City

Mccausland

$2,610 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.03 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,050 a yearof that goes to the city ($12.45 per $1,000)

$157,031property taxes the city levies, FY27

$285,405city 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.

Kathryn ShipmanMcCausland City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Rick TagueMcCausland City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Shannon MizaurMcCausland City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
William GillespieMcCausland Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
James StewartMcCausland City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Lloyd R ClaussenMcCausland City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
William GillespieMcCausland 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 Mccausland

Homes and businesses in most of Mccausland pay a combined $31.03 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Scott County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $12.45. Estimate your bill.

City of Mccausland$12.4540%
North Scott schools$11.3236%
Scott County$5.9319%
Eastern Iowa Community College$1.043%
Scott County Assessor$0.22<1%
Scott County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.06<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$29.43	$9.77
FY21	$32.06	$12.65
FY22	$29.47	$10.62
FY23	$28.71	$10.08
FY24	$29.64	$10.99
FY25	$33.00	$14.02
FY26	$32.65	$13.73
FY27	$31.03	$12.45

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$29.43	$9.77
FY21	$32.06	$12.65
FY22	$29.47	$10.62
FY23	$28.71	$10.08
FY24	$29.64	$10.99
FY25	$33.00	$14.02
FY26	$32.65	$13.73
FY27	$31.03	$12.45

Compared with places this size³

Mccausland’s city property tax rate of $12.45 per $1,000 is the 96th highest of 197 Iowa cities with 210–470 people. The middle of the group is $12.31.

See all 197

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Stanhope	$29.10	354
2	Fenton	$22.05	250
3	Coulter	$21.80	220
4	Elliott	$21.61	328
5	Oxford Junction	$20.84	424
6	Earling	$20.47	394
7	Alta Vista	$19.88	219
8	Arthur	$19.86	218
9	Fort Atkinson	$19.19	300
10	Salem	$19.15	380
11	Cumberland	$18.42	248
12	Massena	$18.23	352
13	Callender	$17.78	361
14	Casey	$17.72	387
15	Vail	$17.66	383
16	Ringsted	$17.65	346
17	Emerson	$17.54	401
18	Ashton	$17.17	434
19	Pierson	$17.12	335
20	Burt	$17.10	404
21	Pisgah	$17.09	248
22	Lohrville	$16.95	366
23	Lakota	$16.84	261
24	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
25	Auburn	$16.65	253
26	Mccallsburg	$16.58	356
27	Irwin	$16.46	320
28	Lewis	$16.25	358
29	Corwith	$16.22	259
30	Deep River	$16.18	243
31	Waucoma	$16.17	235
32	Duncombe	$16.10	374
33	Bayard	$16.05	402
34	Granville	$16.00	302
35	Minburn	$15.75	317
36	Peterson	$15.27	321
37	Greeley	$15.23	216
38	Arlington	$14.98	415
39	Riverton	$14.94	243
40	Marathon	$14.89	221
41	Maynard	$14.85	466
42	Plainfield	$14.84	392
43	Ryan	$14.84	348
44	Otho	$14.82	417
45	Ladora	$14.74	223
46	Bagley	$14.63	230
47	Garrison	$14.38	345
48	Halbur	$14.37	268
49	Lorimor	$14.36	377
50	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
51	Kimballton	$14.27	281
52	Ocheyedan	$14.22	424
53	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
54	Garwin	$14.08	469
55	Mystic	$14.01	318
56	Lime Springs	$13.95	467
57	Wesley	$13.91	382
58	Diagonal	$13.91	331
59	Bussey	$13.83	378
60	Mondamin	$13.82	335
61	Livermore	$13.78	382
62	Fertile	$13.70	300
63	Stockport	$13.68	272
64	Kellerton	$13.60	241
65	Albion	$13.58	444
66	Quimby	$13.58	245
67	Lamont	$13.57	429
68	New Albin	$13.55	435
69	Meservey	$13.43	212
70	Persia	$13.41	292
71	Lawler	$13.39	392
72	Lacona	$13.38	336
73	Leland	$13.31	240
74	Ute	$13.26	326
75	New Market	$13.25	381
76	Plymouth	$13.21	368
77	Harcourt	$13.21	257
78	Bennett	$13.16	330
79	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
80	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
81	Little Rock	$13.03	447
82	Lehigh	$12.97	395
83	Menlo	$12.92	347
84	Templeton	$12.91	337
85	Silver City	$12.87	244
86	Martelle	$12.83	250
87	Malcom	$12.82	257
88	Galva	$12.68	416
89	Martensdale	$12.63	413
90	Blencoe	$12.57	223
91	Williams	$12.57	299
92	Maurice	$12.56	271
93	Norway	$12.53	463
94	Clearfield	$12.50	277
95	Kensett	$12.47	256
96	Mccausland	$12.45	314
97	Spillville	$12.40	371
98	Modale	$12.34	284
99	Mingo	$12.31	314
100	Brandon	$12.29	331
101	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
102	Cushing	$12.18	225
103	Bonaparte	$12.17	357
104	Macedonia	$12.12	266
105	Hawkeye	$12.11	429
106	Paton	$12.09	217
107	Kiron	$12.03	262
108	Colesburg	$11.97	379
109	Liscomb	$11.96	292
110	New Providence	$11.88	233
111	Thornton	$11.86	394
112	Runnells	$11.79	467
113	Allerton	$11.72	432
114	Atalissa	$11.71	287
115	Cantril	$11.69	224
116	Kelley	$11.69	312
117	Orient	$11.66	363
118	Cincinnati	$11.57	280
119	Delta	$11.52	257
120	Terril	$11.48	310
121	Westside	$11.45	283
122	Holland	$11.37	261
123	Churdan	$11.31	359
124	Mallard	$11.28	255
125	Miles	$11.28	400
126	Renwick	$11.16	228
127	Milton	$10.98	395
128	New Vienna	$10.91	384
129	Letts	$10.91	358
130	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
131	Birmingham	$10.87	371
132	Charlotte	$10.86	386
133	Yale	$10.85	265
134	Batavia	$10.77	434
135	Hornick	$10.74	255
136	Riverdale	$10.67	385
137	Bode	$10.64	304
138	Union	$10.58	378
139	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
140	Calamus	$10.47	348
141	Lovilia	$10.46	456
142	Danbury	$10.43	315
143	Lytton	$10.38	274
144	Stacyville	$10.36	436
145	Rhodes	$10.36	269
146	Dedham	$10.28	221
147	Deloit	$10.28	246
148	Protivin	$10.28	264
149	Andrew	$10.22	374
150	Royal	$10.20	379
151	Bronson	$10.14	294
152	Rudd	$10.13	339
153	La Motte	$10.09	235
154	Defiance	$10.05	248
155	Floyd	$10.02	297
156	Panama	$9.85	234
157	Grafton	$9.83	212
158	Lynnville	$9.68	382
159	Ionia	$9.65	220
160	Salix	$9.63	303
161	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
162	Rippey	$9.42	217
163	Farnhamville	$9.18	364
164	Middletown	$9.16	365
165	Alleman	$9.12	439
166	Lester	$8.94	309
167	Harvey	$8.71	242
168	Rowley	$8.31	264
169	Fostoria	$8.10	229
170	Lost Nation	$8.10	425
171	Low Moor	$8.10	242
172	Bertram	$8.10	267
173	Grandview	$8.10	431
174	Nichols	$8.10	317
175	Laurel	$8.10	214
176	Luana	$7.98	303
177	Lockridge	$7.92	245
178	Delhi	$7.81	438
179	Klemme	$7.74	429
180	Pulaski	$7.58	259
181	Beacon	$7.56	434
182	Sheldahl	$7.56	312
183	Fredonia	$7.55	227
184	Worthington	$7.50	374
185	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
186	Alvord	$7.41	216
187	Marquette	$7.08	434
188	Columbus City	$6.94	385
189	Donahue	$6.83	336
190	Libertyville	$6.60	278
191	Keswick	$6.49	238
192	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
193	Holy Cross	$5.91	348
194	Conesville	$5.86	350
195	Maharishi Vedic City	$3.87	290
196	Wahpeton	$3.19	337
197	West Okoboji	$2.92	311

The $8.10 limit

Mccausland’s general levy is $8.36 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.26 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.⁴ 67 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.52 · FY26 $8.36 · FY27 $8.36 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $4.09 more⁵

Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.77 · $34,607
Debt Service Levy$1.32 · $16,513

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$104,43467%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$34,60722%
Debt Service Levy$16,51311%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Mccausland’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 195 Iowa cities closest in size (210–470 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (195)
Business Type / Enterprise	33¢	39¢
Public Works	23¢	20¢
General Government	22¢	16¢
Culture and Recreation	13¢	8¢
Public Safety	4¢	9¢
Everything else	5¢	5¢

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$100,45735%
Public Works$94,45133%
Culture and Recreation$55,73720%
Debt Service$16,7006%
Public Safety$16,1006%
Community and Economic Development$1,9601%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($151,343 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$112,500	$175,878
Public Safety	$15,500	$14,867
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$93,392	$91,389
Debt Service	$50,000	$34,699
Culture and Recreation	$39,022	$78,002
Community and Economic Development	$5,000	$10,894
Capital Projects	$23,250	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$241,322	$242,574

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁶

$831,110

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25

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? ⁷

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: $25,318 in FY25, down 13% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 31% less. Grants are below.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$23,214	$44,445	$25,141	$25,318

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.

$15,673

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$918
FY20	$2,498
FY21	$0
FY22	$15,673
FY23	$0
FY24	$0
FY25	$0

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$918
FY20	$2,498
FY21	$0
FY22	$15,673
FY23	$0
FY24	$0
FY25	$0

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−31%$29,180 → $25,318, down 13% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 31% 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 60% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 27% more.

$65,614

$64,420

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25

Federal grants, for comparison: $23,251 in FY23.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 3

McCausland City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Kathryn Shipman Winner5153.7%
Shannon Mizaur Winner4446.3%

McCausland City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy

Rick Tague Unopposed54100.0%

McCausland Mayor

William Gillespie Unopposed51100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸

Mike Zimmer (Sen. 35)Norlin G. Mommsen (Rep. 70)

U.S. House:District 1

Scott County North Scott 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. ↩
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 Mccausland; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Mccausland 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.

Mccausland

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Mccausland

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $4.09 more5

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Mccausland’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 Congress8

Compared with places this size³

Outside the limit: $4.09 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸