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Schaller

Sac County · How cities work

$2,600 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($30.90 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,020 a yearof that goes to the city ($12.14 per $1,000)
$258,398property taxes the city levies, FY27
$544,836city 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.

  • Keith L ThompsonSchaller City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Nathan BlumSchaller City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Rex RimmerSchaller City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Cindy SegebartSchaller City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Michael BaileySchaller City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Sean EhrpSchaller Mayor · 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 Schaller

Homes and businesses in most of Schaller pay a combined $30.90 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Sac County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $12.14. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$30.93$12.31
FY21$30.67$12.25
FY22$30.16$12.05
FY23$30.07$11.65
FY24$30.57$12.22
FY25$30.85$12.55
FY26$31.35$12.62
FY27$30.90$12.14
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$30.93$12.31
FY21$30.67$12.25
FY22$30.16$12.05
FY23$30.07$11.65
FY24$30.57$12.22
FY25$30.85$12.55
FY26$31.35$12.62
FY27$30.90$12.14

Compared with places this size3

Schaller’s city property tax rate of $12.14 per $1,000 is the 70th lowest of 186 Iowa cities with 470–1,100 people. The middle of the group is $12.99.

Exira: $24.81Rolfe: $22.67Dayton: $22.51Charter Oak: $21.32Correctionville: $19.84Pomeroy: $19.60Allison: $19.06Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Greene: $17.91Alden: $17.90Elma: $17.82Dows: $17.70New Hartford: $17.69Lansing: $17.67Rockwell: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Latimer: $16.96Adair: $16.84Eddyville: $16.82Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Buffalo Center: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Titonka: $16.45Eldon: $16.42Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Mechanicsville: $16.12Scranton: $16.01Armstrong: $15.87Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Newell: $15.49Riceville: $15.31Neola: $15.30Sidney: $15.19Russell: $15.18Gilbertville: $15.15Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Griswold: $15.01Zearing: $14.99Readlyn: $14.99Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Gilmore City: $14.60Dunlap: $14.56Garnavillo: $14.52Maxwell: $14.50Sabula: $14.38Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Mcgregor: $14.20Olin: $14.19Primghar: $14.18Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Elgin: $14.05Dow City: $13.94Ossian: $13.88Redfield: $13.73Victor: $13.72Edgewood: $13.64Sioux Rapids: $13.63Donnellson: $13.63Gladbrook: $13.58Rockford: $13.52Janesville: $13.43Boyden: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Anita: $13.28Van Horne: $13.27Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Anthon: $13.05Odebolt: $13.00Coggon: $12.99Earlville: $12.90Brighton: $12.88Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85Montrose: $12.78Goldfield: $12.73Wellsburg: $12.68Delmar: $12.68Badger: $12.67Stanton: $12.62Hospers: $12.58Everly: $12.51Hazleton: $12.48West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Alburnett: $12.30Hubbard: $12.30Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Winfield: $12.04Afton: $11.96Lowden: $11.93Tabor: $11.88Albert City: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Merrill: $11.64Ellsworth: $11.57Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Dunkerton: $11.30Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $11.04Manilla: $11.01Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Ireton: $10.93Fontanelle: $10.88Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Cambridge: $10.53Swisher: $10.39Schleswig: $10.39Melbourne: $10.38Radcliffe: $10.37Fredericksburg: $10.27Ventura: $10.22Inwood: $10.22Milo: $10.20Hartford: $10.16What Cheer: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Cumming: $9.85Graettinger: $9.81Breda: $9.80Doon: $9.78Long Grove: $9.59Paullina: $9.21Winthrop: $8.94Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Keosauqua: $8.58Grand Junction: $8.57Princeton: $8.24Gilman: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lakeside: $8.10Agency: $7.94Hills: $7.94Fremont: $7.86Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Raymond: $6.85Keystone: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79New Virginia: $5.97University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Okoboji: $3.83Schaller: $12.14$3.83 lowest$24.81 highestmiddle
See all 186
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Exira$24.81766
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Dayton$22.51766
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Correctionville$19.84759
6Pomeroy$19.60511
7Allison$19.06937
8Dumont$19.04614
9Seymour$18.78646
10Dexter$18.69631
11Fonda$18.52636
12Kanawha$18.11638
13Swea City$18.04545
14Greene$17.91971
15Alden$17.90738
16Elma$17.82493
17Dows$17.70509
18New Hartford$17.69555
19Lansing$17.67959
20Rockwell$17.541,044
21Walnut$17.46728
22Murray$17.44609
23Thompson$17.25478
24Gowrie$17.17943
25Colo$17.14856
26Latimer$16.96477
27Adair$16.84792
28Eddyville$16.82965
29Elk Horn$16.78631
30Oxford$16.70715
31Buffalo Center$16.58839
32Whittemore$16.54478
33Bancroft$16.52677
34Titonka$16.45491
35Eldon$16.42788
36Early$16.35571
37Truro$16.34515
38Mechanicsville$16.12974
39Scranton$16.01496
40Armstrong$15.87847
41Ruthven$15.84710
42Minden$15.77581
43Walker$15.74671
44Newell$15.49850
45Riceville$15.31807
46Neola$15.30917
47Sidney$15.191,048
48Russell$15.18475
49Gilbertville$15.15792
50Stanwood$15.12612
51Stratford$15.03688
52Griswold$15.01975
53Zearing$14.99508
54Readlyn$14.99857
55Wyoming$14.81526
56Humeston$14.80472
57Hopkinton$14.79622
58Essex$14.76721
59Gilmore City$14.60484
60Dunlap$14.561,030
61Garnavillo$14.52751
62Maxwell$14.50862
63Sabula$14.38498
64Collins$14.32503
65Clermont$14.30571
66Moulton$14.25596
67Mcgregor$14.20725
68Olin$14.19652
69Primghar$14.18893
70Garwin$14.08469
71Farragut$14.07480
72Elgin$14.05676
73Dow City$13.94477
74Ossian$13.88777
75Redfield$13.73719
76Victor$13.72852
77Edgewood$13.64908
78Sioux Rapids$13.63722
79Donnellson$13.63859
80Gladbrook$13.58775
81Rockford$13.52722
82Janesville$13.431,052
83Boyden$13.39694
84Baxter$13.32983
85Anita$13.28953
86Van Horne$13.27768
87Keota$13.21888
88Shellsburg$13.20987
89De Soto$13.18937
90Quasqueton$13.12587
91Farmington$13.10583
92Anthon$13.05534
93Odebolt$13.00967
94Coggon$12.99691
95Earlville$12.90713
96Brighton$12.88592
97Danville$12.87910
98Underwood$12.85973
99Montrose$12.78734
100Goldfield$12.73617
101Wellsburg$12.68709
102Delmar$12.68541
103Badger$12.67540
104Stanton$12.62664
105Hospers$12.58703
106Everly$12.51570
107Hazleton$12.48711
108West Point$12.39903
109Hinton$12.38959
110Preston$12.38940
111Alburnett$12.30672
112Hubbard$12.30837
113Moravia$12.27625
114Hedrick$12.22717
115Carson$12.22772
116Wheatland$12.18765
117Schaller$12.14702
118Winfield$12.041,006
119Afton$11.96864
120Lowden$11.93767
121Tabor$11.88983
122Albert City$11.88627
123Aurelia$11.84970
124Merrill$11.64713
125Ellsworth$11.57495
126Morning Sun$11.50702
127Battle Creek$11.49683
128Wall Lake$11.43739
129West Bend$11.42770
130Dakota City$11.39764
131Dunkerton$11.30840
132Sutherland$11.25628
133Arcadia$11.23588
134Whiting$11.21725
135Shelby$11.17730
136Blairstown$11.04705
137Manilla$11.01756
138Hamburg$10.95863
139Clarence$10.94991
140Ireton$10.93571
141Fontanelle$10.88684
142Richland$10.82532
143Grand Mound$10.78608
144Cambridge$10.53844
145Swisher$10.39909
146Schleswig$10.39820
147Melbourne$10.38771
148Radcliffe$10.37540
149Fredericksburg$10.27983
150Ventura$10.22701
151Inwood$10.22962
152Milo$10.20762
153Hartford$10.16729
154What Cheer$10.01595
155Newhall$9.99887
156Cumming$9.85527
157Graettinger$9.81810
158Breda$9.80492
159Doon$9.78640
160Long Grove$9.59849
161Paullina$9.21979
162Winthrop$8.94814
163Crescent$8.72626
164Ainsworth$8.62511
165Keosauqua$8.58944
166Grand Junction$8.57715
167Princeton$8.24917
168Gilman$8.10530
169Kellogg$8.10597
170Lakeside$8.10695
171Agency$7.94623
172Hills$7.94911
173Fremont$7.86688
174Larchwood$7.52954
175North English$7.491,030
176Sully$7.41891
177Fruitland$7.21928
178Lawton$7.10949
179Wayland$7.07935
180Raymond$6.85754
181Keystone$6.80616
182Shueyville$6.79725
183New Virginia$5.97499
184University Park$5.27476
185Orleans$4.13503
186Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

Schaller’s general levy is $7.86 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.24 below the limit.4 640 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $7.86 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $7.86 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $4.28 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$2.38 · $50,017
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.45 · $30,526
  • Debt Service Levy$0.45 · $9,368

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$165,34865%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$50,01720%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$30,52612%
  • Debt Service Levy$9,3684%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Schaller’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 51¢ of every dollar51¢Public Works: 15¢ of every dollar15¢General Government: 13¢ of every dollar13¢Culture and Recreation: 9¢ of every dollar9¢Public Safety: 8¢ of every dollar8¢Everything else: 4¢ 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 185 Iowa cities closest in size (470–1,100 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (185)
Business Type / Enterprise51¢40¢
Public Works15¢17¢
General Government13¢11¢
Culture and Recreation9¢9¢
Public Safety8¢9¢
Everything else4¢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.

  • Public Works$175,47332%
  • General Government$138,97426%
  • Culture and Recreation$112,38421%
  • Public Safety$83,22415%
  • Community and Economic Development$21,4004%
  • Debt Service$9,5812%
  • Health and Social Services$3,8001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($576,021 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$113,308$66,234
Public Safety$72,681$203,264
Health and Social Services$3,300$3,735
General Government$114,914$108,635
Debt Service$9,280$9,280
Culture and Recreation$86,668$96,031
Community and Economic Development$16,800$11,439
Capital Projects$0$58,132
Business Type / Enterprise$302,844$498,705

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$1.2M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Schaller owes

$262,200 at June 30, 2026: $360 per resident. 661st most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$1.2M
$262,200
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$262,200$360
2025$347,820$477
2024$431,960$593
2023$515,580$707
2022$679,040$931
2021$679,040$931
2020$759,800$1,042
2019$815,000$1,118
2018$876,000$1,202
2017$876,000$1,202
2016$935,000$1,283
2015$993,000$1,362
2014$1.0M$1,439
2013$1.0M$1,407
2012$1.1M$1,478
2011$1.1M$1,548
2010$1.2M$1,599
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$262,200$360
2025$347,820$477
2024$431,960$593
2023$515,580$707
2022$679,040$931
2021$679,040$931
2020$759,800$1,042
2019$815,000$1,118
2018$876,000$1,202
2017$876,000$1,202
2016$935,000$1,283
2015$993,000$1,362
2014$1.0M$1,439
2013$1.0M$1,407
2012$1.1M$1,478
2011$1.1M$1,548
2010$1.2M$1,599

Down 78% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $30,180, 2% of the limit of about $1.9M (5% of $38.8M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

2 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsLagoon to update our lagoon system and infiltration issues required by the DNR.2029$232,020
General ObligationWastewater lagoon required by the DNR for our system.2029$30,180

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. Schaller’s latest audit has them: Periodic Examination, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Periodic Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Tuesday, March 31, 2026, by a CPA firm.

The report has no Schedule of Findings Iowa Funnel could read.

3 earlier reports for Schaller

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: $105,689 in FY25, down 7% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 26% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$101,844$100,318$102,973$103,532
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$20,246$20,721$3,215$2,157

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.

$14,215
$12,449
  • CEBA grants$10,76786%
  • State grants$1,68214%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$1,146
FY20$3,274
FY21$1,616
FY22$1,711
FY23$1,545
FY24$14,215
FY25$12,449
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$1,146
FY20$3,274
FY21$1,616
FY22$1,711
FY23$1,545
FY24$14,215
FY25$12,449

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−17%$99,731 → $103,532, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−87%$13,457 → $2,157, down 84% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 87% 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 34% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 7% more.

$97,832
$96,396

Federal grants, for comparison: $54,052 in FY23.

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 · 1

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Schaller; 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.

  • Schaller City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Cindy Segebart, Michael Bailey
  • Schaller Mayor
    Now held by Sean Ehrp

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

Past ballot measures

  • Public Measure SRNovember 7, 2023

    Passed Yes 88.7% (180) · No 11.3% (23)

    Passes with more yes votes than no.

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

Tim Kraayenbrink (Sen. 4)Wendy Larson (Rep. 7)

U.S. House:District 4

Sac CountySchaller-Crestland schools