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Pleasantville

Marion County · How cities work

$3,120 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($37.09 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,330 a yearof that goes to the city ($15.80 per $1,000)
$1.1Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$2.1Mcity 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.

  • Chelsea KainPleasantville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jordan Van NessPleasantville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Kody JurgensPleasantville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Aaron D HurtPleasantville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Kyle PattersonPleasantville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Rachel L LopezPleasantville 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 Pleasantville

Homes and businesses in most of Pleasantville pay a combined $37.09 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Marion County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $15.80. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$39.61$12.87
FY21$39.75$13.89
FY22$38.78$14.49
FY23$34.76$14.52
FY24$36.00$15.29
FY25$38.93$17.16
FY26$38.62$16.97
FY27$37.09$15.80
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$39.61$12.87
FY21$39.75$13.89
FY22$38.78$14.49
FY23$34.76$14.52
FY24$36.00$15.29
FY25$38.93$17.16
FY26$38.62$16.97
FY27$37.09$15.80

Compared with places this size3

Pleasantville’s city property tax rate of $15.80 per $1,000 is the 32nd highest of 111 Iowa cities with 1,100–2,500 people. The middle of the group is $14.11.

Elkader: $27.11Laurens: $24.16Pocahontas: $20.79Rockwell City: $20.74Belmond: $19.86Sac City: $19.69Traer: $19.56Corning: $19.36Lake City: $19.32Corydon: $18.22Toledo: $18.21La Porte City: $18.08Dysart: $17.95Britt: $17.72Strawberry Point: $17.58Manson: $16.87Fayette: $16.85Nashua: $16.81Ackley: $16.63West Union: $16.60Audubon: $16.52Roland: $16.51Monona: $16.41Belle Plaine: $16.34Colfax: $16.25Durant: $16.24Lamoni: $16.15Marengo: $16.10Dike: $15.94Holstein: $15.81State Center: $15.80Postville: $15.68Earlham: $15.55Shell Rock: $15.52Brooklyn: $15.49Stuart: $15.48Mount Ayr: $15.32Granger: $15.22Sigourney: $15.20Guttenberg: $15.19Logan: $15.05Tripoli: $14.99Sumner: $14.83Woodbine: $14.80Bedford: $14.66Lenox: $14.65Manning: $14.62Van Meter: $14.60Coon Rapids: $14.49Jesup: $14.31Nora Springs: $14.25Kingsley: $14.25Urbana: $14.20Parkersburg: $14.15Hartley: $14.11Ida Grove: $14.10Woodward: $14.05Guthrie Center: $14.04Alton: $13.87Lake Mills: $13.82Montezuma: $13.79Gilbert: $13.71Clarksville: $13.53Avoca: $13.51Glidden: $13.43Wapello: $13.29Manly: $13.29Springville: $13.22Greenfield: $13.13Akron: $12.93Leon: $12.93New Sharon: $12.80Slater: $12.79Buffalo: $12.68Bellevue: $12.67Sanborn: $12.62New London: $12.56Lisbon: $12.50Dallas Center: $12.42Remsen: $12.32Monroe: $12.28Denver: $12.27Alta: $12.13Reinbeck: $12.10Atkins: $11.99Wellman: $11.88Blue Grass: $11.79Hull: $11.79Columbus Junction: $11.71Cascade: $11.64Palo: $11.49Prairie City: $11.38Northwood: $11.28Mediapolis: $11.27Melcher-Dallas: $11.21University Heights: $11.12Ely: $11.08Ogden: $10.99Farley: $10.91Oakland: $10.85Moville: $10.67Walcott: $10.29Lake Park: $10.25Central City: $10.01Peosta: $9.82Epworth: $9.42Fairbank: $9.00Walford: $8.72Lone Tree: $8.13Arnolds Park: $4.95Pleasantville: $15.80$4.95 lowest$27.11 highestmiddle
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#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Elkader$27.111,192
2Laurens$24.161,253
3Pocahontas$20.791,848
4Rockwell City$20.742,185
5Belmond$19.862,405
6Sac City$19.691,992
7Traer$19.561,547
8Corning$19.361,509
9Lake City$19.321,656
10Corydon$18.221,563
11Toledo$18.212,372
12La Porte City$18.082,267
13Dysart$17.951,266
14Britt$17.722,001
15Strawberry Point$17.581,141
16Manson$16.871,646
17Fayette$16.851,193
18Nashua$16.811,515
19Ackley$16.631,538
20West Union$16.602,435
21Audubon$16.522,008
22Roland$16.511,376
23Monona$16.411,462
24Belle Plaine$16.342,335
25Colfax$16.252,305
26Durant$16.241,798
27Lamoni$16.152,072
28Marengo$16.102,415
29Dike$15.941,293
30Holstein$15.811,475
31State Center$15.801,403
32Pleasantville$15.801,696
33Postville$15.682,418
34Earlham$15.551,411
35Shell Rock$15.521,265
36Brooklyn$15.491,474
37Stuart$15.481,887
38Mount Ayr$15.321,616
39Granger$15.222,095
40Sigourney$15.201,974
41Guttenberg$15.191,804
42Logan$15.051,351
43Tripoli$14.991,208
44Sumner$14.832,032
45Woodbine$14.801,707
46Bedford$14.661,474
47Lenox$14.651,355
48Manning$14.621,390
49Van Meter$14.601,840
50Coon Rapids$14.491,258
51Jesup$14.312,541
52Nora Springs$14.251,330
53Kingsley$14.251,394
54Urbana$14.201,635
55Parkersburg$14.151,986
56Hartley$14.111,584
57Ida Grove$14.101,988
58Woodward$14.051,383
59Guthrie Center$14.041,579
60Alton$13.871,248
61Lake Mills$13.822,077
62Montezuma$13.791,421
63Gilbert$13.711,397
64Clarksville$13.531,238
65Avoca$13.511,685
66Glidden$13.431,140
67Wapello$13.292,026
68Manly$13.291,233
69Springville$13.221,161
70Greenfield$13.131,988
71Akron$12.931,545
72Leon$12.931,779
73New Sharon$12.801,249
74Slater$12.791,626
75Buffalo$12.681,163
76Bellevue$12.672,321
77Sanborn$12.621,463
78New London$12.561,853
79Lisbon$12.502,238
80Dallas Center$12.421,993
81Remsen$12.321,681
82Monroe$12.282,021
83Denver$12.271,955
84Alta$12.132,039
85Reinbeck$12.101,673
86Atkins$11.992,168
87Wellman$11.881,531
88Blue Grass$11.791,707
89Hull$11.792,459
90Columbus Junction$11.711,794
91Cascade$11.642,396
92Palo$11.491,554
93Prairie City$11.381,722
94Northwood$11.282,047
95Mediapolis$11.271,679
96Melcher-Dallas$11.211,193
97University Heights$11.121,188
98Ely$11.082,371
99Ogden$10.991,970
100Farley$10.911,723
101Oakland$10.851,519
102Moville$10.671,707
103Walcott$10.291,556
104Lake Park$10.251,155
105Central City$10.011,254
106Peosta$9.822,195
107Epworth$9.422,042
108Fairbank$9.001,133
109Walford$8.721,357
110Lone Tree$8.131,341
111Arnolds Park$4.951,214

The $8.10 limit

Pleasantville’s general levy is $8.53 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.43 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.4 22 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.87 · FY26 $8.78 · FY27 $8.53 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $7.28 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$3.77 · $249,842
  • Debt Service Levy$2.66 · $192,229
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$0.84 · $55,646

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Pleasantville’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $142,295 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$81,574
YearTIF revenue
FY16$50,201
FY17$38,825
FY18$39,588
FY19$21,390
FY20$53,217
FY21$72,220
FY22$76,671
FY23$81,574
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$50,201
FY17$38,825
FY18$39,588
FY19$21,390
FY20$53,217
FY21$72,220
FY22$76,671
FY23$81,574

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$564,55753%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$249,84224%
  • Debt Service Levy$192,22918%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$55,6465%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Pleasantville’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 34¢ of every dollar34¢Public Safety: 16¢ of every dollar16¢Debt Service: 13¢ of every dollar13¢Public Works: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Culture and Recreation: 8¢ of every dollar8¢Everything else: 17¢ of every dollar17¢

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 110 Iowa cities closest in size (1,100–2,500 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (110)
Business Type / Enterprise34¢40¢
Public Safety16¢11¢
Debt Service13¢6¢
Public Works11¢11¢
Culture and Recreation8¢8¢
Everything else17¢23¢

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 Safety$489,65723%
  • Debt Service$404,50019%
  • Public Works$357,08417%
  • Culture and Recreation$272,01713%
  • General Government$246,92212%
  • Community and Economic Development$169,4438%
  • Capital Projects$154,4007%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($1.0M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$199,143$172,133
Public Safety$342,667$332,995
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$185,026$194,661
Debt Service$258,500$258,800
Culture and Recreation$219,323$262,843
Community and Economic Development$153,293$163,679
Capital Projects$2.2M$979,779
Business Type / Enterprise$2.6M$2.6M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$5.5M
$5.3M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Pleasantville owes

$7.8M at June 30, 2026: $4,681 per resident. 143rd most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$11.9M
$7.8M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$7.8M$4,681
2025$8.5M$5,046
2024$11.9M$7,075
2023$11.3M$6,717
2022$8.2M$4,883
2021$7.5M$4,502
2020$8.0M$4,766
2019$8.0M$4,760
2018$5.3M$3,134
2017$323,000$193
2016$419,000$250
2015$512,000$305
2014$598,000$357
2013$683,000$408
2012$764,000$456
2011$1.4M$805
2010$713,000$425
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$7.8M$4,681
2025$8.5M$5,046
2024$11.9M$7,075
2023$11.3M$6,717
2022$8.2M$4,883
2021$7.5M$4,502
2020$8.0M$4,766
2019$8.0M$4,760
2018$5.3M$3,134
2017$323,000$193
2016$419,000$250
2015$512,000$305
2014$598,000$357
2013$683,000$408
2012$764,000$456
2011$1.4M$805
2010$713,000$425

Up 1000% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $1.9M, 32% of the limit of about $5.8M (5% of $116.8M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

7 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsWastewater Treatment Facility - Sewer Revenue2038$3.1M
General ObligationGO BOND - Street project2034$1.8M
Revenue BondsNEW 10IN WATER MAIN ON STATE ST/JONES ST/W PLEASANT ST2042$1.4M
Revenue BondsSewer Revenue-WWTP Digester2041$1.2M
Revenue BondsWater Revenue-Jasper St. Watermain2039$273,000
Revenue BondsSewer Revenue2030$75,000
General ObligationHWY 5 & W PLEASANT ST. IMPROVEMENTS/ADKINS DEVELOPMENT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ADDING WATER/SEWER UTILITIES2043$25,000

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 balances9. Pleasantville’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 Wednesday, January 21, 2026, by a CPA firm.

13 earlier reports for Pleasantville

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: $243,920 in FY25, up 8% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 14% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$232,128$230,636$236,739$238,024
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$9,816$11,368$8,412$5,896

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.

$1.2M
$584,355
  • Iowa DOT projects$265,00045%
  • State grants$189,07532%
  • Iowa Economic Development Authority$100,00017%
  • CEBA grants$30,2805%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$0
FY20$242,754
FY21$3,000
FY22$3,915
FY23$254,250
FY24$1.2M
FY25$584,355
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$0
FY20$242,754
FY21$3,000
FY22$3,915
FY23$254,250
FY24$1.2M
FY25$584,355

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−13%$218,916 → $238,024, up 9% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 13% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−29%$6,610 → $5,896, 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 47% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% more.

$299,304
$274,154

Federal grants, for comparison: $15,000 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 2 contracts since 2005 worth $120K, for 35 pledged jobs.

Awards 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

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Pleasantville; 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.

  • Pleasantville City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Aaron D Hurt, Rachel L Lopez, Kyle Patterson
  • Pleasantville Mayor
    Now held by Kody Jurgens

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here13.

Past ballot measures

  • Public Measure ONNovember 7, 2023

    Passed Yes 76.1% (216) · No 23.9% (68)

    Passes with more yes votes than no.

  • Public Measure OQNovember 7, 2023

    Passed Yes 78.4% (221) · No 21.6% (61)

    Passes with more yes votes than no.

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

Ken Rozenboom (Sen. 19)Barb Kniff McCulla (Rep. 37)

U.S. House:District 1

Marion CountyPleasantville schools