City

Clemons

$2,880 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($34.22 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,070 a yearof that goes to the city ($12.69 per $1,000)

$28,968property taxes the city levies, FY27

$154,475city 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.

Brenda K. WilliamsonClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Chad AffeldtClemons Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Julie BriggmanClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Roy A. HindersClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Tammy L. HindersClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Tamra L. MuschickClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Roy HindersClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Tammy HindersClemons City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Tamra MuschickClemons 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 Clemons

Homes and businesses in most of Clemons pay a combined $34.22 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Marshall County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $12.69. Estimate your bill.

West Marshall schools$12.8237%
City of Clemons$12.6937%
Marshall County$6.2918%
Iowa Valley Community College$1.705%
Marshall County Assessor$0.572%
Marshall County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.15<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$29.27	$9.91
FY21	$29.83	$9.74
FY22	$29.69	$9.64
FY23	$29.98	$9.74
FY24	$31.68	$11.10
FY25	$30.74	$10.61
FY26	$31.12	$11.10
FY27	$34.22	$12.69

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$29.27	$9.91
FY21	$29.83	$9.74
FY22	$29.69	$9.64
FY23	$29.98	$9.74
FY24	$31.68	$11.10
FY25	$30.74	$10.61
FY26	$31.12	$11.10
FY27	$34.22	$12.69

Compared with places this size³

Clemons’s city property tax rate of $12.69 per $1,000 is the 47th highest of 170 Iowa cities with 90–200 people. The middle of the group is $10.41.

See all 170

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Castana	$34.13	103
2	Brayton	$25.07	138
3	Harris	$23.13	145
4	Whitten	$22.65	98
5	Soldier	$21.92	176
6	Smithland	$21.12	184
7	Volga	$20.23	200
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	Swaledale	$18.62	136
16	Jamaica	$18.24	196
17	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
18	Bristow	$17.39	139
19	Woolstock	$17.26	141
20	Prescott	$16.53	186
21	Monmouth	$16.41	129
22	Blockton	$16.37	123
23	Montour	$16.37	199
24	Geneva	$16.25	137
25	Waterville	$16.25	112
26	Little Sioux	$15.74	170
27	Moorhead	$15.68	186
28	Onslow	$15.63	198
29	Woodburn	$15.59	133
30	Kamrar	$15.47	178
31	Goodell	$15.16	139
32	Marne	$15.03	109
33	Baldwin	$14.91	99
34	Magnolia	$14.68	194
35	Davis City	$14.45	178
36	Lucas	$14.40	176
37	Westgate	$14.05	190
38	Palmer	$13.89	137
39	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
40	Searsboro	$13.55	129
41	Ferguson	$13.53	98
42	Lanesboro	$13.53	112
43	Calumet	$13.16	144
44	Portsmouth	$13.05	187
45	Delaware	$12.86	139
46	Patterson	$12.84	176
47	Clemons	$12.69	135
48	Millersburg	$12.40	135
49	Aurora	$12.40	165
50	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
51	Hanlontown	$12.17	200
52	Stout	$12.14	194
53	Arion	$12.14	99
54	Webb	$12.10	139
55	Decatur	$12.08	174
56	Rembrandt	$12.03	199
57	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
58	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
59	East Peru	$11.89	119
60	Henderson	$11.85	140
61	Parnell	$11.78	190
62	Reasnor	$11.76	157
63	Morley	$11.74	94
64	Ledyard	$11.74	118
65	Toronto	$11.68	101
66	Wadena	$11.65	201
67	Exline	$11.60	157
68	Beaman	$11.54	155
69	College Springs	$11.44	172
70	Melrose	$11.27	110
71	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
72	Dundee	$11.14	193
73	Promise City	$11.13	91
74	Randolph	$11.08	183
75	Leighton	$11.07	153
76	Rake	$11.05	179
77	Masonville	$11.00	98
78	Somers	$10.99	121
79	Havelock	$10.95	127
80	Alexander	$10.90	165
81	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
82	Wallingford	$10.75	154
83	Woden	$10.68	183
84	Pacific Junction	$10.56	99
85	Barnes City	$10.44	152
86	Stockton	$10.37	171
87	Randall	$10.35	156
88	Meriden	$10.28	175
89	Drakesville	$10.24	170
90	North Washington	$10.23	107
91	Dawson	$10.19	110
92	Hancock	$10.13	199
93	Melvin	$10.05	196
94	Barnum	$9.96	186
95	Hartwick	$9.90	91
96	Clare	$9.81	133
97	Tingley	$9.81	146
98	Rutland	$9.65	116
99	Van Wert	$9.62	175
100	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
101	Kirkville	$9.59	159
102	Superior	$9.58	127
103	Webster	$9.55	94
104	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
105	Larrabee	$9.41	116
106	Hamilton	$9.35	125
107	Wiota	$9.32	91
108	Floris	$9.29	119
109	Mitchell	$9.22	118
110	Westphalia	$9.18	133
111	Elberon	$9.16	178
112	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
113	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
114	Oakville	$8.89	198
115	Welton	$8.86	124
116	Archer	$8.84	116
117	Luther	$8.83	147
118	Fraser	$8.81	107
119	Macksburg	$8.81	103
120	Moorland	$8.61	169
121	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
122	Ollie	$8.44	196
123	Thor	$8.38	182
124	Andover	$8.28	106
125	South English	$8.27	196
126	Thurman	$8.26	162
127	Boxholm	$8.11	177
128	Rome	$8.10	112
129	Carpenter	$8.10	92
130	Westfield	$8.10	121
131	Lineville	$8.10	194
132	Vincent	$8.09	125
133	Morrison	$7.86	101
134	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
135	Haverhill	$7.86	164
136	Grand River	$7.86	192
137	Olds	$7.86	174
138	Dickens	$7.86	146
139	Castalia	$7.86	141
140	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
141	West Chester	$7.82	147
142	Cromwell	$7.81	104
143	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
144	Arispe	$7.71	95
145	Luzerne	$7.69	111
146	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
147	Westwood	$7.67	96
148	Bernard	$7.56	117
149	Braddyville	$7.49	142
150	Franklin	$7.31	133
151	Spragueville	$7.20	92
152	Weldon	$7.18	134
153	Brunsville	$6.95	128
154	Packwood	$6.77	186
155	Houghton	$6.73	129
156	Williamson	$6.72	126
157	Lincoln	$6.32	119
158	Gravity	$6.18	149
159	Ackworth	$5.90	117
160	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
161	Springbrook	$5.79	145
162	Maysville	$5.77	155
163	Harper	$5.29	117
164	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
165	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
166	Mcintire	$2.78	115
167	Sherrill	$2.66	176
168	Centralia	$2.41	117
169	New Liberty	$2.27	141
170	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$18,48965%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$9,53933%
Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$6202%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Clemons’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 170 Iowa cities closest in size (90–200 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (170)
Business Type / Enterprise	36¢	26¢
General Government	25¢	24¢
Public Safety	24¢	10¢
Public Works	9¢	26¢
Culture and Recreation	6¢	8¢

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$78,80051%
General Government$36,80024%
Public Works$19,70013%
Culture and Recreation$19,17512%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($75,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$15,700	$7,278
Public Safety	$44,388	$28,706
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$22,355	$29,864
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$8,575	$4,404
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$74,076	$89,946

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$411,769

$191,544

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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

$14,250 in FY25: up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% less. Road Use Tax, the money for streets the state sends every year by formula, is up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% less; grants come and go.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$14,304	$13,770	$14,445	$14,250
Other state money	$10,843	–	–	–
State grants	$13,755	–	–	–

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$14,304	$13,770	$14,445	$14,250
Other state money	$10,843	–	–	–
State grants	$13,755	–	–	–

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−19%$13,987 → $14,250, 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 36% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 8% more.

$19,345

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Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Clemons City Council At-Large

5 seats: the top 5 win.

Brenda K. Williamson Winner2221.1%
Tamra L. Muschick Winner2120.2%
Julie Briggman Winner2120.2%
Roy A. Hinders Winner2019.2%
Tammy L. Hinders Winner2019.2%

Clemons Mayor

Chad Affeldt Unopposed21100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

Kara Warme (Sen. 26)Brett Barker (Rep. 51)

U.S. House:District 4

Marshall County West Marshall 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 Clemons; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Clemons 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.