Display
Language
About accessibility
Language
Display
Sign in

Local taxes › Page County › College Springs

City

College Springs

Page County · How cities work

$2,610 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.04 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$960 a yearof that goes to the city ($11.44 per $1,000)
$39,405property taxes the city levies, FY27
$75,955city 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.

  • Damian DavisCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Darla Dee BursonCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Donald GayCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Paula OwensCollege Springs Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Phillip GreeverCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Renee HartmanCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Bobbie GrahamCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Darla BursonCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Don GayCollege Springs City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Renee A. HartmanCollege Springs 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 College Springs

Homes and businesses in most of College Springs pay a combined $31.04 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Page County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $11.44. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$36.89$14.42
FY21$36.77$14.42
FY22$35.11$13.18
FY23$34.67$13.37
FY24$33.30$13.15
FY25$34.79$13.68
FY26$34.96$14.05
FY27$31.04$11.44
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$36.89$14.42
FY21$36.77$14.42
FY22$35.11$13.18
FY23$34.67$13.37
FY24$33.30$13.15
FY25$34.79$13.68
FY26$34.96$14.05
FY27$31.04$11.44

Compared with places this size3

College Springs’s city property tax rate of $11.44 per $1,000 is the 93rd highest of 197 Iowa cities with 120–260 people. The middle of the group is $11.07.

Brayton: $25.07Harris: $23.13Fenton: $22.05Soldier: $21.92Coulter: $21.80Chelsea: $21.61Smithland: $21.12Volga: $20.23Alta Vista: $19.88Arthur: $19.86Coin: $19.59Rowan: $19.53Chester: $19.30Bouton: $19.25Garden Grove: $19.20Hastings: $18.95Swaledale: $18.62Cumberland: $18.42Jamaica: $18.24Hillsboro: $17.68Bristow: $17.39Woolstock: $17.26Pisgah: $17.09Marble Rock: $16.78Auburn: $16.65Prescott: $16.53Monmouth: $16.41Blockton: $16.37Montour: $16.37Geneva: $16.25Deep River: $16.18Waucoma: $16.17Little Sioux: $15.74Moorhead: $15.68Onslow: $15.63Linden: $15.62Woodburn: $15.59Kamrar: $15.47Greeley: $15.23Goodell: $15.16Riverton: $14.94Marathon: $14.89Ladora: $14.74Magnolia: $14.68Bagley: $14.63Davis City: $14.45Lucas: $14.40Crystal Lake: $14.36Westgate: $14.05Palmer: $13.89Kellerton: $13.60Quimby: $13.58Ayrshire: $13.55Searsboro: $13.55Meservey: $13.43Leland: $13.31Harcourt: $13.21Calumet: $13.16Portsmouth: $13.05Clutier: $13.03Silver City: $12.87Delaware: $12.86Patterson: $12.84Martelle: $12.83Malcom: $12.82Clemons: $12.69Blencoe: $12.57Kensett: $12.47Millersburg: $12.40Aurora: $12.40Bridgewater: $12.29Cushing: $12.18Hanlontown: $12.17Stout: $12.14Webb: $12.10Paton: $12.09Decatur: $12.08Rembrandt: $12.03Shambaugh: $11.98Lone Rock: $11.92East Peru: $11.89New Providence: $11.88Henderson: $11.85Parnell: $11.78Reasnor: $11.76Ledyard: $11.74Joice: $11.72Cantril: $11.69Wadena: $11.65Exline: $11.60Beaman: $11.54Delta: $11.52Mallard: $11.28Renwick: $11.16Linn Grove: $11.15Dundee: $11.14Randolph: $11.08Leighton: $11.07Rake: $11.05Somers: $10.99Frederika: $10.99Havelock: $10.95Alexander: $10.90Goose Lake: $10.89Lambs Grove: $10.78Wallingford: $10.75Hornick: $10.74Woden: $10.68Cleghorn: $10.49Barnes City: $10.44Stockton: $10.37Randall: $10.35Dedham: $10.28Deloit: $10.28Meriden: $10.28Drakesville: $10.24Hancock: $10.13La Motte: $10.09Melvin: $10.05Defiance: $10.05Barnum: $9.96Panama: $9.85Grafton: $9.83Clare: $9.81Tingley: $9.81Ionia: $9.65Rutland: $9.65Van Wert: $9.62Rock Falls: $9.61Kirkville: $9.59Luxemburg: $9.58Superior: $9.58Rippey: $9.42Larrabee: $9.41Hamilton: $9.35Floris: $9.29Mitchell: $9.22Westphalia: $9.18Elberon: $9.16Dixon: $9.03Blairsburg: $8.93Prairieburg: $8.91Oakville: $8.89Welton: $8.86Archer: $8.84Luther: $8.83Harvey: $8.71Washta: $8.65Moorland: $8.61Pilot Mound: $8.54Ollie: $8.44Thor: $8.38South English: $8.27Thurman: $8.26Boxholm: $8.11Fostoria: $8.10Low Moor: $8.10Westfield: $8.10Laurel: $8.10Lineville: $8.10Vincent: $8.09Lockridge: $7.92Mount Auburn: $7.86Haverhill: $7.86Grand River: $7.86Olds: $7.86Castalia: $7.86Dickens: $7.86Rose Hill: $7.86West Chester: $7.82Mcclelland: $7.79Lidderdale: $7.68Bernard: $7.56Fredonia: $7.55Braddyville: $7.49Alvord: $7.41Franklin: $7.31Weldon: $7.18Brunsville: $6.95Packwood: $6.77Houghton: $6.73Williamson: $6.72Keswick: $6.49Lincoln: $6.32Gravity: $6.18Ackworth: $5.90Oakland Acres: $5.88Springbrook: $5.79Maysville: $5.77Harper: $5.29Panorama Park: $4.62Mcintire: $2.78Sherrill: $2.66Centralia: $2.41Rickardsville: $2.27New Liberty: $2.27College Springs: $11.44$2.27 lowest$25.07 highestmiddle
See all 197
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Brayton$25.07138
2Harris$23.13145
3Fenton$22.05250
4Soldier$21.92176
5Coulter$21.80220
6Chelsea$21.61207
7Smithland$21.12184
8Volga$20.23200
9Alta Vista$19.88219
10Arthur$19.86218
11Coin$19.59171
12Rowan$19.53118
13Chester$19.30134
14Bouton$19.25125
15Garden Grove$19.20173
16Hastings$18.95157
17Swaledale$18.62136
18Cumberland$18.42248
19Jamaica$18.24196
20Hillsboro$17.68158
21Bristow$17.39139
22Woolstock$17.26141
23Pisgah$17.09248
24Marble Rock$16.78258
25Auburn$16.65253
26Prescott$16.53186
27Monmouth$16.41129
28Blockton$16.37123
29Montour$16.37199
30Geneva$16.25137
31Deep River$16.18243
32Waucoma$16.17235
33Little Sioux$15.74170
34Moorhead$15.68186
35Onslow$15.63198
36Linden$15.62206
37Woodburn$15.59133
38Kamrar$15.47178
39Greeley$15.23216
40Goodell$15.16139
41Riverton$14.94243
42Marathon$14.89221
43Ladora$14.74223
44Magnolia$14.68194
45Bagley$14.63230
46Davis City$14.45178
47Lucas$14.40176
48Crystal Lake$14.36243
49Westgate$14.05190
50Palmer$13.89137
51Kellerton$13.60241
52Quimby$13.58245
53Ayrshire$13.55128
54Searsboro$13.55129
55Meservey$13.43212
56Leland$13.31240
57Harcourt$13.21257
58Calumet$13.16144
59Portsmouth$13.05187
60Clutier$13.03209
61Silver City$12.87244
62Delaware$12.86139
63Patterson$12.84176
64Martelle$12.83250
65Malcom$12.82257
66Clemons$12.69135
67Blencoe$12.57223
68Kensett$12.47256
69Millersburg$12.40135
70Aurora$12.40165
71Bridgewater$12.29145
72Cushing$12.18225
73Hanlontown$12.17200
74Stout$12.14194
75Webb$12.10139
76Paton$12.09217
77Decatur$12.08174
78Rembrandt$12.03199
79Shambaugh$11.98161
80Lone Rock$11.92143
81East Peru$11.89119
82New Providence$11.88233
83Henderson$11.85140
84Parnell$11.78190
85Reasnor$11.76157
86Ledyard$11.74118
87Joice$11.72206
88Cantril$11.69224
89Wadena$11.65201
90Exline$11.60157
91Beaman$11.54155
92Delta$11.52257
93College Springs$11.44172
94Mallard$11.28255
95Renwick$11.16228
96Linn Grove$11.15155
97Dundee$11.14193
98Randolph$11.08183
99Leighton$11.07153
100Rake$11.05179
101Somers$10.99121
102Frederika$10.99206
103Havelock$10.95127
104Alexander$10.90165
105Goose Lake$10.89250
106Lambs Grove$10.78174
107Wallingford$10.75154
108Hornick$10.74255
109Woden$10.68183
110Cleghorn$10.49235
111Barnes City$10.44152
112Stockton$10.37171
113Randall$10.35156
114Dedham$10.28221
115Deloit$10.28246
116Meriden$10.28175
117Drakesville$10.24170
118Hancock$10.13199
119La Motte$10.09235
120Melvin$10.05196
121Defiance$10.05248
122Barnum$9.96186
123Panama$9.85234
124Grafton$9.83212
125Clare$9.81133
126Tingley$9.81146
127Ionia$9.65220
128Rutland$9.65116
129Van Wert$9.62175
130Rock Falls$9.61143
131Kirkville$9.59159
132Luxemburg$9.58240
133Superior$9.58127
134Rippey$9.42217
135Larrabee$9.41116
136Hamilton$9.35125
137Floris$9.29119
138Mitchell$9.22118
139Westphalia$9.18133
140Elberon$9.16178
141Dixon$9.03204
142Blairsburg$8.93175
143Prairieburg$8.91156
144Oakville$8.89198
145Welton$8.86124
146Archer$8.84116
147Luther$8.83147
148Harvey$8.71242
149Washta$8.65206
150Moorland$8.61169
151Pilot Mound$8.54155
152Ollie$8.44196
153Thor$8.38182
154South English$8.27196
155Thurman$8.26162
156Boxholm$8.11177
157Fostoria$8.10229
158Low Moor$8.10242
159Westfield$8.10121
160Laurel$8.10214
161Lineville$8.10194
162Vincent$8.09125
163Lockridge$7.92245
164Mount Auburn$7.86162
165Haverhill$7.86164
166Grand River$7.86192
167Olds$7.86174
168Castalia$7.86141
169Dickens$7.86146
170Rose Hill$7.86156
171West Chester$7.82147
172Mcclelland$7.79147
173Lidderdale$7.68162
174Bernard$7.56117
175Fredonia$7.55227
176Braddyville$7.49142
177Alvord$7.41216
178Franklin$7.31133
179Weldon$7.18134
180Brunsville$6.95128
181Packwood$6.77186
182Houghton$6.73129
183Williamson$6.72126
184Keswick$6.49238
185Lincoln$6.32119
186Gravity$6.18149
187Ackworth$5.90117
188Oakland Acres$5.88178
189Springbrook$5.79145
190Maysville$5.77155
191Harper$5.29117
192Panorama Park$4.62142
193Mcintire$2.78115
194Sherrill$2.66176
195Centralia$2.41117
196Rickardsville$2.27204
197New Liberty$2.27141

The $8.10 limit

College Springs’s general levy is $8.05 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.05 below the limit.4 390 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.37 · FY26 $8.29 · FY27 $8.05 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $3.40 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.95 · $9,839
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$0.44 · $1,477

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$26,81970%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$9,83926%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1,4774%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of College Springs’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 47¢ of every dollar47¢General Government: 26¢ of every dollar26¢Public Works: 20¢ of every dollar20¢Culture and Recreation: 4¢ of every dollarPublic Safety: 3¢ 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 195 Iowa cities closest in size (120–260 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (195)
Business Type / Enterprise47¢31¢
General Government26¢22¢
Public Works20¢24¢
Culture and Recreation4¢8¢
Public Safety3¢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$36,79548%
  • Public Works$28,54038%
  • Public Safety$10,62014%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($86,420 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$46,500$29,475
Public Safety$18,250$15,560
Health and Social Services$1,000$0
General Government$44,500$70,381
Debt Service$0$0
Culture and Recreation$3,700$142
Community and Economic Development$100$0
Capital Projects$0$0
Business Type / Enterprise$85,000$74,006

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$248,485

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What College Springs owes

$181,490 at June 30, 2026: $1,055 per resident. 539th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$193,805
$181,490
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$181,490$1,055
2025$193,805$1,127
2024$150,632$876
2023$159,578$928
2022$23,033$134
2021$180,936$1,052
2020$174,230$1,013
2019$179,273$1,042
2018$179,273$1,042
2017$179,273$1,042
2016$182,399$1,060
2015$0$0
2014$0$0
2013$0$0
2012$80,307$467
2011$0$0
2010$0$0
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$181,490$1,055
2025$193,805$1,127
2024$150,632$876
2023$159,578$928
2022$23,033$134
2021$180,936$1,052
2020$174,230$1,013
2019$179,273$1,042
2018$179,273$1,042
2017$179,273$1,042
2016$182,399$1,060
2015$0$0
2014$0$0
2013$0$0
2012$80,307$467
2011$0$0
2010$0$0

Up 126% since 2012.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $371,154 (5% of $7.4M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

3 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
LoansSewer loan2045$145,510
LoansLoan2030$23,981
LoansIA Fin Water2031$12,000

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. College Springs’s latest audit has them: Periodic Examination, period ending Sunday, March 31, 2019 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Periodic Examination for the period ending Sunday, March 31, 2019 (PDF), released Wednesday, November 27, 2019, by the Auditor of State.

1 earlier report for College Springs

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: $18,256 in FY25, down 8% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 27% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$14,795$15,478$18,157$18,256

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−27%$19,823 → $18,256, down 8% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 27% 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 56% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 24% more.

$26,112
$20,412

Federal grants, for comparison: $50,000 in FY24.

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)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

5 seats: the top 5 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for College Springs; 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.

  • College Springs City Council At-Large (5 seats)
    Now held by Darla Burson, Phillip Greever, Renee A. Hartman, Bobbie Graham, Don Gay
  • College Springs Mayor
    Now held by Paula Owens

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

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 ballot14.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress15

Tom Shipley (Sen. 9)Devon Wood (Rep. 17)

U.S. House:District 3

Page CountySouth Page schools