Who runs it
The city council passes ordinances, adopts the budget and sets the city’s property tax.
- Brandon Buck (Write-in Winner)Rhodes City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
- Madelyn PitzenRhodes City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
- Abra DoughertyRhodes City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
- Christopher BuckRhodes City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
- Cyril ThillRhodes Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
- Wendy EldridgeRhodes 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
Where a property tax dollar goes in Rhodes
The combined rate in most of Rhodes is $32.13 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.
- West Marshall schools$12.8240%
- City of Rhodes$10.3632%
- Marshall County$6.2920%
- Iowa Valley Community. College$1.705%
- Marshall County Assessor$0.572%
- Eden-Rhodes Cemetery$0.25<1%
- Marshall County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.15<1%
Compared with places this size3
Rhodes’s city property tax rate of $10.36 per $1,000 is the 59th lowest of 204 Iowa cities with 180–400 people. The middle of the group is $12.13.
See all 204
| # | Place | Rate per $1,000 | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanhope | $29.10 | 354 |
| 2 | Fenton | $22.05 | 250 |
| 3 | Coulter | $21.80 | 220 |
| 4 | Chelsea | $21.61 | 207 |
| 5 | Elliott | $21.61 | 328 |
| 6 | Smithland | $21.12 | 184 |
| 7 | Earling | $20.47 | 394 |
| 8 | Volga | $20.23 | 200 |
| 9 | Alta Vista | $19.88 | 219 |
| 10 | Arthur | $19.86 | 218 |
| 11 | Fort Atkinson | $19.19 | 300 |
| 12 | Salem | $19.15 | 380 |
| 13 | Cumberland | $18.42 | 248 |
| 14 | Jamaica | $18.24 | 196 |
| 15 | Massena | $18.23 | 352 |
| 16 | Callender | $17.78 | 361 |
| 17 | Casey | $17.72 | 387 |
| 18 | Vail | $17.66 | 383 |
| 19 | Ringsted | $17.65 | 346 |
| 20 | Emerson | $17.54 | 401 |
| 21 | Pierson | $17.12 | 335 |
| 22 | Pisgah | $17.09 | 248 |
| 23 | Lohrville | $16.95 | 366 |
| 24 | Lakota | $16.84 | 261 |
| 25 | Marble Rock | $16.78 | 258 |
| 26 | Auburn | $16.65 | 253 |
| 27 | Mccallsburg | $16.58 | 356 |
| 28 | Prescott | $16.53 | 186 |
| 29 | Irwin | $16.46 | 320 |
| 30 | Montour | $16.37 | 199 |
| 31 | Lewis | $16.25 | 358 |
| 32 | Corwith | $16.22 | 259 |
| 33 | Deep River | $16.18 | 243 |
| 34 | Waucoma | $16.17 | 235 |
| 35 | Duncombe | $16.10 | 374 |
| 36 | Bayard | $16.05 | 402 |
| 37 | Granville | $16.00 | 302 |
| 38 | Minburn | $15.75 | 317 |
| 39 | Moorhead | $15.68 | 186 |
| 40 | Onslow | $15.63 | 198 |
| 41 | Linden | $15.62 | 206 |
| 42 | Peterson | $15.27 | 321 |
| 43 | Greeley | $15.23 | 216 |
| 44 | Riverton | $14.94 | 243 |
| 45 | Marathon | $14.89 | 221 |
| 46 | Plainfield | $14.84 | 392 |
| 47 | Ryan | $14.84 | 348 |
| 48 | Ladora | $14.74 | 223 |
| 49 | Magnolia | $14.68 | 194 |
| 50 | Bagley | $14.63 | 230 |
| 51 | Garrison | $14.38 | 345 |
| 52 | Halbur | $14.37 | 268 |
| 53 | Lorimor | $14.36 | 377 |
| 54 | Crystal Lake | $14.36 | 243 |
| 55 | Kimballton | $14.27 | 281 |
| 56 | Steamboat Rock | $14.19 | 261 |
| 57 | Westgate | $14.05 | 190 |
| 58 | Mystic | $14.01 | 318 |
| 59 | Wesley | $13.91 | 382 |
| 60 | Diagonal | $13.91 | 331 |
| 61 | Bussey | $13.83 | 378 |
| 62 | Mondamin | $13.82 | 335 |
| 63 | Livermore | $13.78 | 382 |
| 64 | Fertile | $13.70 | 300 |
| 65 | Stockport | $13.68 | 272 |
| 66 | Kellerton | $13.60 | 241 |
| 67 | Quimby | $13.58 | 245 |
| 68 | Meservey | $13.43 | 212 |
| 69 | Persia | $13.41 | 292 |
| 70 | Lawler | $13.39 | 392 |
| 71 | Lacona | $13.38 | 336 |
| 72 | Leland | $13.31 | 240 |
| 73 | Ute | $13.26 | 326 |
| 74 | New Market | $13.25 | 381 |
| 75 | Plymouth | $13.21 | 368 |
| 76 | Harcourt | $13.21 | 257 |
| 77 | Bennett | $13.16 | 330 |
| 78 | Ridgeway | $13.10 | 261 |
| 79 | Farmersburg | $13.09 | 264 |
| 80 | Portsmouth | $13.05 | 187 |
| 81 | Clutier | $13.03 | 209 |
| 82 | Lehigh | $12.97 | 395 |
| 83 | Menlo | $12.92 | 347 |
| 84 | Templeton | $12.91 | 337 |
| 85 | Silver City | $12.87 | 244 |
| 86 | Martelle | $12.83 | 250 |
| 87 | Malcom | $12.82 | 257 |
| 88 | Blencoe | $12.57 | 223 |
| 89 | Williams | $12.57 | 299 |
| 90 | Maurice | $12.56 | 271 |
| 91 | Clearfield | $12.50 | 277 |
| 92 | Kensett | $12.47 | 256 |
| 93 | Mccausland | $12.45 | 314 |
| 94 | Spillville | $12.40 | 371 |
| 95 | Modale | $12.34 | 284 |
| 96 | Mingo | $12.31 | 314 |
| 97 | Brandon | $12.29 | 331 |
| 98 | Blakesburg | $12.21 | 273 |
| 99 | Cushing | $12.18 | 225 |
| 100 | Bonaparte | $12.17 | 357 |
| 101 | Hanlontown | $12.17 | 200 |
| 102 | Stout | $12.14 | 194 |
| 103 | Macedonia | $12.12 | 266 |
| 104 | Paton | $12.09 | 217 |
| 105 | Kiron | $12.03 | 262 |
| 106 | Rembrandt | $12.03 | 199 |
| 107 | Colesburg | $11.97 | 379 |
| 108 | Liscomb | $11.96 | 292 |
| 109 | New Providence | $11.88 | 233 |
| 110 | Thornton | $11.86 | 394 |
| 111 | Parnell | $11.78 | 190 |
| 112 | Joice | $11.72 | 206 |
| 113 | Atalissa | $11.71 | 287 |
| 114 | Cantril | $11.69 | 224 |
| 115 | Kelley | $11.69 | 312 |
| 116 | Orient | $11.66 | 363 |
| 117 | Wadena | $11.65 | 201 |
| 118 | Cincinnati | $11.57 | 280 |
| 119 | Delta | $11.52 | 257 |
| 120 | Terril | $11.48 | 310 |
| 121 | Westside | $11.45 | 283 |
| 122 | Holland | $11.37 | 261 |
| 123 | Churdan | $11.31 | 359 |
| 124 | Mallard | $11.28 | 255 |
| 125 | Miles | $11.28 | 400 |
| 126 | Renwick | $11.16 | 228 |
| 127 | Dundee | $11.14 | 193 |
| 128 | Randolph | $11.08 | 183 |
| 129 | Frederika | $10.99 | 206 |
| 130 | Milton | $10.98 | 395 |
| 131 | New Vienna | $10.91 | 384 |
| 132 | Letts | $10.91 | 358 |
| 133 | Goose Lake | $10.89 | 250 |
| 134 | Birmingham | $10.87 | 371 |
| 135 | Charlotte | $10.86 | 386 |
| 136 | Yale | $10.85 | 265 |
| 137 | Hornick | $10.74 | 255 |
| 138 | Woden | $10.68 | 183 |
| 139 | Riverdale | $10.67 | 385 |
| 140 | Bode | $10.64 | 304 |
| 141 | Union | $10.58 | 378 |
| 142 | Cleghorn | $10.49 | 235 |
| 143 | Calamus | $10.47 | 348 |
| 144 | Danbury | $10.43 | 315 |
| 145 | Lytton | $10.38 | 274 |
| 146 | Rhodes | $10.36 | 269 |
| 147 | Dedham | $10.28 | 221 |
| 148 | Deloit | $10.28 | 246 |
| 149 | Protivin | $10.28 | 264 |
| 150 | Andrew | $10.22 | 374 |
| 151 | Royal | $10.20 | 379 |
| 152 | Bronson | $10.14 | 294 |
| 153 | Hancock | $10.13 | 199 |
| 154 | Rudd | $10.13 | 339 |
| 155 | La Motte | $10.09 | 235 |
| 156 | Melvin | $10.05 | 196 |
| 157 | Defiance | $10.05 | 248 |
| 158 | Floyd | $10.02 | 297 |
| 159 | Barnum | $9.96 | 186 |
| 160 | Panama | $9.85 | 234 |
| 161 | Grafton | $9.83 | 212 |
| 162 | Lynnville | $9.68 | 382 |
| 163 | Ionia | $9.65 | 220 |
| 164 | Salix | $9.63 | 303 |
| 165 | Luxemburg | $9.58 | 240 |
| 166 | Rippey | $9.42 | 217 |
| 167 | Farnhamville | $9.18 | 364 |
| 168 | Middletown | $9.16 | 365 |
| 169 | Dixon | $9.03 | 204 |
| 170 | Lester | $8.94 | 309 |
| 171 | Oakville | $8.89 | 198 |
| 172 | Harvey | $8.71 | 242 |
| 173 | Washta | $8.65 | 206 |
| 174 | Ollie | $8.44 | 196 |
| 175 | Thor | $8.38 | 182 |
| 176 | Rowley | $8.31 | 264 |
| 177 | South English | $8.27 | 196 |
| 178 | Fostoria | $8.10 | 229 |
| 179 | Low Moor | $8.10 | 242 |
| 180 | Bertram | $8.10 | 267 |
| 181 | Nichols | $8.10 | 317 |
| 182 | Laurel | $8.10 | 214 |
| 183 | Lineville | $8.10 | 194 |
| 184 | Luana | $7.98 | 303 |
| 185 | Lockridge | $7.92 | 245 |
| 186 | Grand River | $7.86 | 192 |
| 187 | Pulaski | $7.58 | 259 |
| 188 | Sheldahl | $7.56 | 312 |
| 189 | Fredonia | $7.55 | 227 |
| 190 | Worthington | $7.50 | 374 |
| 191 | Harpers Ferry | $7.49 | 273 |
| 192 | Alvord | $7.41 | 216 |
| 193 | Columbus City | $6.94 | 385 |
| 194 | Donahue | $6.83 | 336 |
| 195 | Packwood | $6.77 | 186 |
| 196 | Libertyville | $6.60 | 278 |
| 197 | Keswick | $6.49 | 238 |
| 198 | Crawfordsville | $6.44 | 278 |
| 199 | Holy Cross | $5.91 | 348 |
| 200 | Conesville | $5.86 | 350 |
| 201 | Maharishi Vedic City | $3.87 | 290 |
| 202 | Wahpeton | $3.19 | 337 |
| 203 | West Okoboji | $2.92 | 311 |
| 204 | Rickardsville | $2.27 | 204 |
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.
Budget and spending
Where each dollar of Rhodes’s budget goes, FY26
| Where it goes | Of each dollar | Cities this size (202) |
|---|---|---|
| Public Safety | 44¢ | 8¢ |
| General Government | 36¢ | 18¢ |
| Culture and Recreation | 13¢ | 8¢ |
| Community and Economic Development | 6¢ | 2¢ |
| Public Works | 1¢ | 21¢ |
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 202 Iowa cities closest in size (180–400 people).
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.
Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
| Function | Budget | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Public Works | $150,378 | $59,734 |
| Public Safety | $54,086 | $34,221 |
| Health and Social Services | $200 | $0 |
| General Government | $31,010 | $13,817 |
| Debt Service | $0 | $0 |
| Culture and Recreation | $7,200 | $9,355 |
| Community and Economic Development | $75,900 | $6,421 |
| Capital Projects | $26,500 | $24,936 |
| Business Type / Enterprise | $206,368 | $103,684 |
What it spent each year
State money
What the state sends the city
Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: up 9% since FY23; down 0% after inflation.
Show the numbers
| Program | FY27 | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $3,161 | $36,805 | $36,665 | $36,919 | $33,805 |
Elections
Most recent: November 4, 2025
City · 1
2 seats: the top 2 win.
- Madelyn Pitzen Winner5277.6%
- Brandon Buck (Write-in Winner) Winner1522.4%
Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Rhodes; official results are on each county auditor’s site.