sac City: $19.69Traer: $19.56Corning: $19.36Lake City: $19.32Allison: $19.06Corydon: $18.22Dysart: $17.95Greene: $17.91Lansing: $17.67Strawberry Point: $17.58Rockwell: $17.54Gowrie: $17.17Mapleton: $16.90George: $16.89Manson: $16.87Fayette: $16.85Eddyville: $16.82Nashua: $16.81Ackley: $16.63Roland: $16.51Monona: $16.41Aplington: $16.34Durant: $16.24Panora: $16.14Mechanicsville: $16.12Dike: $15.94Holstein: $15.81State Center: $15.80Pleasantville: $15.80Earlham: $15.55Shell Rock: $15.52Brooklyn: $15.49Stuart: $15.48Mount Ayr: $15.32Neola: $15.30Sigourney: $15.20Guttenberg: $15.19Sidney: $15.19Logan: $15.05Griswold: $15.01Tripoli: $14.99Woodbine: $14.80Bedford: $14.66Lenox: $14.65Manning: $14.62Van Meter: $14.60Dunlap: $14.56Coon Rapids: $14.49Kingsley: $14.25Urbana: $14.20Primghar: $14.18Sheffield: $14.16Parkersburg: $14.15Hartley: $14.11Ida Grove: $14.10Woodward: $14.05Guthrie Center: $14.04Alton: $13.87Montezuma: $13.79Gilbert: $13.71Edgewood: $13.64Clarksville: $13.53Avoca: $13.51Janesville: $13.43Glidden: $13.43Calmar: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Manly: $13.29Anita: $13.28Conrad: $13.23Springville: $13.22Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Greenfield: $13.13Treynor: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Akron: $12.93Leon: $12.93Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85New Sharon: $12.80Slater: $12.79Malvern: $12.79Buffalo: $12.68Sanborn: $12.62New London: $12.56Dallas Center: $12.42West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Remsen: $12.32Denver: $12.27Reinbeck: $12.10Winfield: $12.04Elkhart: $12.00Tabor: $11.88Wellman: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Blue Grass: $11.79Columbus Junction: $11.71Palo: $11.49Prairie City: $11.38Marcus: $11.31Mediapolis: $11.27Melcher-Dallas: $11.21University Heights: $11.12Ogden: $10.99Clarence: $10.94Farley: $10.91Oakland: $10.85Moville: $10.67Swisher: $10.39Elk Run Heights: $10.33Walcott: $10.29Fredericksburg: $10.27Lake Park: $10.25Inwood: $10.22Central City: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Lake View: $9.39Paullina: $9.21Fairbank: $9.00Walford: $8.72Keosauqua: $8.58Princeton: $8.24Lone Tree: $8.13Riverside: $8.02Hills: $7.94Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sloan: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Arnolds Park: $4.95Nora Springs: $14.25$4.95 lowest$27.11 highestmiddle
See all 142
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Elkader$27.111,192
2Laurens$24.161,253
3Pocahontas$20.791,848
4Villisca$19.741,106
5Sac City$19.691,992
6Traer$19.561,547
7Corning$19.361,509
8Lake City$19.321,656
9Allison$19.06937
10Corydon$18.221,563
11Dysart$17.951,266
12Greene$17.91971
13Lansing$17.67959
14Strawberry Point$17.581,141
15Rockwell$17.541,044
16Gowrie$17.17943
17Mapleton$16.901,114
18George$16.891,106
19Manson$16.871,646
20Fayette$16.851,193
21Eddyville$16.82965
22Nashua$16.811,515
23Ackley$16.631,538
24Roland$16.511,376
25Monona$16.411,462
26Aplington$16.341,088
27Durant$16.241,798
28Panora$16.141,096
29Mechanicsville$16.12974
30Dike$15.941,293
31Holstein$15.811,475
32State Center$15.801,403
33Pleasantville$15.801,696
34Earlham$15.551,411
35Shell Rock$15.521,265
36Brooklyn$15.491,474
37Stuart$15.481,887
38Mount Ayr$15.321,616
39Neola$15.30917
40Sigourney$15.201,974
41Guttenberg$15.191,804
42Sidney$15.191,048
43Logan$15.051,351
44Griswold$15.01975
45Tripoli$14.991,208
46Woodbine$14.801,707
47Bedford$14.661,474
48Lenox$14.651,355
49Manning$14.621,390
50Van Meter$14.601,840
51Dunlap$14.561,030
52Coon Rapids$14.491,258
53Nora Springs$14.251,330
54Kingsley$14.251,394
55Urbana$14.201,635
56Primghar$14.18893
57Sheffield$14.161,123
58Parkersburg$14.151,986
59Hartley$14.111,584
60Ida Grove$14.101,988
61Woodward$14.051,383
62Guthrie Center$14.041,579
63Alton$13.871,248
64Montezuma$13.791,421
65Gilbert$13.711,397
66Edgewood$13.64908
67Clarksville$13.531,238
68Avoca$13.511,685
69Janesville$13.431,052
70Glidden$13.431,140
71Calmar$13.391,100
72Baxter$13.32983
73Manly$13.291,233
74Anita$13.28953
75Conrad$13.231,098
76Springville$13.221,161
77Keota$13.21888
78Shellsburg$13.20987
79De Soto$13.18937
80Greenfield$13.131,988
81Treynor$13.031,104
82Odebolt$13.00967
83Akron$12.931,545
84Leon$12.931,779
85Danville$12.87910
86Underwood$12.85973
87New Sharon$12.801,249
88Slater$12.791,626
89Malvern$12.791,056
90Buffalo$12.681,163
91Sanborn$12.621,463
92New London$12.561,853
93Dallas Center$12.421,993
94West Point$12.39903
95Hinton$12.38959
96Preston$12.38940
97Remsen$12.321,681
98Denver$12.271,955
99Reinbeck$12.101,673
100Winfield$12.041,006
101Elkhart$12.001,079
102Tabor$11.88983
103Wellman$11.881,531
104Aurelia$11.84970
105Blue Grass$11.791,707
106Columbus Junction$11.711,794
107Palo$11.491,554
108Prairie City$11.381,722
109Marcus$11.311,069
110Mediapolis$11.271,679
111Melcher-Dallas$11.211,193
112University Heights$11.121,188
113Ogden$10.991,970
114Clarence$10.94991
115Farley$10.911,723
116Oakland$10.851,519
117Moville$10.671,707
118Swisher$10.39909
119Elk Run Heights$10.331,061
120Walcott$10.291,556
121Fredericksburg$10.27983
122Lake Park$10.251,155
123Inwood$10.22962
124Central City$10.011,254
125Newhall$9.99887
126Lake View$9.391,120
127Paullina$9.21979
128Fairbank$9.001,133
129Walford$8.721,357
130Keosauqua$8.58944
131Princeton$8.24917
132Lone Tree$8.131,341
133Riverside$8.021,063
134Hills$7.94911
135Larchwood$7.52954
136North English$7.491,030
137Sloan$7.491,078
138Sully$7.41891
139Fruitland$7.21928
140Lawton$7.10949
141Wayland$7.07935
142Arnolds Park$4.951,214

The $8.10 limit

Nora Springs’s general levy is $8.10 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, at the limit.4 247 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.13 · FY26 $7.89 · FY27 $8.10 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $6.15 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$3.73 · $176,763
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.09 · $98,944
  • Debt Service Levy$0.32 · $15,287

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Nora Springs’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $173,000 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$252,126
YearTIF revenue
FY21$170,163
FY22$189,193
FY23$252,126
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YearTIF revenue
FY21$170,163
FY22$189,193
FY23$252,126

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$383,38757%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$176,76326%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$98,94415%
  • Debt Service Levy$15,2872%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Nora Springs’s budget goes, FY26

Culture and Recreation: 46¢ of every dollar46¢Public Works: 24¢ of every dollar24¢General Government: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Public Safety: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Debt Service: 3¢ 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 141 Iowa cities closest in size (890–2,000 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (141)
Culture and Recreation46¢8¢
Public Works24¢12¢
General Government14¢7¢
Public Safety11¢10¢
Debt Service3¢6¢
Everything else1¢3¢

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$970,49943%
  • Culture and Recreation$786,44335%
  • General Government$237,67211%
  • Public Safety$192,7629%
  • Debt Service$51,7702%
  • Health and Social Services$6,5000%
  • Community and Economic Development$3,5000%
Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$346,025$407,338
Public Safety$209,828$135,565
Health and Social Services$2,000$2,750
General Government$156,306$161,026
Debt Service$189,180$188,778
Culture and Recreation$301,014$642,458
Community and Economic Development$3,350$3,763
Capital Projects$116,000$80,958
Business Type / Enterprise$1.0M$1.1M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$8.6M
$2.7M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Nora Springs owes

$7.4M at June 30, 2026: $5,405 per resident. 101st most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$9.8M
$7.4M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$7.4M$5,405
2025$8.4M$6,145
2024$8.4M$6,145
2023$9.8M$7,129
2022$9.8M$7,129
2021$9.8M$7,129
2020$9.2M$6,685
2019$9.4M$6,874
2018$1.3M$913
2017$1.2M$858
2016$595,000$435
2015$632,000$462
2014$778,000$568
2013$892,000$652
2012$1.1M$778
2011$1.2M$896
2010$1.5M$1,069
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$7.4M$5,405
2025$8.4M$6,145
2024$8.4M$6,145
2023$9.8M$7,129
2022$9.8M$7,129
2021$9.8M$7,129
2020$9.2M$6,685
2019$9.4M$6,874
2018$1.3M$913
2017$1.2M$858
2016$595,000$435
2015$632,000$462
2014$778,000$568
2013$892,000$652
2012$1.1M$778
2011$1.2M$896
2010$1.5M$1,069

Up 405% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $446,000, 9% of the limit of about $4.8M (5% of $95.3M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

6 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsSewer Revenue Bond CS-1920857-R12050$6.5M
General ObligationWWTF GO TIF BONDING2039$416,000
Revenue BondsSRF Loan-Sanitary Sewer Rehab Project2035$369,000
Revenue BondsSecondary SRF loan on Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project2036$66,000
Revenue BondsWater Revenue Bond2028$52,040
General ObligationNora Springs 18 GO Corp Purpose Bond2028$30,000

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 balances9. Nora Springs’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Wednesday, April 22, 2026, by a CPA firm.

11 earlier reports for Nora Springs

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? 11

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: $215,944 in FY25, up 8% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 14% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$196,932$188,390$193,375$194,425
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$21,474$27,795$18,307$21,519

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.

$255,394
$7,038
  • State grants$6,52493%
  • Other$5147%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$255,394
FY20$11,582
FY21$6,985
FY22$4,991
FY23$4,104
FY24$76,577
FY25$7,038
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$255,394
FY20$11,582
FY21$6,985
FY22$4,991
FY23$4,104
FY24$76,577
FY25$7,038

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−16%$184,865 → $194,425, up 5% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 16% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)+10%$15,536 → $21,519, up 39% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% 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 50% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 20% more.

$195,851

Federal grants, for comparison: $93,871 in FY24.

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)12.

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

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Nora Springs; 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.

  • Nora Springs City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Sarah Avery, Duane Koch, Dain Mann
  • Nora Springs Mayor
    Now held by Randy Hassman

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here13.

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 ballot14.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress15

Doug Campbell (Sen. 30)Jane Bloomingdale (Rep. 60)

U.S. House:District 2

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