City

Ledyard

$2,460 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($29.15 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$990 a yearof that goes to the city ($11.74 per $1,000)

$78,687property taxes the city levies, FY27

$241,665city 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.

Jeremy ThompsonLedyard City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
John TernesLedyard City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Robert M. GilbertsonLedyard Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
James SteenhardLedyard City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Martha SimonLedyard City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Robert GilbertsonLedyard 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 Ledyard

Homes and businesses in most of Ledyard pay a combined $29.15 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Kossuth County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $11.74. Estimate your bill.

City of Ledyard$11.7440%
North Kossuth schools$8.8030%
Kossuth County$5.7920%
Iowa Lakes Community College$1.274%
Kossuth County Hospital$1.084%
Kossuth County Assessor$0.321%
Kossuth County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.15<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$25.95	$9.92
FY21	$25.77	$10.00
FY22	$25.96	$10.38
FY23	$25.98	$10.13
FY24	$27.07	$10.53
FY25	$26.36	$9.49
FY26	$28.31	$11.33
FY27	$29.15	$11.74

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$25.95	$9.92
FY21	$25.77	$10.00
FY22	$25.96	$10.38
FY23	$25.98	$10.13
FY24	$27.07	$10.53
FY25	$26.36	$9.49
FY26	$28.31	$11.33
FY27	$29.15	$11.74

Compared with places this size³

Ledyard’s city property tax rate of $11.74 per $1,000 is the 53rd highest of 149 Iowa cities with 80–180 people. The middle of the group is $10.19.

See all 149

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Castana	$34.13	103
2	Brayton	$25.07	138
3	Hansell	$23.66	85
4	Harris	$23.13	145
5	Whitten	$22.65	98
6	Soldier	$21.92	176
7	Stanley	$20.69	86
8	Coin	$19.59	171
9	Rowan	$19.53	118
10	Chester	$19.30	134
11	Bouton	$19.25	125
12	Ricketts	$19.22	105
13	Garden Grove	$19.20	173
14	Hastings	$18.95	157
15	Grant	$18.71	82
16	Swaledale	$18.62	136
17	Derby	$18.13	89
18	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
19	Bristow	$17.39	139
20	Woolstock	$17.26	141
21	Monmouth	$16.41	129
22	Blockton	$16.37	123
23	Geneva	$16.25	137
24	Waterville	$16.25	112
25	Little Sioux	$15.74	170
26	Woodburn	$15.59	133
27	Goodell	$15.16	139
28	Marne	$15.03	109
29	Baldwin	$14.91	99
30	Lucas	$14.40	176
31	Palmer	$13.89	137
32	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
33	Searsboro	$13.55	129
34	Ferguson	$13.53	98
35	Lanesboro	$13.53	112
36	Calumet	$13.16	144
37	Delaware	$12.86	139
38	Patterson	$12.84	176
39	Clemons	$12.69	135
40	Cylinder	$12.52	84
41	Millersburg	$12.40	135
42	Aurora	$12.40	165
43	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
44	Arion	$12.14	99
45	Webb	$12.10	139
46	Decatur	$12.08	174
47	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
48	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
49	East Peru	$11.89	119
50	Henderson	$11.85	140
51	Reasnor	$11.76	157
52	Morley	$11.74	94
53	Ledyard	$11.74	118
54	Toronto	$11.68	101
55	Exline	$11.60	157
56	Beaman	$11.54	155
57	College Springs	$11.44	172
58	Melrose	$11.27	110
59	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
60	Promise City	$11.13	91
61	Leighton	$11.07	153
62	Masonville	$11.00	98
63	Somers	$10.99	121
64	Havelock	$10.95	127
65	Alexander	$10.90	165
66	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
67	Wallingford	$10.75	154
68	Pacific Junction	$10.56	99
69	Barnes City	$10.44	152
70	Stockton	$10.37	171
71	Randall	$10.35	156
72	Meriden	$10.28	175
73	Drakesville	$10.24	170
74	North Washington	$10.23	107
75	Dawson	$10.19	110
76	Hartwick	$9.90	91
77	Clare	$9.81	133
78	Tingley	$9.81	146
79	Rutland	$9.65	116
80	Van Wert	$9.62	175
81	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
82	Kirkville	$9.59	159
83	Superior	$9.58	127
84	Webster	$9.55	94
85	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
86	Larrabee	$9.41	116
87	Hamilton	$9.35	125
88	Wiota	$9.32	91
89	Floris	$9.29	119
90	Mitchell	$9.22	118
91	Westphalia	$9.18	133
92	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
93	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
94	Welton	$8.86	124
95	Archer	$8.84	116
96	Luther	$8.83	147
97	Fraser	$8.81	107
98	Macksburg	$8.81	103
99	Moorland	$8.61	169
100	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
101	Andover	$8.28	106
102	Thurman	$8.26	162
103	Boxholm	$8.11	177
104	Rome	$8.10	112
105	Carpenter	$8.10	92
106	Westfield	$8.10	121
107	Chillicothe	$8.10	79
108	Vincent	$8.09	125
109	Buckeye	$7.94	82
110	Morrison	$7.86	101
111	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
112	Haverhill	$7.86	164
113	Oyens	$7.86	88
114	Olds	$7.86	174
115	Dickens	$7.86	146
116	Castalia	$7.86	141
117	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
118	West Chester	$7.82	147
119	Cromwell	$7.81	104
120	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
121	Arispe	$7.71	95
122	Luzerne	$7.69	111
123	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
124	Westwood	$7.67	96
125	Kinross	$7.57	80
126	Bernard	$7.56	117
127	Braddyville	$7.49	142
128	Franklin	$7.31	133
129	Spragueville	$7.20	92
130	Weldon	$7.18	134
131	Brunsville	$6.95	128
132	Zwingle	$6.93	86
133	Pleasant Plain	$6.79	83
134	Houghton	$6.73	129
135	Williamson	$6.72	126
136	Lincoln	$6.32	119
137	Tennant	$6.29	83
138	Gravity	$6.18	149
139	Ackworth	$5.90	117
140	Springbrook	$5.79	145
141	Maysville	$5.77	155
142	Harper	$5.29	117
143	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
144	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
145	Mcintire	$2.78	115
146	Sherrill	$2.66	176
147	Centralia	$2.41	117
148	New Liberty	$2.27	141
149	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$52,16667%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$16,53421%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$8,80811%
Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$960%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Ledyard’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 150 Iowa cities closest in size (80–180 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (150)
Business Type / Enterprise	27¢	25¢
Public Safety	27¢	9¢
Public Works	18¢	27¢
Culture and Recreation	16¢	8¢
General Government	12¢	26¢
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.

Public Works$114,61747%
Culture and Recreation$48,50020%
Public Safety$40,78317%
General Government$37,66516%
Community and Economic Development$1000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($79,690 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$96,621	$31,311
Public Safety	$52,310	$12,838
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$31,825	$31,523
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$46,608	$24,578
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$17,942	$15,191
Business Type / Enterprise	$85,060	$65,984

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$354,251

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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 every year

Road Use Tax for streets, the commercial and industrial tax “backfill”, and ambulance reimbursement, paid every year by formula: $15,014 in FY25, down 12% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 30% less. Grants are below.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$13,062	$12,229	$12,501	$12,568
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)	$1,893	$3,028	$2,246	$2,446

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.

$400

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25

Other$400100%

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$16
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$0
FY25	$400

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$16
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$0
FY25	$400

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−23%$12,941 → $12,568, down 3% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 23% less
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−53%$4,156 → $2,446, down 41% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 53% 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 11% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 12% less.

$22,242

$20,783

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Federal grants, for comparison: $8,971 in FY23.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 3

Ledyard City Council At-Large

Jeremy Thompson Unopposed26100.0%

Ledyard City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy

John Ternes Unopposed26100.0%

Ledyard Mayor

Robert M. Gilbertson Unopposed26100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

David D. Rowley (Sen. 5)Henry Stone (Rep. 9)

U.S. House:District 4

Kossuth County North Kossuth 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 Ledyard; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Ledyard 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.

Ledyard

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Ledyard

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Ledyard’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending, FY27

What it spent each year

State money

What the state pays the city every year

Grants and project money

Has it kept up with prices?

Collected by the state for the city

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress6

Compared with places this size³

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶