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Titonka

Kossuth County · How cities work

$3,060 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($36.34 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,380 a yearof that goes to the city ($16.45 per $1,000)
$222,057property taxes the city levies, FY27
$650,480city 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.

  • Katie ProthmanTitonka City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • David LaGueTitonka Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Irvin HarmsTitonka City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Michael FredricksonTitonka City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Sara HamiltonTitonka 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 Titonka

Homes and businesses in most of Titonka pay a combined $36.34 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, $16.45. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$39.55$19.65
FY21$41.13$21.45
FY22$41.56$22.16
FY23$42.66$23.00
FY24$40.00$20.44
FY25$41.00$21.13
FY26$38.75$18.90
FY27$36.34$16.45
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$39.55$19.65
FY21$41.13$21.45
FY22$41.56$22.16
FY23$42.66$23.00
FY24$40.00$20.44
FY25$41.00$21.13
FY26$38.75$18.90
FY27$36.34$16.45

Compared with places this size3

Titonka’s city property tax rate of $16.45 per $1,000 is the 37th highest of 193 Iowa cities with 330–730 people. The middle of the group is $12.97.

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: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Pierson: $17.12Burt: $17.10Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Lewis: $16.25Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Russell: $15.18Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Gilmore City: $14.60Sabula: $14.38Garrison: $14.38Lorimor: $14.36Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Ocheyedan: $14.22Mcgregor: $14.20Olin: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Elgin: $14.05Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Redfield: $13.73Sioux Rapids: $13.63Albion: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Rockford: $13.52Boyden: $13.39Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38New 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: $12.88Montrose: $12.78Goldfield: $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: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $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: $10.20Hartford: $10.16Rudd: $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: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79New Virginia: $5.97Holy Cross: $5.91Conesville: $5.86University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Okoboji: $3.83Wahpeton: $3.19Titonka: $16.45$3.19 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 193
#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
24Walnut$17.46728
25Murray$17.44609
26Thompson$17.25478
27Ashton$17.17434
28Pierson$17.12335
29Burt$17.10404
30Latimer$16.96477
31Lohrville$16.95366
32Elk Horn$16.78631
33Oxford$16.70715
34Mccallsburg$16.58356
35Whittemore$16.54478
36Bancroft$16.52677
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
47Russell$15.18475
48Stanwood$15.12612
49Stratford$15.03688
50Zearing$14.99508
51Arlington$14.98415
52Maynard$14.85466
53Plainfield$14.84392
54Ryan$14.84348
55Otho$14.82417
56Wyoming$14.81526
57Humeston$14.80472
58Hopkinton$14.79622
59Essex$14.76721
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
68Mcgregor$14.20725
69Olin$14.19652
70Garwin$14.08469
71Farragut$14.07480
72Elgin$14.05676
73Lime Springs$13.95467
74Dow City$13.94477
75Wesley$13.91382
76Diagonal$13.91331
77Bussey$13.83378
78Mondamin$13.82335
79Livermore$13.78382
80Redfield$13.73719
81Sioux Rapids$13.63722
82Albion$13.58444
83Lamont$13.57429
84New Albin$13.55435
85Rockford$13.52722
86Boyden$13.39694
87Lawler$13.39392
88Lacona$13.38336
89New Market$13.25381
90Plymouth$13.21368
91Bennett$13.16330
92Quasqueton$13.12587
93Farmington$13.10583
94Anthon$13.05534
95Little Rock$13.03447
96Coggon$12.99691
97Lehigh$12.97395
98Menlo$12.92347
99Templeton$12.91337
100Earlville$12.90713
101Brighton$12.88592
102Montrose$12.78734
103Goldfield$12.73617
104Wellsburg$12.68709
105Delmar$12.68541
106Galva$12.68416
107Badger$12.67540
108Martensdale$12.63413
109Stanton$12.62664
110Hospers$12.58703
111Norway$12.53463
112Everly$12.51570
113Hazleton$12.48711
114Spillville$12.40371
115Alburnett$12.30672
116Brandon$12.29331
117Moravia$12.27625
118Hedrick$12.22717
119Bonaparte$12.17357
120Schaller$12.14702
121Hawkeye$12.11429
122Colesburg$11.97379
123Albert City$11.88627
124Thornton$11.86394
125Runnells$11.79467
126Allerton$11.72432
127Orient$11.66363
128Merrill$11.64713
129Ellsworth$11.57495
130Morning Sun$11.50702
131Battle Creek$11.49683
132Churdan$11.31359
133Miles$11.28400
134Sutherland$11.25628
135Arcadia$11.23588
136Whiting$11.21725
137Shelby$11.17730
138Blairstown$11.04705
139Milton$10.98395
140Ireton$10.93571
141New Vienna$10.91384
142Letts$10.91358
143Fontanelle$10.88684
144Birmingham$10.87371
145Charlotte$10.86386
146Richland$10.82532
147Grand Mound$10.78608
148Batavia$10.77434
149Riverdale$10.67385
150Union$10.58378
151Calamus$10.47348
152Lovilia$10.46456
153Radcliffe$10.37540
154Stacyville$10.36436
155Ventura$10.22701
156Andrew$10.22374
157Royal$10.20379
158Hartford$10.16729
159Rudd$10.13339
160What Cheer$10.01595
161Cumming$9.85527
162Breda$9.80492
163Doon$9.78640
164Lynnville$9.68382
165Farnhamville$9.18364
166Middletown$9.16365
167Alleman$9.12439
168Crescent$8.72626
169Ainsworth$8.62511
170Grand Junction$8.57715
171Gilman$8.10530
172Grandview$8.10431
173Kellogg$8.10597
174Lakeside$8.10695
175Lost Nation$8.10425
176Agency$7.94623
177Fremont$7.86688
178Delhi$7.81438
179Klemme$7.74429
180Beacon$7.56434
181Worthington$7.50374
182Marquette$7.08434
183Columbus City$6.94385
184Donahue$6.83336
185Keystone$6.80616
186Shueyville$6.79725
187New Virginia$5.97499
188Holy Cross$5.91348
189Conesville$5.86350
190University Park$5.27476
191Orleans$4.13503
192Okoboji$3.83729
193Wahpeton$3.19337

The $8.10 limit

Titonka’s general levy is $8.02 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.08 below the limit.4 429 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.26 · FY26 $8.26 · FY27 $8.02 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $8.43 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$5.14 · $69,437
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$3.28 · $44,339

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Titonka’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $71,387 in TIF revenue for FY24.

$161,269
YearTIF revenue
FY16$73,108
FY17$107
FY18$72,563
FY19$121,459
FY20$114,037
FY21$126,680
FY22$115,000
FY23$161,269
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$73,108
FY17$107
FY18$72,563
FY19$121,459
FY20$114,037
FY21$126,680
FY22$115,000
FY23$161,269

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$108,22449%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$69,43731%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$44,33920%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Titonka’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 57¢ of every dollar57¢Public Works: 17¢ of every dollar17¢General Government: 12¢ of every dollar12¢Culture and Recreation: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Public Safety: 4¢ 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 192 Iowa cities closest in size (330–730 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (192)
Business Type / Enterprise57¢40¢
Public Works17¢18¢
General Government12¢13¢
Culture and Recreation11¢8¢
Public Safety4¢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.

  • Public Works$259,42140%
  • Culture and Recreation$193,73430%
  • General Government$144,82822%
  • Public Safety$50,4978%
  • Health and Social Services$2,0000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($789,346 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$159,907$272,883
Public Safety$49,042$23,098
Health and Social Services$2,000$80
General Government$115,049$129,990
Debt Service$44,623$0
Culture and Recreation$165,775$168,052
Community and Economic Development$0$0
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$1.2M$753,152

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$2.7M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Titonka owes

$1.5M at June 30, 2026: $3,027 per resident. 281st most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$2.2M
$1.5M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.5M$3,027
2025$1.9M$3,795
2024$2.1M$4,060
2023$2.2M$4,379
2022$390,200$764
2021$541,240$1,059
2020$691,427$1,353
2019$855,104$1,673
2018$565,987$1,108
2017$442,381$866
2016$515,562$1,009
2015$216,512$424
2014$168,667$330
2013$212,409$416
2012$288,584$565
2011$363,390$711
2010$432,337$846
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.5M$3,027
2025$1.9M$3,795
2024$2.1M$4,060
2023$2.2M$4,379
2022$390,200$764
2021$541,240$1,059
2020$691,427$1,353
2019$855,104$1,673
2018$565,987$1,108
2017$442,381$866
2016$515,562$1,009
2015$216,512$424
2014$168,667$330
2013$212,409$416
2012$288,584$565
2011$363,390$711
2010$432,337$846

Up 258% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $975,859 (5% of $19.5M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

3 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsWater infrastructure project and well2043$1.4M
Revenue BondsSanitary Sewer Rehabilitation, Sewer Revenue Bonds, SRF2035$173,000
General ObligationStreet repairs2029$0

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. Titonka’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Friday, May 1, 2026, by a CPA firm.

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

10 earlier reports for Titonka

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: $67,227 in FY25, up 15% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 9% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$61,414$61,303$62,873$63,215
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$5,152$5,982$1,398$4,012

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.

$886,479
  • Iowa Economic Development Authority$886,479100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$3,500
FY20$12,811
FY21$8,471
FY22$7,636
FY23$2,181
FY24$9,322
FY25$886,479
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$3,500
FY20$12,811
FY21$8,471
FY22$7,636
FY23$2,181
FY24$9,322
FY25$886,479

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−7%$54,132 → $63,215, up 17% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 7% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−29%$4,524 → $4,012, down 11% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 29% 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 41% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 12% more.

$88,903
$85,181

Federal grants, for comparison: $191,164 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award 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)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 · 1

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Titonka; 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.

  • Titonka City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Michael Fredrickson, Sara Hamilton, Irvin Harms
  • Titonka Mayor
    Now held by David LaGue

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

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

U.S. House:District 4

Kossuth CountyTitonka schools