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Rudd

Floyd County · How cities work

$2,770 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($32.91 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$850 a yearof that goes to the city ($10.13 per $1,000)
$143,034property taxes the city levies, FY27
$368,187city 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 BulandRudd Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Kaleb J. RothRudd City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Matthew BouillonRudd City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Tyler HicksRudd City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Amy LeamanRudd City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Craig ReinkeRudd City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Tyler ScheerRudd 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 Rudd

Homes and businesses in most of Rudd pay a combined $32.91 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, $10.13. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$33.09$12.66
FY21$32.76$12.68
FY22$31.19$11.57
FY23$31.72$11.59
FY24$30.21$10.58
FY25$28.33$8.88
FY26$29.60$10.32
FY27$32.91$10.13
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$33.09$12.66
FY21$32.76$12.68
FY22$31.19$11.57
FY23$31.72$11.59
FY24$30.21$10.58
FY25$28.33$8.88
FY26$29.60$10.32
FY27$32.91$10.13

Compared with places this size3

Rudd’s city property tax rate of $10.13 per $1,000 is the 45th lowest of 200 Iowa cities with 230–510 people. The middle of the group is $12.52.

Stanhope: $29.10Rolfe: $22.67Fenton: $22.05Elliott: $21.61Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Fort Atkinson: $19.19Salem: $19.15Cumberland: $18.42Massena: $18.23Elma: $17.82Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Vail: $17.66Ringsted: $17.65Emerson: $17.54Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Pierson: $17.12Burt: $17.10Pisgah: $17.09Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Lakota: $16.84Marble Rock: $16.78Auburn: $16.65Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Irwin: $16.46Titonka: $16.45Lewis: $16.25Corwith: $16.22Deep River: $16.18Waucoma: $16.17Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Granville: $16.00Minburn: $15.75Peterson: $15.27Russell: $15.18Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Riverton: $14.94Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Otho: $14.82Humeston: $14.80Bagley: $14.63Gilmore City: $14.60Sabula: $14.38Garrison: $14.38Halbur: $14.37Lorimor: $14.36Crystal Lake: $14.36Collins: $14.32Kimballton: $14.27Ocheyedan: $14.22Steamboat Rock: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Mystic: $14.01Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Fertile: $13.70Stockport: $13.68Kellerton: $13.60Albion: $13.58Quimby: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Persia: $13.41Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38Leland: $13.31Ute: $13.26New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Harcourt: $13.21Bennett: $13.16Ridgeway: $13.10Farmersburg: $13.09Little Rock: $13.03Lehigh: $12.97Menlo: $12.92Templeton: $12.91Silver City: $12.87Martelle: $12.83Malcom: $12.82Galva: $12.68Martensdale: $12.63Williams: $12.57Maurice: $12.56Norway: $12.53Clearfield: $12.50Kensett: $12.47Mccausland: $12.45Spillville: $12.40Modale: $12.34Mingo: $12.31Brandon: $12.29Blakesburg: $12.21Bonaparte: $12.17Macedonia: $12.12Hawkeye: $12.11Kiron: $12.03Colesburg: $11.97Liscomb: $11.96New Providence: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Atalissa: $11.71Kelley: $11.69Orient: $11.66Ellsworth: $11.57Cincinnati: $11.57Delta: $11.52Terril: $11.48Westside: $11.45Holland: $11.37Churdan: $11.31Mallard: $11.28Miles: $11.28Renwick: $11.16Milton: $10.98New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Goose Lake: $10.89Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Yale: $10.85Batavia: $10.77Hornick: $10.74Riverdale: $10.67Bode: $10.64Union: $10.58Cleghorn: $10.49Calamus: $10.47Lovilia: $10.46Danbury: $10.43Lytton: $10.38Stacyville: $10.36Rhodes: $10.36Deloit: $10.28Protivin: $10.28Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Bronson: $10.14La Motte: $10.09Defiance: $10.05Floyd: $10.02Panama: $9.85Breda: $9.80Lynnville: $9.68Salix: $9.63Luxemburg: $9.58Farnhamville: $9.18Middletown: $9.16Alleman: $9.12Lester: $8.94Harvey: $8.71Rowley: $8.31Bertram: $8.10Fostoria: $8.10Grandview: $8.10Lost Nation: $8.10Low Moor: $8.10Nichols: $8.10Luana: $7.98Lockridge: $7.92Delhi: $7.81Klemme: $7.74Pulaski: $7.58Beacon: $7.56Sheldahl: $7.56Fredonia: $7.55Worthington: $7.50Harpers Ferry: $7.49Marquette: $7.08Columbus City: $6.94Donahue: $6.83Libertyville: $6.60Keswick: $6.49Crawfordsville: $6.44New Virginia: $5.97Holy Cross: $5.91Conesville: $5.86University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Maharishi Vedic City: $3.87Wahpeton: $3.19West Okoboji: $2.92Rudd: $10.13$2.92 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 200
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Stanhope$29.10354
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Fenton$22.05250
4Elliott$21.61328
5Oxford Junction$20.84424
6Earling$20.47394
7Fort Atkinson$19.19300
8Salem$19.15380
9Cumberland$18.42248
10Massena$18.23352
11Elma$17.82493
12Callender$17.78361
13Casey$17.72387
14Vail$17.66383
15Ringsted$17.65346
16Emerson$17.54401
17Thompson$17.25478
18Ashton$17.17434
19Pierson$17.12335
20Burt$17.10404
21Pisgah$17.09248
22Latimer$16.96477
23Lohrville$16.95366
24Lakota$16.84261
25Marble Rock$16.78258
26Auburn$16.65253
27Mccallsburg$16.58356
28Whittemore$16.54478
29Irwin$16.46320
30Titonka$16.45491
31Lewis$16.25358
32Corwith$16.22259
33Deep River$16.18243
34Waucoma$16.17235
35Duncombe$16.10374
36Bayard$16.05402
37Scranton$16.01496
38Granville$16.00302
39Minburn$15.75317
40Peterson$15.27321
41Russell$15.18475
42Zearing$14.99508
43Arlington$14.98415
44Riverton$14.94243
45Maynard$14.85466
46Plainfield$14.84392
47Ryan$14.84348
48Otho$14.82417
49Humeston$14.80472
50Bagley$14.63230
51Gilmore City$14.60484
52Sabula$14.38498
53Garrison$14.38345
54Halbur$14.37268
55Lorimor$14.36377
56Crystal Lake$14.36243
57Collins$14.32503
58Kimballton$14.27281
59Ocheyedan$14.22424
60Steamboat Rock$14.19261
61Garwin$14.08469
62Farragut$14.07480
63Mystic$14.01318
64Lime Springs$13.95467
65Dow City$13.94477
66Wesley$13.91382
67Diagonal$13.91331
68Bussey$13.83378
69Mondamin$13.82335
70Livermore$13.78382
71Fertile$13.70300
72Stockport$13.68272
73Kellerton$13.60241
74Albion$13.58444
75Quimby$13.58245
76Lamont$13.57429
77New Albin$13.55435
78Persia$13.41292
79Lawler$13.39392
80Lacona$13.38336
81Leland$13.31240
82Ute$13.26326
83New Market$13.25381
84Plymouth$13.21368
85Harcourt$13.21257
86Bennett$13.16330
87Ridgeway$13.10261
88Farmersburg$13.09264
89Little Rock$13.03447
90Lehigh$12.97395
91Menlo$12.92347
92Templeton$12.91337
93Silver City$12.87244
94Martelle$12.83250
95Malcom$12.82257
96Galva$12.68416
97Martensdale$12.63413
98Williams$12.57299
99Maurice$12.56271
100Norway$12.53463
101Clearfield$12.50277
102Kensett$12.47256
103Mccausland$12.45314
104Spillville$12.40371
105Modale$12.34284
106Mingo$12.31314
107Brandon$12.29331
108Blakesburg$12.21273
109Bonaparte$12.17357
110Macedonia$12.12266
111Hawkeye$12.11429
112Kiron$12.03262
113Colesburg$11.97379
114Liscomb$11.96292
115New Providence$11.88233
116Thornton$11.86394
117Runnells$11.79467
118Allerton$11.72432
119Atalissa$11.71287
120Kelley$11.69312
121Orient$11.66363
122Ellsworth$11.57495
123Cincinnati$11.57280
124Delta$11.52257
125Terril$11.48310
126Westside$11.45283
127Holland$11.37261
128Churdan$11.31359
129Mallard$11.28255
130Miles$11.28400
131Renwick$11.16228
132Milton$10.98395
133New Vienna$10.91384
134Letts$10.91358
135Goose Lake$10.89250
136Birmingham$10.87371
137Charlotte$10.86386
138Yale$10.85265
139Batavia$10.77434
140Hornick$10.74255
141Riverdale$10.67385
142Bode$10.64304
143Union$10.58378
144Cleghorn$10.49235
145Calamus$10.47348
146Lovilia$10.46456
147Danbury$10.43315
148Lytton$10.38274
149Stacyville$10.36436
150Rhodes$10.36269
151Deloit$10.28246
152Protivin$10.28264
153Andrew$10.22374
154Royal$10.20379
155Bronson$10.14294
156Rudd$10.13339
157La Motte$10.09235
158Defiance$10.05248
159Floyd$10.02297
160Panama$9.85234
161Breda$9.80492
162Lynnville$9.68382
163Salix$9.63303
164Luxemburg$9.58240
165Farnhamville$9.18364
166Middletown$9.16365
167Alleman$9.12439
168Lester$8.94309
169Harvey$8.71242
170Rowley$8.31264
171Bertram$8.10267
172Fostoria$8.10229
173Grandview$8.10431
174Lost Nation$8.10425
175Low Moor$8.10242
176Nichols$8.10317
177Luana$7.98303
178Lockridge$7.92245
179Delhi$7.81438
180Klemme$7.74429
181Pulaski$7.58259
182Beacon$7.56434
183Sheldahl$7.56312
184Fredonia$7.55227
185Worthington$7.50374
186Harpers Ferry$7.49273
187Marquette$7.08434
188Columbus City$6.94385
189Donahue$6.83336
190Libertyville$6.60278
191Keswick$6.49238
192Crawfordsville$6.44278
193New Virginia$5.97499
194Holy Cross$5.91348
195Conesville$5.86350
196University Park$5.27476
197Orleans$4.13503
198Maharishi Vedic City$3.87290
199Wahpeton$3.19337
200West Okoboji$2.92311

The $8.10 limit

Rudd’s general levy is $8.02 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.08 below the limit.4 408 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.18 · FY26 $8.18 · FY27 $8.02 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $2.11 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.14 · $15,772
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$0.97 · $13,435

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Rudd’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state.

$45,485
$2,432
YearTIF revenue
FY16$33,510
FY17$12,760
FY18$31,730
FY19$33,233
FY20$34,116
FY21$45,485
FY22$28,349
FY23$2,432
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$33,510
FY17$12,760
FY18$31,730
FY19$33,233
FY20$34,116
FY21$45,485
FY22$28,349
FY23$2,432

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$111,28379%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$15,77211%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$13,43510%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Rudd’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 33¢ of every dollar33¢Public Works: 31¢ of every dollar31¢Culture and Recreation: 16¢ of every dollar16¢General Government: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Public Safety: 8¢ of every dollar8¢Everything else: 2¢ 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 198 Iowa cities closest in size (230–510 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (198)
Business Type / Enterprise33¢39¢
Public Works31¢20¢
Culture and Recreation16¢8¢
General Government10¢16¢
Public Safety8¢9¢
Everything else2¢2¢

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$146,33640%
  • Culture and Recreation$94,25526%
  • General Government$64,36017%
  • Community and Economic Development$40,93811%
  • Public Safety$22,2986%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($165,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$159,674$186,135
Public Safety$10,170$13,880
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$36,755$142,845
Debt Service$21,476$21,476
Culture and Recreation$105,916$295,635
Community and Economic Development$41,000$26,953
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$129,304$293,651

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$1.2M
$1.1M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Rudd owes

$596,000 at June 30, 2026: $1,665 per resident. 430th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$596,000
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$596,000$1,665
2025$444,000$1,240
2024$470,000$1,313
2023$514,130$1,436
2022$485,965$1,357
2021$188,192$526
2020$127,891$357
2019$105,928$296
2018$105,928$296
2017$123,355$345
2016$144,831$405
2015$166,307$465
2014$187,783$525
2013$226,258$632
2012$226,258$632
2011$253,769$709
2010$280,758$784
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$596,000$1,665
2025$444,000$1,240
2024$470,000$1,313
2023$514,130$1,436
2022$485,965$1,357
2021$188,192$526
2020$127,891$357
2019$105,928$296
2018$105,928$296
2017$123,355$345
2016$144,831$405
2015$166,307$465
2014$187,783$525
2013$226,258$632
2012$226,258$632
2011$253,769$709
2010$280,758$784

Up 112% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $1.2M (5% of $24.3M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

2 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsSRF: New water treatment plant.2040$418,000
Revenue BondsWater Tower Rehab Project2034$178,000

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

Audits10

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? 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: $37,272 in FY25, down 33% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 47% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$35,296$48,366$36,900$37,272

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.

$162,470
  • Other$161,953100%
  • Library State Contributions$5170%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$1,167
FY20$914
FY21$22,000
FY22$767
FY23$31,404
FY24$583
FY25$162,470
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$1,167
FY20$914
FY21$22,000
FY22$767
FY23$31,404
FY24$583
FY25$162,470

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−47%$55,818 → $37,272, down 33% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 47% 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 39% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% more.

$51,398
$46,888

Federal grants, for comparison: $329,912 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)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 · 3

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Rudd; 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.

  • Rudd City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Amy Leaman, Tyler Scheer, Craig Reinke
  • Rudd Mayor
    Now held by Jeff Buland

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

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

U.S. House:District 2

Floyd CountyRudd-Rockford-Marble Rock schools