City

Northboro

$3,270 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($38.87 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,330 a yearof that goes to the city ($15.81 per $1,000)

$13,746property taxes the city levies, FY27

$30,247city budget, all funds, FY27²

Who runs it

The city council passes ordinances, adopts the budget and sets the city’s property tax.

Jay E. HammondNorthboro City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Mike BredensteinerNorthboro City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Robert MatzingerNorthboro Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Carolyn MatzingerNorthboro City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Kristin EdwardsNorthboro City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
William OrmeNorthboro 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 Northboro

Homes and businesses in most of Northboro pay a combined $38.87 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, $15.81. Estimate your bill.

City of Northboro$15.8141%
Shenandoah schools$13.4735%
Page County$7.3419%
Iowa Western Community College$1.474%
Page County Assessor$0.491%
Page County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.29<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$36.50	$12.63
FY21	$34.64	$12.58
FY22	$34.07	$12.53
FY23	$32.23	$11.52
FY24	$32.93	$11.64
FY25	$38.73	$14.88
FY26	$39.87	$15.61
FY27	$38.87	$15.81

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$36.50	$12.63
FY21	$34.64	$12.58
FY22	$34.07	$12.53
FY23	$32.23	$11.52
FY24	$32.93	$11.64
FY25	$38.73	$14.88
FY26	$39.87	$15.61
FY27	$38.87	$15.81

Compared with places this size³

Northboro’s city property tax rate of $15.81 per $1,000 is the 5th highest of 67 Iowa cities with 40–80 people. The middle of the group is $8.10.

See all 67

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Dougherty	$25.38	61
2	Varina	$19.09	69
3	Sharpsburg	$18.93	69
4	Vining	$16.97	53
5	Northboro	$15.81	52
6	Popejoy	$15.80	76
7	Benton	$15.12	40
8	Truesdale	$14.56	64
9	Yorktown	$14.48	60
10	Rodney	$13.04	43
11	Rinard	$12.56	38
12	Aredale	$12.19	59
13	Colwell	$12.14	52
14	Dolliver	$11.85	63
15	Matlock	$11.44	74
16	Nodaway	$11.20	74
17	Hayesville	$11.13	43
18	Plover	$11.10	52
19	Curlew	$10.85	38
20	Numa	$10.80	69
21	Oto	$10.45	71
22	Bradgate	$10.37	76
23	Guernsey	$10.13	59
24	Rathbun	$9.96	44
25	Gray	$9.85	62
26	Nemaha	$9.53	65
27	Kirkman	$9.44	60
28	Ottosen	$9.10	41
29	Imogene	$9.10	37
30	Aspinwall	$8.45	35
31	Knierim	$8.13	53
32	Unionville	$8.10	74
33	Valeria	$8.10	41
34	Orchard	$8.10	64
35	Turin	$8.10	69
36	Struble	$8.10	72
37	Shannon City	$8.10	73
38	Clio	$8.10	67
39	Scarville	$8.10	75
40	Coppock	$7.94	35
41	Gruver	$7.89	63
42	Marysville	$7.89	46
43	Redding	$7.86	64
44	Bassett	$7.86	42
45	Millerton	$7.86	37
46	Ralston	$7.86	76
47	Chatsworth	$7.86	72
48	Cotter	$7.73	40
49	Thornburg	$7.57	46
50	Bevington	$7.41	62
51	Thayer	$7.39	48
52	Garber	$7.35	76
53	Spring Hill	$7.26	68
54	Greenville	$7.24	69
55	Craig	$7.01	78
56	Willey	$6.69	72
57	Rossie	$6.32	46
58	Sandyville	$6.06	59
59	Clayton	$5.08	45
60	Plano	$4.66	57
61	Hardy	$4.36	55
62	Jackson Junction	$3.66	38
63	Beaver	$2.71	46
64	Graf	$2.56	76
65	Osterdock	$2.44	45
66	Gibson	$1.88	58
67	Balltown	$0.12	78

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$6,83551%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$6,63449%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Northboro’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 66 Iowa cities closest in size (40–80 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (66)
Public Works	52¢	38¢
General Government	27¢	34¢
Public Safety	21¢	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.

Culture and Recreation$20,60068%
Public Works$4,18014%
General Government$2,8509%
Public Safety$2,6179%

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$4,400	$1,693
Public Safety	$2,617	$2,617
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$9,896	$10,689
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$200	$10,604
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$0	$0

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$50,681

$18,152

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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 every year

Road Use Tax for streets, the commercial and industrial tax “backfill”, and ambulance reimbursement, paid every year by formula: $5,518 in FY25, down 23% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 38% less. Grants are below.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$5,518	$5,349	$5,488	$5,518

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−38%$7,134 → $5,518, down 23% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 38% 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.

$6,866

$6,036

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Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Northboro City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Mike Bredensteiner Winner1050.0%
Jay E. Hammond Winner1050.0%

Northboro Mayor

Robert Matzinger Unopposed11100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

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

U.S. House:District 3

Page County Shenandoah 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 Northboro; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Northboro 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.