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Stanton

Montgomery County · How cities work

$3,470 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($41.20 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,060 a yearof that goes to the city ($12.62 per $1,000)
$274,028property taxes the city levies, FY27
$627,399city 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.

  • Chris StephensStanton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jeff SebeniecherStanton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Justin RhamyStanton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Greg HampelStanton City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Matt KutzliStanton Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Pier OsweilerStanton 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 Stanton

Homes and businesses in most of Stanton pay a combined $41.20 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Montgomery County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $12.62. Estimate your bill.

  • Stanton schools$15.4638%
  • City of Stanton$12.6231%
  • Montgomery County$8.0820%
  • Montgomery County Memorial Hospital$3.067%
  • Southwestern Community College$1.073%
  • Montgomery County Assessor$0.601%
  • Montgomery County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.30<1%

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$35.88$10.60
FY21$37.43$11.94
FY22$37.34$12.02
FY23$37.08$12.30
FY24$37.80$12.49
FY25$38.28$12.89
FY26$38.14$12.77
FY27$41.20$12.62
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$35.88$10.60
FY21$37.43$11.94
FY22$37.34$12.02
FY23$37.08$12.30
FY24$37.80$12.49
FY25$38.28$12.89
FY26$38.14$12.77
FY27$41.20$12.62

Compared with places this size3

Stanton’s city property tax rate of $12.62 per $1,000 is the 84th lowest of 187 Iowa cities with 440–990 people. The middle of the group is $12.99.

Exira: $24.81Rolfe: $22.67Dayton: $22.51Charter Oak: $21.32Correctionville: $19.84Pomeroy: $19.60Allison: $19.06Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Greene: $17.91Alden: $17.90Elma: $17.82Dows: $17.70New Hartford: $17.69Lansing: $17.67Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Latimer: $16.96Adair: $16.84Eddyville: $16.82Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Buffalo Center: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Titonka: $16.45Eldon: $16.42Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Mechanicsville: $16.12Scranton: $16.01Armstrong: $15.87Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Newell: $15.49Riceville: $15.31Neola: $15.30Russell: $15.18Gilbertville: $15.15Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Griswold: $15.01Zearing: $14.99Readlyn: $14.99Maynard: $14.85Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Gilmore City: $14.60Garnavillo: $14.52Maxwell: $14.50Sabula: $14.38Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Mcgregor: $14.20Olin: $14.19Primghar: $14.18Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Elgin: $14.05Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Ossian: $13.88Redfield: $13.73Victor: $13.72Edgewood: $13.64Sioux Rapids: $13.63Donnellson: $13.63Albion: $13.58Gladbrook: $13.58Rockford: $13.52Boyden: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Anita: $13.28Van Horne: $13.27Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Little Rock: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Coggon: $12.99Earlville: $12.90Brighton: $12.88Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85Montrose: $12.78Goldfield: $12.73Wellsburg: $12.68Delmar: $12.68Badger: $12.67Hospers: $12.58Norway: $12.53Everly: $12.51Hazleton: $12.48West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Alburnett: $12.30Hubbard: $12.30Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Schaller: $12.14Afton: $11.96Lowden: $11.93Tabor: $11.88Albert City: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Runnells: $11.79Merrill: $11.64Ellsworth: $11.57Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Dunkerton: $11.30Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $11.04Manilla: $11.01Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Ireton: $10.93Fontanelle: $10.88Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Cambridge: $10.53Lovilia: $10.46Swisher: $10.39Schleswig: $10.39Melbourne: $10.38Radcliffe: $10.37Fredericksburg: $10.27Ventura: $10.22Inwood: $10.22Milo: $10.20Hartford: $10.16What Cheer: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Cumming: $9.85Graettinger: $9.81Breda: $9.80Doon: $9.78Long Grove: $9.59Paullina: $9.21Winthrop: $8.94Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Keosauqua: $8.58Grand Junction: $8.57Princeton: $8.24Gilman: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lakeside: $8.10Agency: $7.94Hills: $7.94Fremont: $7.86Larchwood: $7.52Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Raymond: $6.85Keystone: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79New Virginia: $5.97University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Okoboji: $3.83Stanton: $12.62$3.83 lowest$24.81 highestmiddle
See all 187
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Exira$24.81766
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Dayton$22.51766
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Correctionville$19.84759
6Pomeroy$19.60511
7Allison$19.06937
8Dumont$19.04614
9Seymour$18.78646
10Dexter$18.69631
11Fonda$18.52636
12Kanawha$18.11638
13Swea City$18.04545
14Greene$17.91971
15Alden$17.90738
16Elma$17.82493
17Dows$17.70509
18New Hartford$17.69555
19Lansing$17.67959
20Walnut$17.46728
21Murray$17.44609
22Thompson$17.25478
23Gowrie$17.17943
24Colo$17.14856
25Latimer$16.96477
26Adair$16.84792
27Eddyville$16.82965
28Elk Horn$16.78631
29Oxford$16.70715
30Buffalo Center$16.58839
31Whittemore$16.54478
32Bancroft$16.52677
33Titonka$16.45491
34Eldon$16.42788
35Early$16.35571
36Truro$16.34515
37Mechanicsville$16.12974
38Scranton$16.01496
39Armstrong$15.87847
40Ruthven$15.84710
41Minden$15.77581
42Walker$15.74671
43Newell$15.49850
44Riceville$15.31807
45Neola$15.30917
46Russell$15.18475
47Gilbertville$15.15792
48Stanwood$15.12612
49Stratford$15.03688
50Griswold$15.01975
51Zearing$14.99508
52Readlyn$14.99857
53Maynard$14.85466
54Wyoming$14.81526
55Humeston$14.80472
56Hopkinton$14.79622
57Essex$14.76721
58Gilmore City$14.60484
59Garnavillo$14.52751
60Maxwell$14.50862
61Sabula$14.38498
62Collins$14.32503
63Clermont$14.30571
64Moulton$14.25596
65Mcgregor$14.20725
66Olin$14.19652
67Primghar$14.18893
68Garwin$14.08469
69Farragut$14.07480
70Elgin$14.05676
71Lime Springs$13.95467
72Dow City$13.94477
73Ossian$13.88777
74Redfield$13.73719
75Victor$13.72852
76Edgewood$13.64908
77Sioux Rapids$13.63722
78Donnellson$13.63859
79Albion$13.58444
80Gladbrook$13.58775
81Rockford$13.52722
82Boyden$13.39694
83Baxter$13.32983
84Anita$13.28953
85Van Horne$13.27768
86Keota$13.21888
87Shellsburg$13.20987
88De Soto$13.18937
89Quasqueton$13.12587
90Farmington$13.10583
91Anthon$13.05534
92Little Rock$13.03447
93Odebolt$13.00967
94Coggon$12.99691
95Earlville$12.90713
96Brighton$12.88592
97Danville$12.87910
98Underwood$12.85973
99Montrose$12.78734
100Goldfield$12.73617
101Wellsburg$12.68709
102Delmar$12.68541
103Badger$12.67540
104Stanton$12.62664
105Hospers$12.58703
106Norway$12.53463
107Everly$12.51570
108Hazleton$12.48711
109West Point$12.39903
110Hinton$12.38959
111Preston$12.38940
112Alburnett$12.30672
113Hubbard$12.30837
114Moravia$12.27625
115Hedrick$12.22717
116Carson$12.22772
117Wheatland$12.18765
118Schaller$12.14702
119Afton$11.96864
120Lowden$11.93767
121Tabor$11.88983
122Albert City$11.88627
123Aurelia$11.84970
124Runnells$11.79467
125Merrill$11.64713
126Ellsworth$11.57495
127Morning Sun$11.50702
128Battle Creek$11.49683
129Wall Lake$11.43739
130West Bend$11.42770
131Dakota City$11.39764
132Dunkerton$11.30840
133Sutherland$11.25628
134Arcadia$11.23588
135Whiting$11.21725
136Shelby$11.17730
137Blairstown$11.04705
138Manilla$11.01756
139Hamburg$10.95863
140Clarence$10.94991
141Ireton$10.93571
142Fontanelle$10.88684
143Richland$10.82532
144Grand Mound$10.78608
145Cambridge$10.53844
146Lovilia$10.46456
147Swisher$10.39909
148Schleswig$10.39820
149Melbourne$10.38771
150Radcliffe$10.37540
151Fredericksburg$10.27983
152Ventura$10.22701
153Inwood$10.22962
154Milo$10.20762
155Hartford$10.16729
156What Cheer$10.01595
157Newhall$9.99887
158Cumming$9.85527
159Graettinger$9.81810
160Breda$9.80492
161Doon$9.78640
162Long Grove$9.59849
163Paullina$9.21979
164Winthrop$8.94814
165Crescent$8.72626
166Ainsworth$8.62511
167Keosauqua$8.58944
168Grand Junction$8.57715
169Princeton$8.24917
170Gilman$8.10530
171Kellogg$8.10597
172Lakeside$8.10695
173Agency$7.94623
174Hills$7.94911
175Fremont$7.86688
176Larchwood$7.52954
177Sully$7.41891
178Fruitland$7.21928
179Lawton$7.10949
180Wayland$7.07935
181Raymond$6.85754
182Keystone$6.80616
183Shueyville$6.79725
184New Virginia$5.97499
185University Park$5.27476
186Orleans$4.13503
187Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

Stanton’s general levy is $7.89 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.21 below the limit.4 566 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.13 · FY26 $8.05 · FY27 $7.89 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $4.73 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$3.48 · $75,428
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.25 · $27,049

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$170,87663%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$75,42828%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$27,04910%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Stanton’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 72¢ of every dollar72¢Culture and Recreation: 12¢ of every dollar12¢Public Works: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Public Safety: 2¢ of every dollarGeneral Government: 2¢ of every dollarEverything else: 2¢ 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 186 Iowa cities closest in size (440–990 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (186)
Business Type / Enterprise72¢41¢
Culture and Recreation12¢9¢
Public Works11¢17¢
Public Safety2¢9¢
General Government2¢11¢
Everything else2¢2¢

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 Works$277,75744%
  • Culture and Recreation$115,96718%
  • Community and Economic Development$110,50018%
  • Public Safety$74,05812%
  • General Government$49,1178%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($1.8M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$245,373$283,336
Public Safety$53,246$53,222
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$48,734$50,490
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$334,474$181,830
Community and Economic Development$968,035$626,477
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$1.1M$1.1M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$2.3M
$2.0M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Stanton owes

$562,000 at June 30, 2026: $829 per resident. 578th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$1.6M
$562,000
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$562,000$829
2025$651,000$960
2024$737,000$1,087
2023$857,000$1,264
2022$974,000$1,437
2021$1.1M$1,608
2020$1.2M$1,776
2019$1.3M$1,982
2018$1.5M$2,184
2017$1.6M$2,383
2016$1.5M$2,154
2015$1.4M$2,095
2014$848,000$1,251
2013$903,000$1,332
2012$956,000$1,410
2011$1.0M$1,543
2010$287,000$423
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$562,000$829
2025$651,000$960
2024$737,000$1,087
2023$857,000$1,264
2022$974,000$1,437
2021$1.1M$1,608
2020$1.2M$1,776
2019$1.3M$1,982
2018$1.5M$2,184
2017$1.6M$2,383
2016$1.5M$2,154
2015$1.4M$2,095
2014$848,000$1,251
2013$903,000$1,332
2012$956,000$1,410
2011$1.0M$1,543
2010$287,000$423

Up 96% since 2010.

Money in reserve

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

Audits9

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Wednesday, January 21, 2026, by a CPA firm.

7 earlier reports for Stanton

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: $111,742 in FY25, up 21% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 3% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$93,997$93,300$95,769$96,289
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$2,707$12,448$12,524$15,453

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.

$421,589
$88,319
  • Iowa DOT projects$45,31751%
  • Iowa Economic Development Authority$40,00045%
  • Liquor Profit$2,2453%
  • Direct State Aid, Open Access, Interlibrary Loan$7571%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$62,485
FY20$42,712
FY21$72,408
FY22$271,749
FY23$421,589
FY24$167,559
FY25$88,319
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$62,485
FY20$42,712
FY21$72,408
FY22$271,749
FY23$421,589
FY24$167,559
FY25$88,319

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−14%$89,009 → $96,289, up 8% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 14% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)+308%$3,019 → $15,453, up 412% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 308% more

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 43% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 14% more.

$90,790
$83,287

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 · 1

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Stanton; 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.

  • Stanton City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Greg Hampel, Pier Osweiler
  • Stanton Mayor
    Now held by Matt Kutzli

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

Tom Shipley (Sen. 9)Thomas Jay Moore (Rep. 18)

U.S. House:District 3

Montgomery CountyStanton schools