City

Randall

$2,890 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($34.34 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$870 a yearof that goes to the city ($10.35 per $1,000)

$93,553property taxes the city levies, FY27

$125,530city 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.

Dale E. KennedyRandall City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Gregg WrightRandall Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Morgan AmundsonRandall City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Steven ArthurRandall City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025

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 Randall

Homes and businesses in most of Randall pay a combined $34.34 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Hamilton County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $10.35. Estimate your bill.

South Hamilton schools$13.6040%
City of Randall$10.3530%
Hamilton County$6.0318%
Hamilton County Hospital$1.906%
Iowa Central Community College$1.575%
Hamilton County Assessor$0.672%
Hamilton County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.21<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$34.76	$10.22
FY21	$34.92	$10.16
FY22	$39.83	$10.07
FY23	$38.12	$10.02
FY24	$34.75	$10.24
FY25	$38.18	$11.62
FY26	$36.04	$11.46
FY27	$34.34	$10.35

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$34.76	$10.22
FY21	$34.92	$10.16
FY22	$39.83	$10.07
FY23	$38.12	$10.02
FY24	$34.75	$10.24
FY25	$38.18	$11.62
FY26	$36.04	$11.46
FY27	$34.34	$10.35

Compared with places this size³

Randall’s city property tax rate of $10.35 per $1,000 is the 87th lowest of 182 Iowa cities with 100–230 people. The middle of the group is $10.76.

See all 182

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Brayton	$25.07	138
2	Harris	$23.13	145
3	Soldier	$21.92	176
4	Coulter	$21.80	220
5	Chelsea	$21.61	207
6	Smithland	$21.12	184
7	Volga	$20.23	200
8	Alta Vista	$19.88	219
9	Arthur	$19.86	218
10	Coin	$19.59	171
11	Rowan	$19.53	118
12	Chester	$19.30	134
13	Bouton	$19.25	125
14	Ricketts	$19.22	105
15	Garden Grove	$19.20	173
16	Hastings	$18.95	157
17	Swaledale	$18.62	136
18	Jamaica	$18.24	196
19	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
20	Bristow	$17.39	139
21	Woolstock	$17.26	141
22	Prescott	$16.53	186
23	Monmouth	$16.41	129
24	Blockton	$16.37	123
25	Montour	$16.37	199
26	Geneva	$16.25	137
27	Waterville	$16.25	112
28	Little Sioux	$15.74	170
29	Moorhead	$15.68	186
30	Onslow	$15.63	198
31	Linden	$15.62	206
32	Woodburn	$15.59	133
33	Kamrar	$15.47	178
34	Greeley	$15.23	216
35	Goodell	$15.16	139
36	Marne	$15.03	109
37	Marathon	$14.89	221
38	Ladora	$14.74	223
39	Magnolia	$14.68	194
40	Bagley	$14.63	230
41	Davis City	$14.45	178
42	Lucas	$14.40	176
43	Westgate	$14.05	190
44	Palmer	$13.89	137
45	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
46	Searsboro	$13.55	129
47	Lanesboro	$13.53	112
48	Meservey	$13.43	212
49	Calumet	$13.16	144
50	Portsmouth	$13.05	187
51	Clutier	$13.03	209
52	Delaware	$12.86	139
53	Patterson	$12.84	176
54	Clemons	$12.69	135
55	Blencoe	$12.57	223
56	Millersburg	$12.40	135
57	Aurora	$12.40	165
58	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
59	Cushing	$12.18	225
60	Hanlontown	$12.17	200
61	Stout	$12.14	194
62	Webb	$12.10	139
63	Paton	$12.09	217
64	Decatur	$12.08	174
65	Rembrandt	$12.03	199
66	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
67	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
68	East Peru	$11.89	119
69	New Providence	$11.88	233
70	Henderson	$11.85	140
71	Parnell	$11.78	190
72	Reasnor	$11.76	157
73	Ledyard	$11.74	118
74	Joice	$11.72	206
75	Cantril	$11.69	224
76	Wadena	$11.65	201
77	Exline	$11.60	157
78	Beaman	$11.54	155
79	College Springs	$11.44	172
80	Melrose	$11.27	110
81	Renwick	$11.16	228
82	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
83	Dundee	$11.14	193
84	Randolph	$11.08	183
85	Leighton	$11.07	153
86	Rake	$11.05	179
87	Somers	$10.99	121
88	Frederika	$10.99	206
89	Havelock	$10.95	127
90	Alexander	$10.90	165
91	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
92	Wallingford	$10.75	154
93	Woden	$10.68	183
94	Barnes City	$10.44	152
95	Stockton	$10.37	171
96	Randall	$10.35	156
97	Dedham	$10.28	221
98	Meriden	$10.28	175
99	Drakesville	$10.24	170
100	North Washington	$10.23	107
101	Dawson	$10.19	110
102	Hancock	$10.13	199
103	Melvin	$10.05	196
104	Barnum	$9.96	186
105	Panama	$9.85	234
106	Grafton	$9.83	212
107	Clare	$9.81	133
108	Tingley	$9.81	146
109	Ionia	$9.65	220
110	Rutland	$9.65	116
111	Van Wert	$9.62	175
112	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
113	Kirkville	$9.59	159
114	Superior	$9.58	127
115	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
116	Rippey	$9.42	217
117	Larrabee	$9.41	116
118	Hamilton	$9.35	125
119	Floris	$9.29	119
120	Mitchell	$9.22	118
121	Westphalia	$9.18	133
122	Elberon	$9.16	178
123	Dixon	$9.03	204
124	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
125	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
126	Oakville	$8.89	198
127	Welton	$8.86	124
128	Archer	$8.84	116
129	Luther	$8.83	147
130	Fraser	$8.81	107
131	Washta	$8.65	206
132	Moorland	$8.61	169
133	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
134	Ollie	$8.44	196
135	Thor	$8.38	182
136	Andover	$8.28	106
137	South English	$8.27	196
138	Thurman	$8.26	162
139	Boxholm	$8.11	177
140	Fostoria	$8.10	229
141	Rome	$8.10	112
142	Westfield	$8.10	121
143	Laurel	$8.10	214
144	Lineville	$8.10	194
145	Vincent	$8.09	125
146	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
147	Haverhill	$7.86	164
148	Grand River	$7.86	192
149	Olds	$7.86	174
150	Dickens	$7.86	146
151	Castalia	$7.86	141
152	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
153	West Chester	$7.82	147
154	Cromwell	$7.81	104
155	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
156	Luzerne	$7.69	111
157	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
158	Bernard	$7.56	117
159	Fredonia	$7.55	227
160	Braddyville	$7.49	142
161	Alvord	$7.41	216
162	Franklin	$7.31	133
163	Weldon	$7.18	134
164	Brunsville	$6.95	128
165	Packwood	$6.77	186
166	Houghton	$6.73	129
167	Williamson	$6.72	126
168	Lincoln	$6.32	119
169	Gravity	$6.18	149
170	Ackworth	$5.90	117
171	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
172	Springbrook	$5.79	145
173	Maysville	$5.77	155
174	Harper	$5.29	117
175	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
176	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
177	Mcintire	$2.78	115
178	Sherrill	$2.66	176
179	Centralia	$2.41	117
180	Rickardsville	$2.27	204
181	New Liberty	$2.27	141
182	North Buena Vista	$1.78	107

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$70,48076%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$19,79821%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$2,4753%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Randall’s budget goes, FY26

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 182 Iowa cities closest in size (100–230 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (182)
Business Type / Enterprise	49¢	28¢
General Government	24¢	23¢
Public Works	13¢	25¢
Culture and Recreation	9¢	8¢
Public Safety	5¢	9¢
Everything else	<1¢	<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.

General Government$56,00045%
Public Works$29,00023%
Culture and Recreation$27,25022%
Public Safety$11,2809%
Health and Social Services$1,2501%
Community and Economic Development$7501%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($122,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$29,500	$20,075
Public Safety	$10,356	$10,356
Health and Social Services	$1,150	$1,150
General Government	$46,500	$46,315
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$19,750	$25,762
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$101,500	$93,320

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$216,747

$200,970

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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? ⁵

What the state pays the city

$12,759 in FY25: down 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 22% less. Road Use Tax, the money for streets the state sends every year by formula, is down 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 22% less; grants come and go.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$11,238	$13,808	$11,233	$12,759

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$11,238	$13,808	$11,233	$12,759

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−22%$13,001 → $12,759, down 2% 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 30% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 4% more.

$23,067

$20,955

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Federal grants, for comparison: $12,186 in FY23.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 3

Randall City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Steven Arthur Winner2652.0%
Dale E. Kennedy Winner2448.0%

Randall City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy

Morgan Amundson Unopposed25100.0%

Randall Mayor

Gregg Wright Unopposed28100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

Dennis Guth (Sen. 28)Shannon Latham (Rep. 55)

U.S. House:District 4

Hamilton County South Hamilton 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. ↩
The state’s FY24 spending file repeats the year before for nearly every Iowa city, so that year isn’t shown. ↩
From the city’s annual financial reports to the state (Iowa Data Hub, city actual revenues). “Today’s dollars” adjusts each year by the consumer price index for the Midwest, so a flat line in today’s dollars means the money buys the same as before. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Randall; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Randall 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.