City

Alleman

$3,220 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($38.25 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$770 a yearof that goes to the city ($9.12 per $1,000)

$256,541property taxes the city levies, FY27

$539,444city 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.

Bill Stevens Jr.Alleman City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Jenni HellerAlleman City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Perry SmithAlleman City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Amanda WoodsAlleman City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Loren SteinkampAlleman City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Robert KrammeAlleman Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
Scott AndreasAlleman 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 Alleman

Homes and businesses in most of Alleman pay a combined $38.25 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Polk County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $9.12. Estimate your bill.

North Polk schools$18.7149%
City of Alleman$9.1224%
Polk County$6.6117%
Broadlawns Medical Center$2.466%
Des Moines Area Community College$0.812%
Lincoln-Alleman Cemetery$0.28<1%
Polk County Assessor$0.23<1%
Polk County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.03<1%

Rates over time

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

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$40.02	$9.50
FY21	$39.21	$9.34
FY22	$39.03	$9.41
FY23	$38.63	$9.19
FY24	$38.55	$8.97
FY25	$38.17	$8.81
FY26	$37.90	$8.61
FY27	$38.25	$9.12

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Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$40.02	$9.50
FY21	$39.21	$9.34
FY22	$39.03	$9.41
FY23	$38.63	$9.19
FY24	$38.55	$8.97
FY25	$38.17	$8.81
FY26	$37.90	$8.61
FY27	$38.25	$9.12

Compared with places this size³

Alleman’s city property tax rate of $9.12 per $1,000 is the 27th lowest of 179 Iowa cities with 290–650 people. The middle of the group is $13.03.

See all 179

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Stanhope	$29.10	354
2	Rolfe	$22.67	505
3	Elliott	$21.61	328
4	Charter Oak	$21.32	521
5	Oxford Junction	$20.84	424
6	Earling	$20.47	394
7	Pomeroy	$19.60	511
8	Fort Atkinson	$19.19	300
9	Salem	$19.15	380
10	Dumont	$19.04	614
11	Seymour	$18.78	646
12	Dexter	$18.69	631
13	Fonda	$18.52	636
14	Massena	$18.23	352
15	Kanawha	$18.11	638
16	Swea City	$18.04	545
17	Elma	$17.82	493
18	Callender	$17.78	361
19	Casey	$17.72	387
20	Dows	$17.70	509
21	New Hartford	$17.69	555
22	Vail	$17.66	383
23	Ringsted	$17.65	346
24	Emerson	$17.54	401
25	Murray	$17.44	609
26	Thompson	$17.25	478
27	Ashton	$17.17	434
28	Pierson	$17.12	335
29	Burt	$17.10	404
30	Latimer	$16.96	477
31	Lohrville	$16.95	366
32	Elk Horn	$16.78	631
33	Mccallsburg	$16.58	356
34	Whittemore	$16.54	478
35	Irwin	$16.46	320
36	Titonka	$16.45	491
37	Early	$16.35	571
38	Truro	$16.34	515
39	Lewis	$16.25	358
40	Duncombe	$16.10	374
41	Bayard	$16.05	402
42	Scranton	$16.01	496
43	Granville	$16.00	302
44	Minden	$15.77	581
45	Minburn	$15.75	317
46	Peterson	$15.27	321
47	Russell	$15.18	475
48	Stanwood	$15.12	612
49	Zearing	$14.99	508
50	Arlington	$14.98	415
51	Maynard	$14.85	466
52	Plainfield	$14.84	392
53	Ryan	$14.84	348
54	Otho	$14.82	417
55	Wyoming	$14.81	526
56	Humeston	$14.80	472
57	Hopkinton	$14.79	622
58	Gilmore City	$14.60	484
59	Sabula	$14.38	498
60	Garrison	$14.38	345
61	Lorimor	$14.36	377
62	Collins	$14.32	503
63	Clermont	$14.30	571
64	Moulton	$14.25	596
65	Ocheyedan	$14.22	424
66	Olin	$14.19	652
67	Garwin	$14.08	469
68	Farragut	$14.07	480
69	Mystic	$14.01	318
70	Lime Springs	$13.95	467
71	Dow City	$13.94	477
72	Wesley	$13.91	382
73	Diagonal	$13.91	331
74	Bussey	$13.83	378
75	Mondamin	$13.82	335
76	Livermore	$13.78	382
77	Fertile	$13.70	300
78	Albion	$13.58	444
79	Lamont	$13.57	429
80	New Albin	$13.55	435
81	Lawler	$13.39	392
82	Lacona	$13.38	336
83	Ute	$13.26	326
84	New Market	$13.25	381
85	Plymouth	$13.21	368
86	Bennett	$13.16	330
87	Quasqueton	$13.12	587
88	Farmington	$13.10	583
89	Anthon	$13.05	534
90	Little Rock	$13.03	447
91	Lehigh	$12.97	395
92	Menlo	$12.92	347
93	Templeton	$12.91	337
94	Brighton	$12.88	592
95	Goldfield	$12.73	617
96	Delmar	$12.68	541
97	Galva	$12.68	416
98	Badger	$12.67	540
99	Martensdale	$12.63	413
100	Williams	$12.57	299
101	Norway	$12.53	463
102	Everly	$12.51	570
103	Mccausland	$12.45	314
104	Spillville	$12.40	371
105	Mingo	$12.31	314
106	Brandon	$12.29	331
107	Moravia	$12.27	625
108	Bonaparte	$12.17	357
109	Hawkeye	$12.11	429
110	Colesburg	$11.97	379
111	Albert City	$11.88	627
112	Thornton	$11.86	394
113	Runnells	$11.79	467
114	Allerton	$11.72	432
115	Kelley	$11.69	312
116	Orient	$11.66	363
117	Ellsworth	$11.57	495
118	Terril	$11.48	310
119	Churdan	$11.31	359
120	Miles	$11.28	400
121	Sutherland	$11.25	628
122	Arcadia	$11.23	588
123	Milton	$10.98	395
124	Ireton	$10.93	571
125	New Vienna	$10.91	384
126	Letts	$10.91	358
127	Birmingham	$10.87	371
128	Charlotte	$10.86	386
129	Richland	$10.82	532
130	Grand Mound	$10.78	608
131	Batavia	$10.77	434
132	Riverdale	$10.67	385
133	Bode	$10.64	304
134	Union	$10.58	378
135	Calamus	$10.47	348
136	Lovilia	$10.46	456
137	Danbury	$10.43	315
138	Radcliffe	$10.37	540
139	Stacyville	$10.36	436
140	Andrew	$10.22	374
141	Royal	$10.20	379
142	Bronson	$10.14	294
143	Rudd	$10.13	339
144	Floyd	$10.02	297
145	What Cheer	$10.01	595
146	Cumming	$9.85	527
147	Breda	$9.80	492
148	Doon	$9.78	640
149	Lynnville	$9.68	382
150	Salix	$9.63	303
151	Farnhamville	$9.18	364
152	Middletown	$9.16	365
153	Alleman	$9.12	439
154	Lester	$8.94	309
155	Crescent	$8.72	626
156	Ainsworth	$8.62	511
157	Gilman	$8.10	530
158	Lost Nation	$8.10	425
159	Kellogg	$8.10	597
160	Grandview	$8.10	431
161	Nichols	$8.10	317
162	Luana	$7.98	303
163	Agency	$7.94	623
164	Delhi	$7.81	438
165	Klemme	$7.74	429
166	Beacon	$7.56	434
167	Sheldahl	$7.56	312
168	Worthington	$7.50	374
169	Marquette	$7.08	434
170	Columbus City	$6.94	385
171	Donahue	$6.83	336
172	Keystone	$6.80	616
173	New Virginia	$5.97	499
174	Holy Cross	$5.91	348
175	Conesville	$5.86	350
176	University Park	$5.27	476
177	Orleans	$4.13	503
178	Wahpeton	$3.19	337
179	West Okoboji	$2.92	311

The $8.10 limit

Alleman’s general levy is $8.10 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, at the limit.⁴ 247 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $7.94 · FY26 $7.71 · FY27 $8.10 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $1.02 more⁵

Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.02 · $28,038

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$3.1M of taxable value in Alleman is in TIF districts’ increment (9% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.⁶ It budgeted $10,000 in TIF revenue for FY25.

Year	TIF revenue
FY16	$180

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Year	TIF revenue
FY16	$180

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$222,71889%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$28,03811%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Alleman’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 178 Iowa cities closest in size (290–650 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (178)
General Government	36¢	14¢
Public Works	30¢	18¢
Debt Service	15¢	4¢
Public Safety	9¢	9¢
Business Type / Enterprise	7¢	40¢
Everything else	3¢	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$201,27537%
Public Works$161,89930%
Debt Service$76,01514%
Public Safety$50,5319%
Culture and Recreation$49,7249%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($35,419 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$118,198	$139,827
Public Safety	$38,523	$53,628
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$99,934	$184,323
Debt Service	$14,241	$7,073
Culture and Recreation	$9,495	$7,211
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$77,201	$99,846

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁷

$666,605

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? ⁸

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: $28,533 in FY25, down 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 22% less. Grants are below.

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Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$30,851	$27,779	$28,371	$28,533

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.

$41,841

$129

State grants$129100%

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$41,841
FY23	$35,790
FY24	$569
FY25	$129

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Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$41,841
FY23	$35,790
FY24	$569
FY25	$129

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−22%$29,233 → $28,533, down 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 22% 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 FY20 while prices rose 24%, so it buys 19% more.

$117,182

$102,646

Federal grants, for comparison: $15,091 in FY21.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Alleman City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Jenni Heller Winner5022.5%
Perry Smith Winner5022.5%
James Aswegan 4620.7%
John Kinsey 4419.8%
Bobby Jones 3214.4%

Alleman City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy

Bill Stevens Jr. Unopposed101100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁹

Jack Whitver (Sen. 23)Brian K. Lohse (Rep. 45)

U.S. House:District 3

Polk County North Polk 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. ↩
Iowa Code section 384.1, as changed by House File 718 (2023). Until FY25 a city’s regular general levy was capped at $8.10 by itself, and a city at the cap could add an emergency levy of up to $0.27. From FY25 the general levy and several smaller levies were combined into one “consolidated” general levy with an $8.10 limit; a city whose combined rate was above $8.10 lowers it in steps, in years its taxable value grows by more than the law allows, until it reaches $8.10. So years before FY25 aren’t directly comparable with later ones. ↩
Levies outside the limit are each set aside for one purpose and have their own rules: debt service pays back bonds voters or the council approved, employee benefits cover pensions and insurance, and some (transit, an airport, insurance costs) have their own caps in state law. ↩
Tax increment financing: when a city sets up a TIF district, the taxable value there is frozen at a “base”. Taxes on the base go to every government as usual; taxes on the growth in value since (the “increment”) go to the city’s TIF fund to pay for the project, such as roads, utilities or a developer rebate, until the district ends. From the state’s valuation file (Iowa Data Hub), valuation year 2025. ↩
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 Alleman; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Alleman 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.

Alleman

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Alleman

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $1.02 more5

Tax increment financing (TIF)

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Alleman’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 Congress9

Compared with places this size³

Outside the limit: $1.02 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁹