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Farragut

Fremont County · How cities work

$3,120 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($37.05 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,180 a yearof that goes to the city ($14.07 per $1,000)
$163,068property taxes the city levies, FY27
$467,975city 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.

  • Danny WhitehillFarragut City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • David LaumannFarragut City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Janet MeskeFarragut City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Thomas R. ShullFarragut Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Carlen DevereauxFarragut City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Jane WilsonFarragut 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 Farragut

Homes and businesses in most of Farragut pay a combined $36.68 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Fremont County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $14.07. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$39.71$16.54
FY21$39.31$16.52
FY22$39.32$16.60
FY23$33.80$11.43
FY24$34.50$11.98
FY25$37.03$13.86
FY26$36.73$13.31
FY27$37.05$14.07
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$39.71$16.54
FY21$39.31$16.52
FY22$39.32$16.60
FY23$33.80$11.43
FY24$34.50$11.98
FY25$37.03$13.86
FY26$36.73$13.31
FY27$37.05$14.07

Compared with places this size3

Farragut’s city property tax rate of $14.07 per $1,000 is the 70th highest of 185 Iowa cities with 320–720 people. The middle of the group is $13.03.

Stanhope: $29.10Rolfe: $22.67Elliott: $21.61Charter Oak: $21.32Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Pomeroy: $19.60Salem: $19.15Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Massena: $18.23Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Elma: $17.82Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Dows: $17.70New Hartford: $17.69Vail: $17.66Ringsted: $17.65Emerson: $17.54Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Pierson: $17.12Burt: $17.10Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Irwin: $16.46Titonka: $16.45Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Lewis: $16.25Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Peterson: $15.27Russell: $15.18Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Gilmore City: $14.60Sabula: $14.38Garrison: $14.38Lorimor: $14.36Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Ocheyedan: $14.22Olin: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Elgin: $14.05Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Redfield: $13.73Albion: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Boyden: $13.39Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38Ute: $13.26New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Bennett: $13.16Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Little Rock: $13.03Coggon: $12.99Lehigh: $12.97Menlo: $12.92Templeton: $12.91Earlville: $12.90Brighton: $12.88Goldfield: $12.73Wellsburg: $12.68Delmar: $12.68Galva: $12.68Badger: $12.67Martensdale: $12.63Stanton: $12.62Hospers: $12.58Norway: $12.53Everly: $12.51Hazleton: $12.48Spillville: $12.40Alburnett: $12.30Brandon: $12.29Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Bonaparte: $12.17Schaller: $12.14Hawkeye: $12.11Colesburg: $11.97Albert City: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Orient: $11.66Merrill: $11.64Ellsworth: $11.57Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Churdan: $11.31Miles: $11.28Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Blairstown: $11.04Milton: $10.98Ireton: $10.93New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Fontanelle: $10.88Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Batavia: $10.77Riverdale: $10.67Union: $10.58Calamus: $10.47Lovilia: $10.46Radcliffe: $10.37Stacyville: $10.36Ventura: $10.22Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Rudd: $10.13What Cheer: $10.01Cumming: $9.85Breda: $9.80Doon: $9.78Lynnville: $9.68Farnhamville: $9.18Middletown: $9.16Alleman: $9.12Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Grand Junction: $8.57Gilman: $8.10Grandview: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lakeside: $8.10Lost Nation: $8.10Agency: $7.94Fremont: $7.86Delhi: $7.81Klemme: $7.74Beacon: $7.56Worthington: $7.50Marquette: $7.08Columbus City: $6.94Donahue: $6.83Keystone: $6.80New Virginia: $5.97Holy Cross: $5.91Conesville: $5.86University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Wahpeton: $3.19Farragut: $14.07$3.19 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 185
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Stanhope$29.10354
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Elliott$21.61328
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Oxford Junction$20.84424
6Earling$20.47394
7Pomeroy$19.60511
8Salem$19.15380
9Dumont$19.04614
10Seymour$18.78646
11Dexter$18.69631
12Fonda$18.52636
13Massena$18.23352
14Kanawha$18.11638
15Swea City$18.04545
16Elma$17.82493
17Callender$17.78361
18Casey$17.72387
19Dows$17.70509
20New Hartford$17.69555
21Vail$17.66383
22Ringsted$17.65346
23Emerson$17.54401
24Murray$17.44609
25Thompson$17.25478
26Ashton$17.17434
27Pierson$17.12335
28Burt$17.10404
29Latimer$16.96477
30Lohrville$16.95366
31Elk Horn$16.78631
32Oxford$16.70715
33Mccallsburg$16.58356
34Whittemore$16.54478
35Bancroft$16.52677
36Irwin$16.46320
37Titonka$16.45491
38Early$16.35571
39Truro$16.34515
40Lewis$16.25358
41Duncombe$16.10374
42Bayard$16.05402
43Scranton$16.01496
44Ruthven$15.84710
45Minden$15.77581
46Walker$15.74671
47Peterson$15.27321
48Russell$15.18475
49Stanwood$15.12612
50Stratford$15.03688
51Zearing$14.99508
52Arlington$14.98415
53Maynard$14.85466
54Plainfield$14.84392
55Ryan$14.84348
56Otho$14.82417
57Wyoming$14.81526
58Humeston$14.80472
59Hopkinton$14.79622
60Gilmore City$14.60484
61Sabula$14.38498
62Garrison$14.38345
63Lorimor$14.36377
64Collins$14.32503
65Clermont$14.30571
66Moulton$14.25596
67Ocheyedan$14.22424
68Olin$14.19652
69Garwin$14.08469
70Farragut$14.07480
71Elgin$14.05676
72Lime Springs$13.95467
73Dow City$13.94477
74Wesley$13.91382
75Diagonal$13.91331
76Bussey$13.83378
77Mondamin$13.82335
78Livermore$13.78382
79Redfield$13.73719
80Albion$13.58444
81Lamont$13.57429
82New Albin$13.55435
83Boyden$13.39694
84Lawler$13.39392
85Lacona$13.38336
86Ute$13.26326
87New Market$13.25381
88Plymouth$13.21368
89Bennett$13.16330
90Quasqueton$13.12587
91Farmington$13.10583
92Anthon$13.05534
93Little Rock$13.03447
94Coggon$12.99691
95Lehigh$12.97395
96Menlo$12.92347
97Templeton$12.91337
98Earlville$12.90713
99Brighton$12.88592
100Goldfield$12.73617
101Wellsburg$12.68709
102Delmar$12.68541
103Galva$12.68416
104Badger$12.67540
105Martensdale$12.63413
106Stanton$12.62664
107Hospers$12.58703
108Norway$12.53463
109Everly$12.51570
110Hazleton$12.48711
111Spillville$12.40371
112Alburnett$12.30672
113Brandon$12.29331
114Moravia$12.27625
115Hedrick$12.22717
116Bonaparte$12.17357
117Schaller$12.14702
118Hawkeye$12.11429
119Colesburg$11.97379
120Albert City$11.88627
121Thornton$11.86394
122Runnells$11.79467
123Allerton$11.72432
124Orient$11.66363
125Merrill$11.64713
126Ellsworth$11.57495
127Morning Sun$11.50702
128Battle Creek$11.49683
129Churdan$11.31359
130Miles$11.28400
131Sutherland$11.25628
132Arcadia$11.23588
133Blairstown$11.04705
134Milton$10.98395
135Ireton$10.93571
136New Vienna$10.91384
137Letts$10.91358
138Fontanelle$10.88684
139Birmingham$10.87371
140Charlotte$10.86386
141Richland$10.82532
142Grand Mound$10.78608
143Batavia$10.77434
144Riverdale$10.67385
145Union$10.58378
146Calamus$10.47348
147Lovilia$10.46456
148Radcliffe$10.37540
149Stacyville$10.36436
150Ventura$10.22701
151Andrew$10.22374
152Royal$10.20379
153Rudd$10.13339
154What Cheer$10.01595
155Cumming$9.85527
156Breda$9.80492
157Doon$9.78640
158Lynnville$9.68382
159Farnhamville$9.18364
160Middletown$9.16365
161Alleman$9.12439
162Crescent$8.72626
163Ainsworth$8.62511
164Grand Junction$8.57715
165Gilman$8.10530
166Grandview$8.10431
167Kellogg$8.10597
168Lakeside$8.10695
169Lost Nation$8.10425
170Agency$7.94623
171Fremont$7.86688
172Delhi$7.81438
173Klemme$7.74429
174Beacon$7.56434
175Worthington$7.50374
176Marquette$7.08434
177Columbus City$6.94385
178Donahue$6.83336
179Keystone$6.80616
180New Virginia$5.97499
181Holy Cross$5.91348
182Conesville$5.86350
183University Park$5.27476
184Orleans$4.13503
185Wahpeton$3.19337

The $8.10 limit

Farragut’s general levy is $8.21 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.11 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.4 144 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.21 · FY26 $8.21 · FY27 $8.21 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $5.86 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$4.58 · $52,937
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.28 · $14,832

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$94,90358%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$52,93733%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$14,8329%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Farragut’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 37¢ of every dollar37¢Culture and Recreation: 25¢ of every dollar25¢General Government: 17¢ of every dollar17¢Public Works: 15¢ of every dollar15¢Public Safety: 5¢ 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 184 Iowa cities closest in size (320–720 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (184)
Business Type / Enterprise37¢40¢
Culture and Recreation25¢9¢
General Government17¢13¢
Public Works15¢19¢
Public Safety5¢9¢
Everything else1¢1¢

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.

  • Culture and Recreation$153,05033%
  • Public Works$127,33027%
  • General Government$124,18527%
  • Public Safety$57,40912%
  • Community and Economic Development$6,0011%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($296,833 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$108,785$100,117
Public Safety$39,812$40,164
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$148,734$176,862
Debt Service$0$250
Culture and Recreation$140,180$62,960
Community and Economic Development$6,046$5,769
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$443,660$301,099

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$6.5M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Farragut owes

$3.1M at June 30, 2026: $6,384 per resident. 68th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$3.2M
$3.1M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$3.1M$6,384
2025$3.2M$6,501
2024$1.8M$3,601
2023$81,001$165
2022$61,000$124
2021$135,000$276
2020$203,000$414
2019$270,000$551
2018$336,000$686
2017$402,000$820
2016$462,000$943
2015$521,000$1,063
2014$579,000$1,182
2013$637,000$1,300
2012$694,000$1,416
2011$766,000$1,563
2010$356,000$727
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$3.1M$6,384
2025$3.2M$6,501
2024$1.8M$3,601
2023$81,001$165
2022$61,000$124
2021$135,000$276
2020$203,000$414
2019$270,000$551
2018$336,000$686
2017$402,000$820
2016$462,000$943
2015$521,000$1,063
2014$579,000$1,182
2013$637,000$1,300
2012$694,000$1,416
2011$766,000$1,563
2010$356,000$727

Up 779% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances8. Farragut’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits9

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Tuesday, October 20, 2026, by the Auditor of State.

The report has no Schedule of Findings Iowa Funnel could read.

5 earlier reports for Farragut

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? 10

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: $55,978 in FY25, up 11% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$54,386$54,241$55,676$55,978

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.

$529,028
$0
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$86,270
    FY20$89,077
    FY21$87,958
    FY22$128,063
    FY23$0
    FY24$529,028
    FY25$0
    Show the numbers
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$86,270
    FY20$89,077
    FY21$87,958
    FY22$128,063
    FY23$0
    FY24$529,028
    FY25$0

    Has it kept up with prices?

    Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

    • Road Use Tax (streets)−11%$50,400 → $55,978, up 11% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% 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 49% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% more.

    $65,956
    $60,010

    Federal grants, for comparison: $5,623 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)11.

    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 Farragut; 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.

    • Farragut City Council At-Large (2 seats)
      Now held by Jane Wilson, Carlen Devereaux

    Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here12.

    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 ballot13.

    Related places

    At the Statehouse and in Congress14

    Mark Costello (Sen. 8)David Sieck (Rep. 16)

    U.S. House:District 4

    Fremont CountyFarragut schoolsSidney schools