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City

Irwin

$3,080 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($36.60 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,390 a yearof that goes to the city ($16.46 per $1,000)

$141,177property taxes the city levies, FY27

$298,000city 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.

Bryce BruckIrwin City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Greg GaerIrwin City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Lana SchwiesoIrwin City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Richard WiigIrwin Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Jonna WilladsenIrwin City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Richard WiigIrwin 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 Irwin

Homes and businesses in most of Irwin pay a combined $36.60 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Shelby County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $16.46. Estimate your bill.

City of Irwin$16.4645%
Ikm-Manning schools$12.9935%
Shelby County$6.3117%
Everyone else$0.842%

Rates over time

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

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$30.71	$12.86
FY21	$30.73	$13.00
FY22	$30.82	$13.19
FY23	$32.20	$13.82
FY24	$34.07	$15.41
FY25	$36.79	$17.61
FY26	$34.91	$14.84
FY27	$36.60	$16.46

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$30.71	$12.86
FY21	$30.73	$13.00
FY22	$30.82	$13.19
FY23	$32.20	$13.82
FY24	$34.07	$15.41
FY25	$36.79	$17.61
FY26	$34.91	$14.84
FY27	$36.60	$16.46

Compared with places this size³

Irwin’s city property tax rate of $16.46 per $1,000 is the 30th highest of 203 Iowa cities with 210–480 people. The middle of the group is $12.45.

See all 203

#	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	Thompson	$17.25	478
19	Ashton	$17.17	434
20	Pierson	$17.12	335
21	Burt	$17.10	404
22	Pisgah	$17.09	248
23	Latimer	$16.96	477
24	Lohrville	$16.95	366
25	Lakota	$16.84	261
26	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
27	Auburn	$16.65	253
28	Mccallsburg	$16.58	356
29	Whittemore	$16.54	478
30	Irwin	$16.46	320
31	Lewis	$16.25	358
32	Corwith	$16.22	259
33	Deep River	$16.18	243
34	Waucoma	$16.17	235
35	Duncombe	$16.10	374
36	Bayard	$16.05	402
37	Granville	$16.00	302
38	Minburn	$15.75	317
39	Peterson	$15.27	321
40	Greeley	$15.23	216
41	Russell	$15.18	475
42	Arlington	$14.98	415
43	Riverton	$14.94	243
44	Marathon	$14.89	221
45	Maynard	$14.85	466
46	Plainfield	$14.84	392
47	Ryan	$14.84	348
48	Otho	$14.82	417
49	Humeston	$14.80	472
50	Ladora	$14.74	223
51	Bagley	$14.63	230
52	Garrison	$14.38	345
53	Halbur	$14.37	268
54	Lorimor	$14.36	377
55	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
56	Kimballton	$14.27	281
57	Ocheyedan	$14.22	424
58	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
59	Garwin	$14.08	469
60	Farragut	$14.07	480
61	Mystic	$14.01	318
62	Lime Springs	$13.95	467
63	Dow City	$13.94	477
64	Wesley	$13.91	382
65	Diagonal	$13.91	331
66	Bussey	$13.83	378
67	Mondamin	$13.82	335
68	Livermore	$13.78	382
69	Fertile	$13.70	300
70	Stockport	$13.68	272
71	Kellerton	$13.60	241
72	Albion	$13.58	444
73	Quimby	$13.58	245
74	Lamont	$13.57	429
75	New Albin	$13.55	435
76	Persia	$13.41	292
77	Lawler	$13.39	392
78	Lacona	$13.38	336
79	Leland	$13.31	240
80	Ute	$13.26	326
81	New Market	$13.25	381
82	Plymouth	$13.21	368
83	Harcourt	$13.21	257
84	Bennett	$13.16	330
85	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
86	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
87	Little Rock	$13.03	447
88	Lehigh	$12.97	395
89	Menlo	$12.92	347
90	Templeton	$12.91	337
91	Silver City	$12.87	244
92	Martelle	$12.83	250
93	Malcom	$12.82	257
94	Galva	$12.68	416
95	Martensdale	$12.63	413
96	Blencoe	$12.57	223
97	Williams	$12.57	299
98	Maurice	$12.56	271
99	Norway	$12.53	463
100	Clearfield	$12.50	277
101	Kensett	$12.47	256
102	Mccausland	$12.45	314
103	Spillville	$12.40	371
104	Modale	$12.34	284
105	Mingo	$12.31	314
106	Brandon	$12.29	331
107	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
108	Cushing	$12.18	225
109	Bonaparte	$12.17	357
110	Macedonia	$12.12	266
111	Hawkeye	$12.11	429
112	Paton	$12.09	217
113	Kiron	$12.03	262
114	Colesburg	$11.97	379
115	Liscomb	$11.96	292
116	New Providence	$11.88	233
117	Thornton	$11.86	394
118	Runnells	$11.79	467
119	Allerton	$11.72	432
120	Atalissa	$11.71	287
121	Cantril	$11.69	224
122	Kelley	$11.69	312
123	Orient	$11.66	363
124	Cincinnati	$11.57	280
125	Delta	$11.52	257
126	Terril	$11.48	310
127	Westside	$11.45	283
128	Holland	$11.37	261
129	Churdan	$11.31	359
130	Mallard	$11.28	255
131	Miles	$11.28	400
132	Renwick	$11.16	228
133	Milton	$10.98	395
134	New Vienna	$10.91	384
135	Letts	$10.91	358
136	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
137	Birmingham	$10.87	371
138	Charlotte	$10.86	386
139	Yale	$10.85	265
140	Batavia	$10.77	434
141	Hornick	$10.74	255
142	Riverdale	$10.67	385
143	Bode	$10.64	304
144	Union	$10.58	378
145	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
146	Calamus	$10.47	348
147	Lovilia	$10.46	456
148	Danbury	$10.43	315
149	Lytton	$10.38	274
150	Stacyville	$10.36	436
151	Rhodes	$10.36	269
152	Dedham	$10.28	221
153	Deloit	$10.28	246
154	Protivin	$10.28	264
155	Andrew	$10.22	374
156	Royal	$10.20	379
157	Bronson	$10.14	294
158	Rudd	$10.13	339
159	La Motte	$10.09	235
160	Defiance	$10.05	248
161	Floyd	$10.02	297
162	Panama	$9.85	234
163	Lynnville	$9.68	382
164	Ionia	$9.65	220
165	Salix	$9.63	303
166	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
167	Rippey	$9.42	217
168	Farnhamville	$9.18	364
169	Middletown	$9.16	365
170	Alleman	$9.12	439
171	Lester	$8.94	309
172	Harvey	$8.71	242
173	Rowley	$8.31	264
174	Fostoria	$8.10	229
175	Lost Nation	$8.10	425
176	Low Moor	$8.10	242
177	Bertram	$8.10	267
178	Grandview	$8.10	431
179	Nichols	$8.10	317
180	Laurel	$8.10	214
181	Luana	$7.98	303
182	Lockridge	$7.92	245
183	Delhi	$7.81	438
184	Klemme	$7.74	429
185	Pulaski	$7.58	259
186	Beacon	$7.56	434
187	Sheldahl	$7.56	312
188	Fredonia	$7.55	227
189	Worthington	$7.50	374
190	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
191	Alvord	$7.41	216
192	Marquette	$7.08	434
193	Columbus City	$6.94	385
194	Donahue	$6.83	336
195	Libertyville	$6.60	278
196	Keswick	$6.49	238
197	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
198	Holy Cross	$5.91	348
199	Conesville	$5.86	350
200	University Park	$5.27	476
201	Maharishi Vedic City	$3.87	290
202	Wahpeton	$3.19	337
203	West Okoboji	$2.92	311

The $8.10 limit

Irwin’s general levy is $8.02 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.08 below the limit.⁴ 422 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $7.86 · FY26 $8.10 · FY27 $8.02 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $8.44 more⁵

Total Employee Benefit Levies$4.97 · $42,099
Liability, property & self insurance costs$3.47 · $29,371

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$67,92349%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$42,09930%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$29,37121%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Irwin’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 201 Iowa cities closest in size (210–480 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (201)
Business Type / Enterprise	37¢	38¢
Public Works	23¢	20¢
General Government	20¢	16¢
Culture and Recreation	9¢	8¢
Public Safety	6¢	9¢
Everything else	5¢	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.

General Government$114,50038%
Public Works$105,80036%
Culture and Recreation$45,00015%
Public Safety$31,20010%
Community and Economic Development$1,5001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($195,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$67,400	$107,983
Public Safety	$63,575	$37,573
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$57,000	$76,888
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$35,955	$45,945
Community and Economic Development	$1,000	$9,339
Capital Projects	$200,000	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$128,000	$101,711

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁶

$464,573

$72,902

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: $30,197 in FY25, up 9% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 13% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$28,083	$27,765	$28,513	$28,668
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)	–	–	–	$1,529

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.

$34,210

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$34,210
FY25	$0

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$0
FY22	$0
FY23	$0
FY24	$34,210
FY25	$0

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−18%$27,710 → $28,668, up 3% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 18% 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 89% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 91% less.

$43,825

$3,581

Federal grants, for comparison: $47,250 in FY23.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Irwin City Council At-Large

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Bryce Bruck Winner11128.8%
Greg Gaer Winner10126.2%
Lana Schwieso Winner10025.9%
Jessica Holloway 4511.7%
Lee Ferry 297.5%

Irwin Mayor

Richard Wiig Unopposed136100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸

Jason Schultz (Sen. 6)Steven C. Holt (Rep. 12)

U.S. House:District 4

Shelby County Ikm-Manning schools

Notas

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 Irwin; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Irwin works within. ↩

Fuentes: 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.

Irwin

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Irwin

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $8.44 more5

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Irwin’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: $8.44 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸