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Stacyville

Mitchell County · How cities work

$2,630 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.23 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$870 a yearof that goes to the city ($10.36 per $1,000)
$184,256property taxes the city levies, FY27
$531,715city 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.

  • Alex EmersonStacyville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Lauren SamsonStacyville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Paul HalbachStacyville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Allyn BrummStacyville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Jacob GerbigStacyville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Roger HemannStacyville 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 Stacyville

Homes and businesses in most of Stacyville pay a combined $31.23 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Mitchell County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $10.36. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$30.71$10.00
FY21$31.08$10.18
FY22$30.95$10.14
FY23$31.03$10.11
FY24$31.98$11.29
FY25$31.94$11.44
FY26$31.98$11.50
FY27$31.23$10.36
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$30.71$10.00
FY21$31.08$10.18
FY22$30.95$10.14
FY23$31.03$10.11
FY24$31.98$11.29
FY25$31.94$11.44
FY26$31.98$11.50
FY27$31.23$10.36

Compared with places this size3

Stacyville’s city property tax rate of $10.36 per $1,000 is the 41st lowest of 181 Iowa cities with 290–650 people. The middle of the group is $13.03.

Stanhope: $29.10Rolfe: $22.67Elliott: $21.61Charter Oak: $21.32Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Pomeroy: $19.60Fort Atkinson: $19.19Salem: $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: $17.54Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Pierson: $17.12Burt: $17.10Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Elk Horn: $16.78Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Irwin: $16.46Titonka: $16.45Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Lewis: $16.25Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Granville: $16.00Minden: $15.77Minburn: $15.75Peterson: $15.27Russell: $15.18Stanwood: $15.12Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Ryan: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Gilmore City: $14.60Sabula: $14.38Garrison: $14.38Lorimor: $14.36Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Ocheyedan: $14.22Olin: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Mystic: $14.01Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Diagonal: $13.91Bussey: $13.83Mondamin: $13.82Livermore: $13.78Fertile: $13.70Albion: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Persia: $13.41Lawler: $13.39Lacona: $13.38Ute: $13.26New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Bennett: $13.16Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Little Rock: $13.03Lehigh: $12.97Menlo: $12.92Templeton: $12.91Brighton: $12.88Goldfield: $12.73Delmar: $12.68Galva: $12.68Badger: $12.67Martensdale: $12.63Williams: $12.57Norway: $12.53Everly: $12.51Mccausland: $12.45Spillville: $12.40Mingo: $12.31Brandon: $12.29Moravia: $12.27Bonaparte: $12.17Hawkeye: $12.11Colesburg: $11.97Liscomb: $11.96Albert City: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Kelley: $11.69Orient: $11.66Ellsworth: $11.57Terril: $11.48Churdan: $11.31Miles: $11.28Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Milton: $10.98Ireton: $10.93New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Batavia: $10.77Riverdale: $10.67Bode: $10.64Union: $10.58Calamus: $10.47Lovilia: $10.46Danbury: $10.43Radcliffe: $10.37Andrew: $10.22Royal: $10.20Bronson: $10.14Rudd: $10.13Floyd: $10.02What Cheer: $10.01Cumming: $9.85Breda: $9.80Doon: $9.78Lynnville: $9.68Salix: $9.63Farnhamville: $9.18Middletown: $9.16Alleman: $9.12Lester: $8.94Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Gilman: $8.10Grandview: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lost Nation: $8.10Nichols: $8.10Luana: $7.98Agency: $7.94Delhi: $7.81Klemme: $7.74Beacon: $7.56Sheldahl: $7.56Worthington: $7.50Marquette: $7.08Columbus City: $6.94Donahue: $6.83Keystone: $6.80New Virginia: $5.97Holy Cross: $5.91Conesville: $5.86University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Wahpeton: $3.19West Okoboji: $2.92Stacyville: $10.36$2.92 lowest$29.10 highestmiddle
See all 181
#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
8Fort Atkinson$19.19300
9Salem$19.15380
10Dumont$19.04614
11Seymour$18.78646
12Dexter$18.69631
13Fonda$18.52636
14Massena$18.23352
15Kanawha$18.11638
16Swea City$18.04545
17Elma$17.82493
18Callender$17.78361
19Casey$17.72387
20Dows$17.70509
21New Hartford$17.69555
22Vail$17.66383
23Ringsted$17.65346
24Emerson$17.54401
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
33Mccallsburg$16.58356
34Whittemore$16.54478
35Irwin$16.46320
36Titonka$16.45491
37Early$16.35571
38Truro$16.34515
39Lewis$16.25358
40Duncombe$16.10374
41Bayard$16.05402
42Scranton$16.01496
43Granville$16.00302
44Minden$15.77581
45Minburn$15.75317
46Peterson$15.27321
47Russell$15.18475
48Stanwood$15.12612
49Zearing$14.99508
50Arlington$14.98415
51Maynard$14.85466
52Plainfield$14.84392
53Ryan$14.84348
54Otho$14.82417
55Wyoming$14.81526
56Humeston$14.80472
57Hopkinton$14.79622
58Gilmore City$14.60484
59Sabula$14.38498
60Garrison$14.38345
61Lorimor$14.36377
62Collins$14.32503
63Clermont$14.30571
64Moulton$14.25596
65Ocheyedan$14.22424
66Olin$14.19652
67Garwin$14.08469
68Farragut$14.07480
69Mystic$14.01318
70Lime Springs$13.95467
71Dow City$13.94477
72Wesley$13.91382
73Diagonal$13.91331
74Bussey$13.83378
75Mondamin$13.82335
76Livermore$13.78382
77Fertile$13.70300
78Albion$13.58444
79Lamont$13.57429
80New Albin$13.55435
81Persia$13.41292
82Lawler$13.39392
83Lacona$13.38336
84Ute$13.26326
85New Market$13.25381
86Plymouth$13.21368
87Bennett$13.16330
88Quasqueton$13.12587
89Farmington$13.10583
90Anthon$13.05534
91Little Rock$13.03447
92Lehigh$12.97395
93Menlo$12.92347
94Templeton$12.91337
95Brighton$12.88592
96Goldfield$12.73617
97Delmar$12.68541
98Galva$12.68416
99Badger$12.67540
100Martensdale$12.63413
101Williams$12.57299
102Norway$12.53463
103Everly$12.51570
104Mccausland$12.45314
105Spillville$12.40371
106Mingo$12.31314
107Brandon$12.29331
108Moravia$12.27625
109Bonaparte$12.17357
110Hawkeye$12.11429
111Colesburg$11.97379
112Liscomb$11.96292
113Albert City$11.88627
114Thornton$11.86394
115Runnells$11.79467
116Allerton$11.72432
117Kelley$11.69312
118Orient$11.66363
119Ellsworth$11.57495
120Terril$11.48310
121Churdan$11.31359
122Miles$11.28400
123Sutherland$11.25628
124Arcadia$11.23588
125Milton$10.98395
126Ireton$10.93571
127New Vienna$10.91384
128Letts$10.91358
129Birmingham$10.87371
130Charlotte$10.86386
131Richland$10.82532
132Grand Mound$10.78608
133Batavia$10.77434
134Riverdale$10.67385
135Bode$10.64304
136Union$10.58378
137Calamus$10.47348
138Lovilia$10.46456
139Danbury$10.43315
140Radcliffe$10.37540
141Stacyville$10.36436
142Andrew$10.22374
143Royal$10.20379
144Bronson$10.14294
145Rudd$10.13339
146Floyd$10.02297
147What Cheer$10.01595
148Cumming$9.85527
149Breda$9.80492
150Doon$9.78640
151Lynnville$9.68382
152Salix$9.63303
153Farnhamville$9.18364
154Middletown$9.16365
155Alleman$9.12439
156Lester$8.94309
157Crescent$8.72626
158Ainsworth$8.62511
159Gilman$8.10530
160Grandview$8.10431
161Kellogg$8.10597
162Lost Nation$8.10425
163Nichols$8.10317
164Luana$7.98303
165Agency$7.94623
166Delhi$7.81438
167Klemme$7.74429
168Beacon$7.56434
169Sheldahl$7.56312
170Worthington$7.50374
171Marquette$7.08434
172Columbus City$6.94385
173Donahue$6.83336
174Keystone$6.80616
175New Virginia$5.97499
176Holy Cross$5.91348
177Conesville$5.86350
178University Park$5.27476
179Orleans$4.13503
180Wahpeton$3.19337
181West Okoboji$2.92311

The $8.10 limit

Stacyville’s general levy is $7.86 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.24 below the limit.4 623 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $7.86 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $7.86 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $2.50 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.50 · $44,390

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$9.8M of taxable value in Stacyville is in TIF districts’ increment (36% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $299,000 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$206,773
$201,629

What that value would raise at each government’s rate, FY277

Taxes on TIF value go to the city’s TIF fund instead of the governments that levy them, including about $101,991 of the city’s own.

  • St Ansgar schools$78,796
  • Mitchell County$55,504
YearTIF revenue
FY16$155,379
FY17$165,350
FY18$159,430
FY19$164,729
FY20$164,728
FY21$201,780
FY22$206,773
FY23$201,629
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$155,379
FY17$165,350
FY18$159,430
FY19$164,729
FY20$164,728
FY21$201,780
FY22$206,773
FY23$201,629

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$139,59476%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$44,39024%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Stacyville’s budget goes, FY26

General Government: 25¢ of every dollar25¢Culture and Recreation: 22¢ of every dollar22¢Business Type / Enterprise: 18¢ of every dollar18¢Public Works: 15¢ of every dollar15¢Community and Economic Development: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Everything else: 6¢ 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 180 Iowa cities closest in size (290–650 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (180)
General Government25¢14¢
Culture and Recreation22¢9¢
Business Type / Enterprise18¢39¢
Public Works15¢19¢
Community and Economic Development14¢1¢
Everything else6¢9¢

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.

  • General Government$170,40032%
  • Culture and Recreation$144,80027%
  • Public Works$103,00019%
  • Community and Economic Development$60,83511%
  • Public Safety$52,68010%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($112,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$74,750$61,044
Public Safety$44,450$28,001
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$115,500$112,778
Debt Service$329,324$332,237
Culture and Recreation$105,500$116,580
Community and Economic Development$51,400$47,891
Capital Projects$500,000$316,333
Business Type / Enterprise$98,000$92,705

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$1.8M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Stacyville owes

$2.9M at June 30, 2026: $6,298 per resident. 70th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$3.2M
$2.9M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$2.9M$6,298
2025$2.7M$5,982
2024$3.0M$6,517
2023$3.2M$7,095
2022$3.1M$6,748
2021$2.4M$5,295
2020$2.3M$5,084
2019$2.6M$5,610
2018$2.8M$6,104
2017$2.8M$6,155
2016$3.0M$6,496
2015$3.1M$6,831
2014$2.7M$5,811
2013$2.8M$6,020
2012$2.8M$6,220
2011$2.9M$6,263
2010$1.7M$3,739
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$2.9M$6,298
2025$2.7M$5,982
2024$3.0M$6,517
2023$3.2M$7,095
2022$3.1M$6,748
2021$2.4M$5,295
2020$2.3M$5,084
2019$2.6M$5,610
2018$2.8M$6,104
2017$2.8M$6,155
2016$3.0M$6,496
2015$3.1M$6,831
2014$2.7M$5,811
2013$2.8M$6,020
2012$2.8M$6,220
2011$2.9M$6,263
2010$1.7M$3,739

Up 68% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $1.1M, 51% of the limit of about $2.1M (5% of $42.2M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

10 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsWater Improvements2037$637,000
Revenue BondsWater Improvements2050$604,000
Revenue BondsSewer improvements2041$387,000
General ObligationRolling Hills Housing Development: Water, Sewer, Roads, Electric2040$380,000
General ObligationStA Bank A Street2036$320,215
General ObligationStA Bank B Street2036$313,187
Revenue BondsWater Improvements2034$140,000
General ObligationInd Park2027$72,685
Revenue BondsWater improvements2030$16,000
Revenue Bondslagoon2026$14,397

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 balances11. Stacyville’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Tuesday, March 3, 2026, by a CPA firm.

7 earlier reports for Stacyville

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? 13

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: $52,184 in FY25, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$50,326$50,870$51,937$52,184

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.

$462,811
$4,383
  • State Library Support$4,383100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$3,703
FY20$3,983
FY21$462,811
FY22$310,218
FY23$9,954
FY24$4,179
FY25$4,383
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$3,703
FY20$3,983
FY21$462,811
FY22$310,218
FY23$9,954
FY24$4,179
FY25$4,383

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−17%$50,019 → $52,184, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% 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 21% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 4% less.

$64,890
$62,988

Federal grants, for comparison: $34,615 in FY23.

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)14.

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 Stacyville; 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.

  • Stacyville City Council At-Large (3 seats)
    Now held by Jacob Gerbig, Roger Hemann, Allyn Brumm

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here15.

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 ballot16.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress17

Doug Campbell (Sen. 30)Jane Bloomingdale (Rep. 60)

U.S. House:District 2

Mitchell CountySt Ansgar schools