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Springville

Linn County · How cities work

$1,920 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($22.83 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,110 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.22 per $1,000)
$717,312property taxes the city levies, FY27
$2.4Mcity 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.

  • Cindy KilburgSpringville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Daryl PearsonSpringville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Drew MollenhauerSpringville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Treva DavisSpringville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jeff BaychSpringville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Karla BlakelySpringville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Makenna HollandsworthSpringville 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 Springville

Homes and businesses in most of Springville pay a combined $22.83 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Linn County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $13.22. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$37.44$14.47
FY21$36.71$13.25
FY22$36.28$13.20
FY23$29.22$13.16
FY24$22.74$12.98
FY25$22.71$13.30
FY26$22.68$13.23
FY27$22.83$13.22
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$37.44$14.47
FY21$36.71$13.25
FY22$36.28$13.20
FY23$29.22$13.16
FY24$22.74$12.98
FY25$22.71$13.30
FY26$22.68$13.23
FY27$22.83$13.22

Compared with places this size3

Springville’s city property tax rate of $13.22 per $1,000 is the 69th lowest of 149 Iowa cities with 780–1,700 people. The middle of the group is $13.43.

Elkader: $27.11Laurens: $24.16Villisca: $19.74Traer: $19.56Corning: $19.36Lake City: $19.32Allison: $19.06Corydon: $18.22Dysart: $17.95Greene: $17.91Lansing: $17.67Strawberry Point: $17.58Rockwell: $17.54Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Mapleton: $16.90George: $16.89Manson: $16.87Fayette: $16.85Adair: $16.84Eddyville: $16.82Nashua: $16.81Ackley: $16.63Buffalo Center: $16.58Roland: $16.51Eldon: $16.42Monona: $16.41Aplington: $16.34Panora: $16.14Mechanicsville: $16.12Dike: $15.94Armstrong: $15.87Holstein: $15.81State Center: $15.80Pleasantville: $15.80Earlham: $15.55Shell Rock: $15.52Brooklyn: $15.49Newell: $15.49Mount Ayr: $15.32Riceville: $15.31Neola: $15.30Sidney: $15.19Gilbertville: $15.15Logan: $15.05Griswold: $15.01Readlyn: $14.99Tripoli: $14.99Woodbine: $14.80Bedford: $14.66Lenox: $14.65Manning: $14.62Dunlap: $14.56Maxwell: $14.50Coon Rapids: $14.49Nora Springs: $14.25Kingsley: $14.25Urbana: $14.20Primghar: $14.18Sheffield: $14.16Hartley: $14.11Woodward: $14.05Guthrie Center: $14.04Ossian: $13.88Alton: $13.87Montezuma: $13.79Victor: $13.72Gilbert: $13.71Edgewood: $13.64Donnellson: $13.63Gladbrook: $13.58Clarksville: $13.53Avoca: $13.51Janesville: $13.43Glidden: $13.43Calmar: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Manly: $13.29Anita: $13.28Conrad: $13.23Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Treynor: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Akron: $12.93Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85New Sharon: $12.80Slater: $12.79Malvern: $12.79Buffalo: $12.68Sanborn: $12.62West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Remsen: $12.32Hubbard: $12.30Reinbeck: $12.10Winfield: $12.04Elkhart: $12.00Afton: $11.96Tabor: $11.88Wellman: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Blue Grass: $11.79Palo: $11.49Prairie City: $11.38Marcus: $11.31Dunkerton: $11.30Mediapolis: $11.27Melcher-Dallas: $11.21University Heights: $11.12Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Farley: $10.91Oakland: $10.85Moville: $10.67Cambridge: $10.53Swisher: $10.39Schleswig: $10.39Elk Run Heights: $10.33Walcott: $10.29Fredericksburg: $10.27Lake Park: $10.25Inwood: $10.22Central City: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Graettinger: $9.81Long Grove: $9.59Lake View: $9.39Paullina: $9.21Fairbank: $9.00Winthrop: $8.94Walford: $8.72Keosauqua: $8.58Princeton: $8.24Lone Tree: $8.13Riverside: $8.02Hills: $7.94Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sloan: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Arnolds Park: $4.95Springville: $13.22$4.95 lowest$27.11 highestmiddle
See all 149
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Elkader$27.111,192
2Laurens$24.161,253
3Villisca$19.741,106
4Traer$19.561,547
5Corning$19.361,509
6Lake City$19.321,656
7Allison$19.06937
8Corydon$18.221,563
9Dysart$17.951,266
10Greene$17.91971
11Lansing$17.67959
12Strawberry Point$17.581,141
13Rockwell$17.541,044
14Gowrie$17.17943
15Colo$17.14856
16Mapleton$16.901,114
17George$16.891,106
18Manson$16.871,646
19Fayette$16.851,193
20Adair$16.84792
21Eddyville$16.82965
22Nashua$16.811,515
23Ackley$16.631,538
24Buffalo Center$16.58839
25Roland$16.511,376
26Eldon$16.42788
27Monona$16.411,462
28Aplington$16.341,088
29Panora$16.141,096
30Mechanicsville$16.12974
31Dike$15.941,293
32Armstrong$15.87847
33Holstein$15.811,475
34State Center$15.801,403
35Pleasantville$15.801,696
36Earlham$15.551,411
37Shell Rock$15.521,265
38Brooklyn$15.491,474
39Newell$15.49850
40Mount Ayr$15.321,616
41Riceville$15.31807
42Neola$15.30917
43Sidney$15.191,048
44Gilbertville$15.15792
45Logan$15.051,351
46Griswold$15.01975
47Readlyn$14.99857
48Tripoli$14.991,208
49Woodbine$14.801,707
50Bedford$14.661,474
51Lenox$14.651,355
52Manning$14.621,390
53Dunlap$14.561,030
54Maxwell$14.50862
55Coon Rapids$14.491,258
56Nora Springs$14.251,330
57Kingsley$14.251,394
58Urbana$14.201,635
59Primghar$14.18893
60Sheffield$14.161,123
61Hartley$14.111,584
62Woodward$14.051,383
63Guthrie Center$14.041,579
64Ossian$13.88777
65Alton$13.871,248
66Montezuma$13.791,421
67Victor$13.72852
68Gilbert$13.711,397
69Edgewood$13.64908
70Donnellson$13.63859
71Gladbrook$13.58775
72Clarksville$13.531,238
73Avoca$13.511,685
74Janesville$13.431,052
75Glidden$13.431,140
76Calmar$13.391,100
77Baxter$13.32983
78Manly$13.291,233
79Anita$13.28953
80Conrad$13.231,098
81Springville$13.221,161
82Keota$13.21888
83Shellsburg$13.20987
84De Soto$13.18937
85Treynor$13.031,104
86Odebolt$13.00967
87Akron$12.931,545
88Danville$12.87910
89Underwood$12.85973
90New Sharon$12.801,249
91Slater$12.791,626
92Malvern$12.791,056
93Buffalo$12.681,163
94Sanborn$12.621,463
95West Point$12.39903
96Hinton$12.38959
97Preston$12.38940
98Remsen$12.321,681
99Hubbard$12.30837
100Reinbeck$12.101,673
101Winfield$12.041,006
102Elkhart$12.001,079
103Afton$11.96864
104Tabor$11.88983
105Wellman$11.881,531
106Aurelia$11.84970
107Blue Grass$11.791,707
108Palo$11.491,554
109Prairie City$11.381,722
110Marcus$11.311,069
111Dunkerton$11.30840
112Mediapolis$11.271,679
113Melcher-Dallas$11.211,193
114University Heights$11.121,188
115Hamburg$10.95863
116Clarence$10.94991
117Farley$10.911,723
118Oakland$10.851,519
119Moville$10.671,707
120Cambridge$10.53844
121Swisher$10.39909
122Schleswig$10.39820
123Elk Run Heights$10.331,061
124Walcott$10.291,556
125Fredericksburg$10.27983
126Lake Park$10.251,155
127Inwood$10.22962
128Central City$10.011,254
129Newhall$9.99887
130Graettinger$9.81810
131Long Grove$9.59849
132Lake View$9.391,120
133Paullina$9.21979
134Fairbank$9.001,133
135Winthrop$8.94814
136Walford$8.721,357
137Keosauqua$8.58944
138Princeton$8.24917
139Lone Tree$8.131,341
140Riverside$8.021,063
141Hills$7.94911
142Larchwood$7.52954
143North English$7.491,030
144Sloan$7.491,078
145Sully$7.41891
146Fruitland$7.21928
147Lawton$7.10949
148Wayland$7.07935
149Arnolds Park$4.951,214

The $8.10 limit

Springville’s general levy is $7.97 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.13 below the limit.4 457 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.21 · FY26 $8.21 · FY27 $7.97 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $5.26 more5

  • Debt Service Levy$3.60 · $194,373
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.16 · $62,570
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$0.50 · $26,816

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$430,10860%
  • Debt Service Levy$194,37327%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$62,5709%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$26,8164%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Springville’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 29¢ of every dollar29¢Public Works: 23¢ of every dollar23¢Culture and Recreation: 12¢ of every dollar12¢Capital Projects: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Public Safety: 9¢ of every dollar9¢Everything else: 16¢ of every dollar16¢

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 148 Iowa cities closest in size (780–1,700 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (148)
Business Type / Enterprise29¢40¢
Public Works23¢13¢
Culture and Recreation12¢9¢
Capital Projects11¢11¢
Public Safety9¢10¢
Everything else16¢17¢

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.

  • Capital Projects$1.2M49%
  • Public Works$399,88617%
  • Culture and Recreation$247,42310%
  • Debt Service$210,7109%
  • General Government$174,3557%
  • Public Safety$166,2677%
  • Community and Economic Development$13,7001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($536,624 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$361,935$326,632
Public Safety$103,460$127,674
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$151,835$141,818
Debt Service$134,210$134,210
Culture and Recreation$265,107$240,131
Community and Economic Development$34,800$17,362
Capital Projects$139,000$108,003
Business Type / Enterprise$506,988$506,580

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$3.4M
$2.6M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Springville owes

$1.4M at June 30, 2026: $1,224 per resident. 505th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$3.0M
$1.4M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.4M$1,224
2025$1.6M$1,352
2024$1.7M$1,492
2023$1.9M$1,632
2022$2.0M$1,753
2021$2.2M$1,892
2020$2.6M$2,235
2019$2.7M$2,351
2018$3.0M$2,622
2017$695,693$603
2016$898,394$779
2015$934,000$809
2014$1.1M$929
2013$1.2M$1,047
2012$1.3M$1,129
2011$996,685$864
2010$1.1M$964
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.4M$1,224
2025$1.6M$1,352
2024$1.7M$1,492
2023$1.9M$1,632
2022$2.0M$1,753
2021$2.2M$1,892
2020$2.6M$2,235
2019$2.7M$2,351
2018$3.0M$2,622
2017$695,693$603
2016$898,394$779
2015$934,000$809
2014$1.1M$929
2013$1.2M$1,047
2012$1.3M$1,129
2011$996,685$864
2010$1.1M$964

Up 27% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances8. Springville’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits9

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Tuesday, October 28, 2025, by the Auditor of State.

6 earlier reports for Springville

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? 10

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: $165,262 in FY25, up 12% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$157,527$158,803$163,006$163,890
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$6,861$5,489$4,257$1,372

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.

$48,152
$17,031
  • CEBA grants$14,95288%
  • State grants$2,07912%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$3,693
FY20$23,234
FY21$48,152
FY22$17,938
FY23$24,703
FY24$8,744
FY25$17,031
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$3,693
FY20$23,234
FY21$48,152
FY22$17,938
FY23$24,703
FY24$8,744
FY25$17,031

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−6%$138,745 → $163,890, up 18% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 6% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−87%$8,468 → $1,372, down 84% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 87% 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 44% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% more.

$215,076
$195,584

Federal grants, for comparison: $85,004 in FY23.

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)11.

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 · 3

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Springville; 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.

  • Springville City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Karla Blakely, Jeff Baych, Makenna Hollandsworth

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here12.

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 ballot13.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress14

Charlie McClintock (Sen. 42)Cindy Golding (Rep. 83)

U.S. House:District 2

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