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Anamosa

Jones County · How cities work

$3,290 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($39.04 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,340 a yearof that goes to the city ($15.95 per $1,000)
$2.6Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$11.0Mcity 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.

  • Brian HurtAnamosa City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Kay SmithAnamosa City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Rod SmithAnamosa Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Tim ShadaAnamosa City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dan SmithAnamosa City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Rich CrumpAnamosa City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Todd WeimerAnamosa 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 Anamosa

Homes and businesses in most of Anamosa pay a combined $39.04 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Jones County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $15.95. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$38.26$14.57
FY21$38.10$14.53
FY22$39.29$15.56
FY23$37.55$14.67
FY24$40.51$17.07
FY25$40.32$16.64
FY26$39.81$16.55
FY27$39.04$15.95
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$38.26$14.57
FY21$38.10$14.53
FY22$39.29$15.56
FY23$37.55$14.67
FY24$40.51$17.07
FY25$40.32$16.64
FY26$39.81$16.55
FY27$39.04$15.95

Compared with places this size3

Anamosa’s city property tax rate of $15.95 per $1,000 is the 17th highest of 56 Iowa cities with 4,000–8,700 people. The middle of the group is $14.87.

Red Oak: $20.65Oelwein: $20.16Independence: $19.01Iowa Falls: $18.86Denison: $18.69Chariton: $18.37Perry: $17.91Atlantic: $17.48Knoxville: $17.46Clarinda: $17.25Centerville: $16.85Algona: $16.75Webster City: $16.51Vinton: $16.25Winterset: $16.15Humboldt: $16.00Charles City: $15.95Forest City: $15.77Decorah: $15.52Sheldon: $15.33Estherville: $15.27Washington: $15.21Harlan: $15.07Shenandoah: $15.02Creston: $14.99Manchester: $14.96Jefferson: $14.88Hampton: $14.86Carlisle: $14.82Cherokee: $14.82Glenwood: $14.77Nevada: $14.58Monticello: $14.49Osceola: $14.37Windsor Heights: $14.30Orange City: $14.01Hiawatha: $13.78Rock Valley: $13.76Sergeant Bluff: $13.70Mount Vernon: $13.50Adel: $13.43Maquoketa: $12.85Camanche: $12.75Le Claire: $12.64Mount Pleasant: $11.94Tiffin: $11.80Huxley: $11.68Sioux Center: $11.05Polk City: $11.00Dyersville: $10.27Spirit Lake: $10.17Clear Lake: $9.85Asbury: $8.32Eldridge: $8.13Evansdale: $8.00Anamosa: $15.95$8.00 lowest$20.65 highestmiddle
See all 56
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Red Oak$20.655,420
2Oelwein$20.165,788
3Independence$19.016,266
4Iowa Falls$18.864,993
5Denison$18.698,302
6Chariton$18.374,278
7Perry$17.918,046
8Atlantic$17.486,717
9Knoxville$17.467,440
10Clarinda$17.255,334
11Centerville$16.855,345
12Algona$16.755,341
13Webster City$16.517,763
14Vinton$16.254,962
15Winterset$16.155,421
16Humboldt$16.004,774
17Anamosa$15.955,845
18Charles City$15.957,081
19Forest City$15.774,199
20Decorah$15.527,454
21Sheldon$15.335,584
22Estherville$15.275,796
23Washington$15.217,281
24Harlan$15.074,898
25Shenandoah$15.024,878
26Creston$14.997,421
27Manchester$14.965,283
28Jefferson$14.884,148
29Hampton$14.864,340
30Carlisle$14.824,381
31Cherokee$14.825,186
32Glenwood$14.775,250
33Nevada$14.587,082
34Monticello$14.494,095
35Osceola$14.375,585
36Windsor Heights$14.305,106
37Orange City$14.016,547
38Hiawatha$13.787,347
39Rock Valley$13.764,024
40Sergeant Bluff$13.705,335
41Mount Vernon$13.504,518
42Adel$13.436,763
43Maquoketa$12.856,064
44Camanche$12.754,536
45Le Claire$12.644,776
46Mount Pleasant$11.948,509
47Tiffin$11.806,695
48Huxley$11.684,737
49Sioux Center$11.058,675
50Polk City$11.006,430
51Dyersville$10.274,559
52Spirit Lake$10.175,548
53Clear Lake$9.857,602
54Asbury$8.326,051
55Eldridge$8.136,967
56Evansdale$8.004,515

The $8.10 limit

Anamosa’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 $8.05 · FY27 $8.10 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $7.85 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$3.78 · $609,874
  • Debt Service Levy$2.22 · $376,758
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.85 · $299,287

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$8.3M of taxable value in Anamosa is in TIF districts’ increment (5% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $395,500 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$876,784
$210,075

What that value would raise at each government’s rate, FY277

Taxes on TIF value go to the city’s TIF fund instead of the governments that levy them, including about $113,760 of the city’s own.

  • Anamosa schools$75,390
  • Jones County$51,389
YearTIF revenue
FY16$876,784
FY17$224,143
FY18$189,723
FY19$239,728
FY20$273,409
FY21$326,860
FY22$483,129
FY23$210,075
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$876,784
FY17$224,143
FY18$189,723
FY19$239,728
FY20$273,409
FY21$326,860
FY22$483,129
FY23$210,075

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$1.3M50%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$609,87424%
  • Debt Service Levy$376,75815%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$299,28712%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Anamosa’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 43¢ of every dollar43¢General Government: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Public Works: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Capital Projects: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Public Safety: 9¢ of every dollar9¢Everything else: 14¢ of every dollar14¢

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 55 Iowa cities closest in size (4,000–8,700 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (55)
Business Type / Enterprise43¢36¢
General Government14¢4¢
Public Works10¢8¢
Capital Projects10¢21¢
Public Safety9¢13¢
Everything else14¢18¢

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$2.6M24%
  • Capital Projects$2.1M19%
  • Public Works$1.9M17%
  • Public Safety$1.7M15%
  • Community and Economic Development$1.2M11%
  • Culture and Recreation$1.1M10%
  • Debt Service$385,1664%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($7.6M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$1.5M$3.5M
Public Safety$1.3M$2.4M
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$735,965$680,775
Debt Service$179,158$256,568
Culture and Recreation$1.1M$1.2M
Community and Economic Development$306,220$194,544
Capital Projects$4.7M$135,567
Business Type / Enterprise$9.2M$4.7M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$14.5M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Anamosa owes

$9.4M at June 30, 2026: $1,730 per resident. 416th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$10.0M
$9.4M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$9.4M$1,730
2025$8.1M$1,492
2024$8.8M$1,607
2023$9.8M$1,799
2022$5.3M$970
2021$5.6M$1,033
2020$3.8M$703
2019$4.2M$762
2018$4.7M$864
2017$4.3M$793
2016$4.8M$885
2015$6.0M$1,097
2014$6.4M$1,172
2013$5.8M$1,069
2012$6.7M$1,221
2011$7.6M$1,404
2010$10.0M$1,826
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$9.4M$1,730
2025$8.1M$1,492
2024$8.8M$1,607
2023$9.8M$1,799
2022$5.3M$970
2021$5.6M$1,033
2020$3.8M$703
2019$4.2M$762
2018$4.7M$864
2017$4.3M$793
2016$4.8M$885
2015$6.0M$1,097
2014$6.4M$1,172
2013$5.8M$1,069
2012$6.7M$1,221
2011$7.6M$1,404
2010$10.0M$1,826

Down 5% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $2.8M, 17% of the limit of about $16.4M (5% of $327.3M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

7 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsD0599R - WELL #62042$2.5M
Revenue BondsCF1493R - Flow EQ Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant2045$2.1M
General ObligationUS 151 GRADE SEPARATION & ROUNDABOUT2035$1.7M
General ObligationEconomic Development Downtown Improvements, Police Station Project, Fire Station Addition, Street Project2033$1.1M
Revenue BondsD0425R- Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project2038$1.1M
Revenue BondsD0282R -Water Tower, watermain improvements and high pressure system project2033$808,000
Revenue BondsC0052R - Waste Water Treatment improvements2028$131,000

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 balances11. Anamosa’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Sunday, June 30, 2024 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Sunday, June 30, 2024 (PDF), released Thursday, October 1, 2026, by the Auditor of State.

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

16 earlier reports for Anamosa

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? 13

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: $730,644 in FY25, down 3% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 23% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$755,443$749,981$769,827$730,644
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)––––

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.

$228,356
  • Iowa Economic Development Authority$228,356100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$8,178
FY20$66,880
FY21$155,203
FY22$0
FY23$33,819
FY24$0
FY25$228,356
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$8,178
FY20$66,880
FY21$155,203
FY22$0
FY23$33,819
FY24$0
FY25$228,356

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−19%$714,785 → $730,644, up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% 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 38% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% more.

$681,699
$571,089

Federal grants, for comparison: $405,175 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 1 contract since 2006 worth $125K, for 39 pledged jobs.

Awards statewide

Elections

Running for mayor and city council

Filing opens Monday, August 23, 2027: in 284 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)14.

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 Anamosa; 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.

  • Anamosa City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Rich Crump, Todd Weimer, Dan Smith
  • Anamosa Mayor
    Now held by Rod Smith

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here15.

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 ballot16.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress17

Carrie Koelker (Sen. 33)Dr. Steven P. Bradley (Rep. 66)

U.S. House:District 1

Jones CountyAnamosa schools