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Mondamin

Harrison County · How cities work

$2,730 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($32.47 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,160 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.82 per $1,000)
$230,272property taxes the city levies, FY27
$506,939city 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.

  • John J. GlennieMondamin City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Karen S. BreyfogleMondamin City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Lacie R. RifeMondamin City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • James RainsMondamin City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Jamie HowreyMondamin Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Mary SeagoMondamin 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 Mondamin

Homes and businesses in most of Mondamin pay a combined $32.47 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Harrison County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $13.82. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$35.09$16.53
FY21$28.52$11.02
FY22$30.30$12.72
FY23$31.25$13.25
FY24$32.92$14.36
FY25$32.36$13.23
FY26$33.95$14.30
FY27$32.47$13.82
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$35.09$16.53
FY21$28.52$11.02
FY22$30.30$12.72
FY23$31.25$13.25
FY24$32.92$14.36
FY25$32.36$13.23
FY26$33.95$14.30
FY27$32.47$13.82

Compared with places this size3

Mondamin’s city property tax rate of $13.82 per $1,000 is the 66th highest of 198 Iowa cities with 220–500 people. The middle of the group is $12.46.

Stanhope: $29.10Fenton: $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: $15.18Arlington: $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: $14.36Kimballton: $14.27Ocheyedan: $14.22Steamboat Rock: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Mystic: $14.01Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Livermore: $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: $12.21Cushing: $12.18Bonaparte: $12.17Macedonia: $12.12Hawkeye: $12.11Kiron: $12.03Colesburg: $11.97Liscomb: $11.96New Providence: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Atalissa: $11.71Cantril: $11.69Kelley: $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: $10.14Rudd: $10.13La 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: $5.27Maharishi Vedic City: $3.87Wahpeton: $3.19West Okoboji: $2.92Mondamin: $13.82$2.92 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 198
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Stanhope$29.10354
2Fenton$22.05250
3Elliott$21.61328
4Oxford Junction$20.84424
5Earling$20.47394
6Fort Atkinson$19.19300
7Salem$19.15380
8Cumberland$18.42248
9Massena$18.23352
10Elma$17.82493
11Callender$17.78361
12Casey$17.72387
13Vail$17.66383
14Ringsted$17.65346
15Emerson$17.54401
16Thompson$17.25478
17Ashton$17.17434
18Pierson$17.12335
19Burt$17.10404
20Pisgah$17.09248
21Latimer$16.96477
22Lohrville$16.95366
23Lakota$16.84261
24Marble Rock$16.78258
25Auburn$16.65253
26Mccallsburg$16.58356
27Whittemore$16.54478
28Irwin$16.46320
29Titonka$16.45491
30Lewis$16.25358
31Corwith$16.22259
32Deep River$16.18243
33Waucoma$16.17235
34Duncombe$16.10374
35Bayard$16.05402
36Scranton$16.01496
37Granville$16.00302
38Minburn$15.75317
39Peterson$15.27321
40Russell$15.18475
41Arlington$14.98415
42Riverton$14.94243
43Maynard$14.85466
44Plainfield$14.84392
45Ryan$14.84348
46Otho$14.82417
47Humeston$14.80472
48Bagley$14.63230
49Gilmore City$14.60484
50Sabula$14.38498
51Garrison$14.38345
52Halbur$14.37268
53Lorimor$14.36377
54Crystal Lake$14.36243
55Kimballton$14.27281
56Ocheyedan$14.22424
57Steamboat Rock$14.19261
58Garwin$14.08469
59Farragut$14.07480
60Mystic$14.01318
61Lime Springs$13.95467
62Dow City$13.94477
63Wesley$13.91382
64Diagonal$13.91331
65Bussey$13.83378
66Mondamin$13.82335
67Livermore$13.78382
68Fertile$13.70300
69Stockport$13.68272
70Kellerton$13.60241
71Albion$13.58444
72Quimby$13.58245
73Lamont$13.57429
74New Albin$13.55435
75Persia$13.41292
76Lawler$13.39392
77Lacona$13.38336
78Leland$13.31240
79Ute$13.26326
80New Market$13.25381
81Plymouth$13.21368
82Harcourt$13.21257
83Bennett$13.16330
84Ridgeway$13.10261
85Farmersburg$13.09264
86Little Rock$13.03447
87Lehigh$12.97395
88Menlo$12.92347
89Templeton$12.91337
90Silver City$12.87244
91Martelle$12.83250
92Malcom$12.82257
93Galva$12.68416
94Martensdale$12.63413
95Williams$12.57299
96Maurice$12.56271
97Norway$12.53463
98Clearfield$12.50277
99Kensett$12.47256
100Mccausland$12.45314
101Spillville$12.40371
102Modale$12.34284
103Mingo$12.31314
104Brandon$12.29331
105Blakesburg$12.21273
106Cushing$12.18225
107Bonaparte$12.17357
108Macedonia$12.12266
109Hawkeye$12.11429
110Kiron$12.03262
111Colesburg$11.97379
112Liscomb$11.96292
113New Providence$11.88233
114Thornton$11.86394
115Runnells$11.79467
116Allerton$11.72432
117Atalissa$11.71287
118Cantril$11.69224
119Kelley$11.69312
120Orient$11.66363
121Ellsworth$11.57495
122Cincinnati$11.57280
123Delta$11.52257
124Terril$11.48310
125Westside$11.45283
126Holland$11.37261
127Churdan$11.31359
128Mallard$11.28255
129Miles$11.28400
130Renwick$11.16228
131Milton$10.98395
132New Vienna$10.91384
133Letts$10.91358
134Goose Lake$10.89250
135Birmingham$10.87371
136Charlotte$10.86386
137Yale$10.85265
138Batavia$10.77434
139Hornick$10.74255
140Riverdale$10.67385
141Bode$10.64304
142Union$10.58378
143Cleghorn$10.49235
144Calamus$10.47348
145Lovilia$10.46456
146Danbury$10.43315
147Lytton$10.38274
148Stacyville$10.36436
149Rhodes$10.36269
150Deloit$10.28246
151Protivin$10.28264
152Andrew$10.22374
153Royal$10.20379
154Bronson$10.14294
155Rudd$10.13339
156La Motte$10.09235
157Defiance$10.05248
158Floyd$10.02297
159Panama$9.85234
160Breda$9.80492
161Lynnville$9.68382
162Salix$9.63303
163Luxemburg$9.58240
164Farnhamville$9.18364
165Middletown$9.16365
166Alleman$9.12439
167Lester$8.94309
168Harvey$8.71242
169Rowley$8.31264
170Bertram$8.10267
171Fostoria$8.10229
172Grandview$8.10431
173Lost Nation$8.10425
174Low Moor$8.10242
175Nichols$8.10317
176Luana$7.98303
177Lockridge$7.92245
178Delhi$7.81438
179Klemme$7.74429
180Pulaski$7.58259
181Beacon$7.56434
182Sheldahl$7.56312
183Fredonia$7.55227
184Worthington$7.50374
185Harpers Ferry$7.49273
186Marquette$7.08434
187Columbus City$6.94385
188Donahue$6.83336
189Libertyville$6.60278
190Keswick$6.49238
191Crawfordsville$6.44278
192New Virginia$5.97499
193Holy Cross$5.91348
194Conesville$5.86350
195University Park$5.27476
196Maharishi Vedic City$3.87290
197Wahpeton$3.19337
198West Okoboji$2.92311

The $8.10 limit

Mondamin’s general levy is $8.35 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.25 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.4 69 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.52 · FY26 $8.52 · FY27 $8.35 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $5.47 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$4.14 · $68,783
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.33 · $22,102

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$138,81260%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$68,78330%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$22,10210%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Mondamin’s budget goes, FY26

General Government: 31¢ of every dollar31¢Business Type / Enterprise: 20¢ of every dollar20¢Public Works: 17¢ of every dollar17¢Debt Service: 15¢ of every dollar15¢Culture and Recreation: 7¢ of every dollarEverything else: 9¢ of every dollar9¢

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 196 Iowa cities closest in size (220–500 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (196)
General Government31¢16¢
Business Type / Enterprise20¢39¢
Public Works17¢20¢
Debt Service15¢3¢
Culture and Recreation7¢8¢
Everything else9¢11¢

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$189,62037%
  • General Government$175,29935%
  • Culture and Recreation$68,06913%
  • Public Safety$42,6738%
  • Community and Economic Development$29,2336%
  • Health and Social Services$2,0450%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($141,381 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$213,830$225,838
Public Safety$42,695$81,403
Health and Social Services$2,034$1,945
General Government$119,448$134,174
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$52,772$76,092
Community and Economic Development$28,685$41,487
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$159,875$361,250

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$5.4M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Mondamin owes

$2.8M at June 30, 2026: $8,318 per resident. 33rd most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$3.0M
$2.8M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$2.8M$8,318
2025$2.9M$8,484
2024$3.0M$8,753
2023$654,996$1,932
2022$500,274$1,476
2021$372,908$1,100
2020$116,943$345
2019$160,483$473
2018$200,187$591
2017$238,382$703
2016$274,139$809
2015$261,526$771
2014$287,609$848
2013$312,450$922
2012$0$0
2011$358,640$1,058
2010$380,099$1,121
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$2.8M$8,318
2025$2.9M$8,484
2024$3.0M$8,753
2023$654,996$1,932
2022$500,274$1,476
2021$372,908$1,100
2020$116,943$345
2019$160,483$473
2018$200,187$591
2017$238,382$703
2016$274,139$809
2015$261,526$771
2014$287,609$848
2013$312,450$922
2012$0$0
2011$358,640$1,058
2010$380,099$1,121

Up 642% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $1.4M (5% of $28.5M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

3 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsUSDA Loan #1 - Water Plant Project2064$1.6M
Revenue BondsUSDA Loan #4 - Water Plant Project2064$689,144
Revenue BondsUSDA Loan #3 - Water Plant Project2064$508,453

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. Mondamin’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Thursday, July 16, 2026, by a CPA firm.

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

4 earlier reports for Mondamin

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: $55,605 in FY25, up 7% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$48,432$46,650$47,885$48,145
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$5,034$4,017$3,012$7,460

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.

$150,000
  • State grants$150,000100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$0
FY20$1,000
FY21$12,438
FY22$4,422
FY23$972
FY24$6,295
FY25$150,000
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$0
FY20$1,000
FY21$12,438
FY22$4,422
FY23$972
FY24$6,295
FY25$150,000

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−26%$51,933 → $48,145, down 7% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 26% 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 3% more.

$38,962
$34,937

Federal grants, for comparison: $1.3M 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 · 2

3 seats: the top 3 win.

    No candidates listed.

    Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Mondamin; 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.

    • Mondamin City Council At-Large (2 seats)
      Now held by James Rains, Mary Seago
    • Mondamin Mayor

    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

    Mark Costello (Sen. 8)Matt W. Windschitl (Rep. 15)

    U.S. House:District 4

    Harrison CountyWest Harrison schools