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Brunsville

$1,970 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($23.34 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$580 a yearof that goes to the city ($6.95 per $1,000)

$81,963property taxes the city levies, FY27

$69,200city 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.

Chad CodyBrunsville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Kenneth KrienertBrunsville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Nichole TonnerBrunsville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Mary KorthasBrunsville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Nick DickmanBrunsville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Ronald LudwigsBrunsville 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 Brunsville

Homes and businesses in most of Brunsville pay a combined $23.34 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Plymouth County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $6.95. Estimate your bill.

Le Mars schools$11.4849%
City of Brunsville$6.9530%
Plymouth County$3.5315%
Western Iowa Tech Community College$1.024%
Plymouth County Assessor$0.251%
Plymouth County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.12<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$23.58	$7.66
FY21	$23.32	$7.75
FY22	$22.75	$7.38
FY23	$21.98	$6.82
FY24	$23.26	$8.09
FY25	$22.66	$7.85
FY26	$23.94	$7.11
FY27	$23.34	$6.95

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$23.58	$7.66
FY21	$23.32	$7.75
FY22	$22.75	$7.38
FY23	$21.98	$6.82
FY24	$23.26	$8.09
FY25	$22.66	$7.85
FY26	$23.94	$7.11
FY27	$23.34	$6.95

Compared with places this size³

Brunsville’s city property tax rate of $6.95 per $1,000 is the 19th lowest of 158 Iowa cities with 90–190 people. The middle of the group is $10.31.

See all 158

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Castana	$34.13	103
2	Brayton	$25.07	138
3	Harris	$23.13	145
4	Whitten	$22.65	98
5	Soldier	$21.92	176
6	Smithland	$21.12	184
7	Stanley	$20.69	86
8	Coin	$19.59	171
9	Rowan	$19.53	118
10	Chester	$19.30	134
11	Bouton	$19.25	125
12	Ricketts	$19.22	105
13	Garden Grove	$19.20	173
14	Hastings	$18.95	157
15	Swaledale	$18.62	136
16	Derby	$18.13	89
17	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
18	Bristow	$17.39	139
19	Woolstock	$17.26	141
20	Prescott	$16.53	186
21	Monmouth	$16.41	129
22	Blockton	$16.37	123
23	Geneva	$16.25	137
24	Waterville	$16.25	112
25	Little Sioux	$15.74	170
26	Moorhead	$15.68	186
27	Woodburn	$15.59	133
28	Kamrar	$15.47	178
29	Goodell	$15.16	139
30	Marne	$15.03	109
31	Baldwin	$14.91	99
32	Davis City	$14.45	178
33	Lucas	$14.40	176
34	Westgate	$14.05	190
35	Palmer	$13.89	137
36	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
37	Searsboro	$13.55	129
38	Ferguson	$13.53	98
39	Lanesboro	$13.53	112
40	Calumet	$13.16	144
41	Portsmouth	$13.05	187
42	Delaware	$12.86	139
43	Patterson	$12.84	176
44	Clemons	$12.69	135
45	Millersburg	$12.40	135
46	Aurora	$12.40	165
47	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
48	Arion	$12.14	99
49	Webb	$12.10	139
50	Decatur	$12.08	174
51	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
52	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
53	East Peru	$11.89	119
54	Henderson	$11.85	140
55	Parnell	$11.78	190
56	Reasnor	$11.76	157
57	Morley	$11.74	94
58	Ledyard	$11.74	118
59	Toronto	$11.68	101
60	Exline	$11.60	157
61	Beaman	$11.54	155
62	College Springs	$11.44	172
63	Melrose	$11.27	110
64	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
65	Promise City	$11.13	91
66	Randolph	$11.08	183
67	Leighton	$11.07	153
68	Rake	$11.05	179
69	Masonville	$11.00	98
70	Somers	$10.99	121
71	Havelock	$10.95	127
72	Alexander	$10.90	165
73	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
74	Wallingford	$10.75	154
75	Woden	$10.68	183
76	Pacific Junction	$10.56	99
77	Barnes City	$10.44	152
78	Stockton	$10.37	171
79	Randall	$10.35	156
80	Meriden	$10.28	175
81	Drakesville	$10.24	170
82	North Washington	$10.23	107
83	Dawson	$10.19	110
84	Barnum	$9.96	186
85	Hartwick	$9.90	91
86	Clare	$9.81	133
87	Tingley	$9.81	146
88	Rutland	$9.65	116
89	Van Wert	$9.62	175
90	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
91	Kirkville	$9.59	159
92	Superior	$9.58	127
93	Webster	$9.55	94
94	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
95	Larrabee	$9.41	116
96	Hamilton	$9.35	125
97	Wiota	$9.32	91
98	Floris	$9.29	119
99	Mitchell	$9.22	118
100	Westphalia	$9.18	133
101	Elberon	$9.16	178
102	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
103	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
104	Welton	$8.86	124
105	Archer	$8.84	116
106	Luther	$8.83	147
107	Fraser	$8.81	107
108	Macksburg	$8.81	103
109	Moorland	$8.61	169
110	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
111	Thor	$8.38	182
112	Andover	$8.28	106
113	Thurman	$8.26	162
114	Boxholm	$8.11	177
115	Rome	$8.10	112
116	Carpenter	$8.10	92
117	Westfield	$8.10	121
118	Vincent	$8.09	125
119	Morrison	$7.86	101
120	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
121	Haverhill	$7.86	164
122	Oyens	$7.86	88
123	Grand River	$7.86	192
124	Olds	$7.86	174
125	Dickens	$7.86	146
126	Castalia	$7.86	141
127	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
128	West Chester	$7.82	147
129	Cromwell	$7.81	104
130	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
131	Arispe	$7.71	95
132	Luzerne	$7.69	111
133	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
134	Westwood	$7.67	96
135	Bernard	$7.56	117
136	Braddyville	$7.49	142
137	Franklin	$7.31	133
138	Spragueville	$7.20	92
139	Weldon	$7.18	134
140	Brunsville	$6.95	128
141	Zwingle	$6.93	86
142	Packwood	$6.77	186
143	Houghton	$6.73	129
144	Williamson	$6.72	126
145	Lincoln	$6.32	119
146	Gravity	$6.18	149
147	Ackworth	$5.90	117
148	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
149	Springbrook	$5.79	145
150	Maysville	$5.77	155
151	Harper	$5.29	117
152	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
153	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
154	Mcintire	$2.78	115
155	Sherrill	$2.66	176
156	Centralia	$2.41	117
157	New Liberty	$2.27	141
158	North Buena Vista	$1.78	107

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$81,963100%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Brunsville’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 158 Iowa cities closest in size (90–190 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (158)
Public Works	53¢	26¢
General Government	18¢	25¢
Community and Economic Development	17¢	1¢
Public Safety	7¢	10¢
Culture and Recreation	4¢	8¢

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$25,10036%
Community and Economic Development$18,00026%
Public Works$15,50022%
Culture and Recreation$7,70011%
Public Safety$2,9004%

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$0	$3,082
Public Safety	$0	$650
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$11,275	$3,750
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$0	$710
Community and Economic Development	$10,475	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$0	$65,336

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$307,734

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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: $14,884 in FY25, down 35% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 48% less. Grants are below.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$18,381	$16,707	$18,835	$14,884
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)	–	–	–	–

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.

$10,804

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State grants$10,804100%

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$2,393
FY25	$10,804

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$2,393
FY25	$10,804

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−39%$19,507 → $14,884, down 24% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 39% 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 down 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 23% less.

$21,650

$14,834

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Federal grants, for comparison: $500 in FY24.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Brunsville City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Nichole Tonner Winner2452.2%
Kenneth Krienert Winner2247.8%

Brunsville Mayor

Chad Cody Unopposed26100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

Jeff Taylor (Sen. 2)Thomas M. Jeneary (Rep. 3)

U.S. House:District 4

Plymouth County Le Mars 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 Brunsville; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Brunsville 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.

Brunsville

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Brunsville

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Brunsville’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending, FY27

What it spent each year

State money

What the state pays the city every year

Grants and project money

Has it kept up with prices?

Collected by the state for the city

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress6

Compared with places this size³

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶