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Westfield

$2,610 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.02 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$680 a yearof that goes to the city ($8.10 per $1,000)

$20,618property taxes the city levies, FY27

$73,250city 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 CarlsonWestfield City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Dustin BrunstingWestfield City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Michael BohlkeWestfield Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Mike TadlockWestfield City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Aranda StaiWestfield City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Lisbeth TerpstraWestfield 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 Westfield

Homes and businesses in most of Westfield pay a combined $31.02 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, $8.10. Estimate your bill.

Akron Westfield schools$18.0058%
City of Westfield$8.1026%
Plymouth County$3.5311%
Western Iowa Tech Community College$1.023%
Plymouth County Assessor$0.25<1%
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 Westfield pay, and the city government’s own piece of it.

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$27.40	$8.10
FY21	$27.33	$8.10
FY22	$27.30	$8.10
FY23	$29.70	$8.10
FY24	$29.63	$8.10
FY25	$29.34	$7.86
FY26	$29.97	$8.10
FY27	$31.02	$8.10

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$27.40	$8.10
FY21	$27.33	$8.10
FY22	$27.30	$8.10
FY23	$29.70	$8.10
FY24	$29.63	$8.10
FY25	$29.34	$7.86
FY26	$29.97	$8.10
FY27	$31.02	$8.10

Compared with places this size³

Westfield’s city property tax rate of $8.10 per $1,000 is the 45th lowest of 152 Iowa cities with 80–180 people. The middle of the group is $10.23.

See all 152

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Castana	$34.13	103
2	Brayton	$25.07	138
3	Hansell	$23.66	85
4	Harris	$23.13	145
5	Whitten	$22.65	98
6	Soldier	$21.92	176
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	Grant	$18.71	82
16	Swaledale	$18.62	136
17	Derby	$18.13	89
18	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
19	Bristow	$17.39	139
20	Woolstock	$17.26	141
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	Woodburn	$15.59	133
27	Kamrar	$15.47	178
28	Goodell	$15.16	139
29	Marne	$15.03	109
30	Baldwin	$14.91	99
31	Davis City	$14.45	178
32	Lucas	$14.40	176
33	Palmer	$13.89	137
34	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
35	Searsboro	$13.55	129
36	Ferguson	$13.53	98
37	Lanesboro	$13.53	112
38	Calumet	$13.16	144
39	Delaware	$12.86	139
40	Patterson	$12.84	176
41	Clemons	$12.69	135
42	Cylinder	$12.52	84
43	Millersburg	$12.40	135
44	Aurora	$12.40	165
45	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
46	Arion	$12.14	99
47	Webb	$12.10	139
48	Decatur	$12.08	174
49	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
50	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
51	East Peru	$11.89	119
52	Henderson	$11.85	140
53	Reasnor	$11.76	157
54	Morley	$11.74	94
55	Ledyard	$11.74	118
56	Toronto	$11.68	101
57	Exline	$11.60	157
58	Beaman	$11.54	155
59	College Springs	$11.44	172
60	Melrose	$11.27	110
61	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
62	Promise City	$11.13	91
63	Leighton	$11.07	153
64	Rake	$11.05	179
65	Masonville	$11.00	98
66	Somers	$10.99	121
67	Havelock	$10.95	127
68	Alexander	$10.90	165
69	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
70	Wallingford	$10.75	154
71	Pacific Junction	$10.56	99
72	Barnes City	$10.44	152
73	Stockton	$10.37	171
74	Randall	$10.35	156
75	Meriden	$10.28	175
76	Drakesville	$10.24	170
77	North Washington	$10.23	107
78	Dawson	$10.19	110
79	Hartwick	$9.90	91
80	Clare	$9.81	133
81	Tingley	$9.81	146
82	Rutland	$9.65	116
83	Van Wert	$9.62	175
84	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
85	Kirkville	$9.59	159
86	Superior	$9.58	127
87	Webster	$9.55	94
88	Martinsburg	$9.49	109
89	Larrabee	$9.41	116
90	Hamilton	$9.35	125
91	Wiota	$9.32	91
92	Floris	$9.29	119
93	Mitchell	$9.22	118
94	Westphalia	$9.18	133
95	Elberon	$9.16	178
96	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
97	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
98	Welton	$8.86	124
99	Archer	$8.84	116
100	Luther	$8.83	147
101	Fraser	$8.81	107
102	Macksburg	$8.81	103
103	Moorland	$8.61	169
104	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
105	Andover	$8.28	106
106	Thurman	$8.26	162
107	Boxholm	$8.11	177
108	Westfield	$8.10	121
109	Rome	$8.10	112
110	Carpenter	$8.10	92
111	Vincent	$8.09	125
112	Buckeye	$7.94	82
113	Morrison	$7.86	101
114	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
115	Haverhill	$7.86	164
116	Oyens	$7.86	88
117	Olds	$7.86	174
118	Dickens	$7.86	146
119	Castalia	$7.86	141
120	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
121	West Chester	$7.82	147
122	Cromwell	$7.81	104
123	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
124	Arispe	$7.71	95
125	Luzerne	$7.69	111
126	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
127	Westwood	$7.67	96
128	Bernard	$7.56	117
129	Braddyville	$7.49	142
130	Franklin	$7.31	133
131	Spragueville	$7.20	92
132	Weldon	$7.18	134
133	Brunsville	$6.95	128
134	Zwingle	$6.93	86
135	Pleasant Plain	$6.79	83
136	Houghton	$6.73	129
137	Williamson	$6.72	126
138	Lincoln	$6.32	119
139	Tennant	$6.29	83
140	Gravity	$6.18	149
141	Ackworth	$5.90	117
142	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
143	Springbrook	$5.79	145
144	Maysville	$5.77	155
145	Harper	$5.29	117
146	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
147	Keomah Village	$3.15	107
148	Mcintire	$2.78	115
149	Sherrill	$2.66	176
150	Centralia	$2.41	117
151	New Liberty	$2.27	141
152	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$20,618100%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Westfield’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 152 Iowa cities closest in size (80–180 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (152)
Business Type / Enterprise	79¢	24¢
General Government	8¢	25¢
Public Works	7¢	27¢
Culture and Recreation	5¢	8¢
Public Safety	1¢	10¢
Everything else	<1¢	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$27,50038%
General Government$27,50038%
Culture and Recreation$13,50018%
Public Safety$3,5005%
Health and Social Services$1,0001%
Community and Economic Development$2500%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($308,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$34,500	$23,712
Public Safety	$2,250	$1,861
Health and Social Services	$1,000	$750
General Government	$28,000	$15,493
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$17,000	$18,996
Community and Economic Development	$250	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$230,000	$302,588

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$2.7M

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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: $19,579 in FY25, up 15% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 8% less. Grants are below.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$17,227	$16,926	$17,374	$19,579

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.

$363,858

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25

State grants$363,858100%

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$5,817
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$136,142
FY25	$363,858

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$5,817
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$136,142
FY25	$363,858

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−8%$17,053 → $19,579, up 15% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 8% 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 47% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% more.

$18,631

$18,290

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25

Federal grants, for comparison: $9,569 in FY23.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Westfield City Council At-Large

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Mike Tadlock Winner1919.6%
Chad Carlson Winner1818.6%
Dustin Brunsting Winner1717.5%
Jenny Hartman Mendoza 1616.5%
Nancy Pridie 1414.4%

1 more →

Westfield Mayor

Michael Bohlke Winner2250.0%
Willard McFarland 2250.0%

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Westfield; 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 Akron Westfield 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 Westfield; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Westfield 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.

Westfield

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Westfield

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Westfield’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