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Orange City

Sioux County · How cities work

$2,690 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.90 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,180 a yearof that goes to the city ($14.01 per $1,000)
$5.4Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$19.7Mcity 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.

  • Andrew BloemendaalOrange City City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Deb De HaanOrange City Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Mark ScallonOrange City City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Bret WalingaOrange City City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Daron De JongOrange City City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Olivia ChapmanOrange City City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Chris ImmekerOrange City Hospital Trustee · elected November 4, 2025
  • Dale PluimOrange City Hospital Trustee · elected November 4, 2025
  • Russ AdamsOrange City Hospital Trustee · elected November 4, 2025
  • Kathy AlonsOrange City Hospital Trustee · elected November 7, 2023
  • Tim ZeutenhorstOrange City Hospital Trustee · elected November 7, 2023
  • Wade HoflandOrange City Hospital Trustee · 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 Orange City

Homes and businesses in most of Orange City pay a combined $31.90 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Sioux County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $14.01. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$30.50$14.46
FY21$32.72$14.46
FY22$32.30$14.46
FY23$32.03$14.46
FY24$32.72$14.61
FY25$32.49$14.46
FY26$32.48$14.46
FY27$31.90$14.01
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$30.50$14.46
FY21$32.72$14.46
FY22$32.30$14.46
FY23$32.03$14.46
FY24$32.72$14.61
FY25$32.49$14.46
FY26$32.48$14.46
FY27$31.90$14.01

Compared with places this size3

Orange City’s city property tax rate of $14.01 per $1,000 is the 20th lowest of 54 Iowa cities with 4,400–9,500 people. The middle of the group is $14.97.

Red Oak: $20.65Oelwein: $20.16Keokuk: $19.68Independence: $19.01Iowa Falls: $18.86Denison: $18.69Perry: $17.91Atlantic: $17.48Knoxville: $17.46Clarinda: $17.25Centerville: $16.85Algona: $16.75Fairfield: $16.69Webster City: $16.51Vinton: $16.25Winterset: $16.15Humboldt: $16.00Anamosa: $15.95Charles City: $15.95Grinnell: $15.60Decorah: $15.52Sheldon: $15.33Estherville: $15.27Washington: $15.21Harlan: $15.07Shenandoah: $15.02Creston: $14.99Manchester: $14.96Carlisle: $14.82Cherokee: $14.82Glenwood: $14.77Nevada: $14.58Osceola: $14.37Windsor Heights: $14.30Hiawatha: $13.78Sergeant Bluff: $13.70Mount Vernon: $13.50Adel: $13.43Maquoketa: $12.85Camanche: $12.75Le Claire: $12.64Mount Pleasant: $11.94Tiffin: $11.80Huxley: $11.68Sioux Center: $11.05Polk City: $11.00Bondurant: $10.82Dyersville: $10.27Spirit Lake: $10.17Clear Lake: $9.85Asbury: $8.32Eldridge: $8.13Evansdale: $8.00Orange City: $14.01$8.00 lowest$20.65 highestmiddle
See all 54
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Red Oak$20.655,420
2Oelwein$20.165,788
3Keokuk$19.689,462
4Independence$19.016,266
5Iowa Falls$18.864,993
6Denison$18.698,302
7Perry$17.918,046
8Atlantic$17.486,717
9Knoxville$17.467,440
10Clarinda$17.255,334
11Centerville$16.855,345
12Algona$16.755,341
13Fairfield$16.699,511
14Webster City$16.517,763
15Vinton$16.254,962
16Winterset$16.155,421
17Humboldt$16.004,774
18Anamosa$15.955,845
19Charles City$15.957,081
20Grinnell$15.609,495
21Decorah$15.527,454
22Sheldon$15.335,584
23Estherville$15.275,796
24Washington$15.217,281
25Harlan$15.074,898
26Shenandoah$15.024,878
27Creston$14.997,421
28Manchester$14.965,283
29Carlisle$14.824,381
30Cherokee$14.825,186
31Glenwood$14.775,250
32Nevada$14.587,082
33Osceola$14.375,585
34Windsor Heights$14.305,106
35Orange City$14.016,547
36Hiawatha$13.787,347
37Sergeant Bluff$13.705,335
38Mount Vernon$13.504,518
39Adel$13.436,763
40Maquoketa$12.856,064
41Camanche$12.754,536
42Le Claire$12.644,776
43Mount Pleasant$11.948,509
44Tiffin$11.806,695
45Huxley$11.684,737
46Sioux Center$11.058,675
47Polk City$11.006,430
48Bondurant$10.829,511
49Dyersville$10.274,559
50Spirit Lake$10.175,548
51Clear Lake$9.857,602
52Asbury$8.326,051
53Eldridge$8.136,967
54Evansdale$8.004,515

The $8.10 limit

Orange City’s general levy is $7.54 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.56 below the limit.4 794 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.00 · FY26 $7.76 · FY27 $7.54 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $6.47 more5

  • Debt Service Levy$5.17 · $2.0M
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$0.86 · $333,362
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$0.44 · $169,176

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Orange City’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $887,480 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$1.4M
YearTIF revenue
FY16$727,939
FY17$856,354
FY18$884,089
FY19$1.0M
FY20$1.2M
FY21$1.2M
FY22$1.1M
FY23$1.4M
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$727,939
FY17$856,354
FY18$884,089
FY19$1.0M
FY20$1.2M
FY21$1.2M
FY22$1.1M
FY23$1.4M

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$2.9M54%
  • Debt Service Levy$2.0M37%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$333,3626%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$169,1763%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Orange City’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 87¢ of every dollar87¢Capital Projects: 4¢ of every dollarPublic Safety: 3¢ of every dollarCulture and Recreation: 2¢ of every dollarDebt Service: 2¢ of every dollarEverything else: 3¢ 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 53 Iowa cities closest in size (4,400–9,500 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (53)
Business Type / Enterprise87¢34¢
Capital Projects4¢21¢
Public Safety3¢13¢
Culture and Recreation2¢7¢
Debt Service2¢8¢
Everything else3¢16¢

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.

  • Capital Projects$9.8M50%
  • Culture and Recreation$2.2M11%
  • Debt Service$2.0M10%
  • Public Safety$1.9M10%
  • Public Works$1.6M8%
  • General Government$1.5M8%
  • Community and Economic Development$636,4983%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($94.5M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$1.3M$1.3M
Public Safety$1.7M$1.8M
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$1.2M$809,535
Debt Service$1.9M$1.8M
Culture and Recreation$1.7M$2.1M
Community and Economic Development$390,330$311,439
Capital Projects$8.7M$3.4M
Business Type / Enterprise$86.5M$78.1M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$103.8M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Orange City owes

$28.4M at June 30, 2026: $4,533 per resident. 150th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$31.6M
$28.4M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$28.4M$4,533
2025$29.3M$4,683
2024$29.1M$4,635
2023$31.6M$5,041
2022$20.6M$3,280
2021$21.8M$3,483
2020$23.1M$3,693
2019$25.6M$4,086
2018$26.0M$4,148
2017$16.9M$2,697
2016$19.4M$3,097
2015$19.1M$3,055
2014$20.6M$3,285
2013$23.3M$3,713
2012$22.1M$3,525
2011$13.5M$2,151
2010$14.8M$2,368
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$28.4M$4,533
2025$29.3M$4,683
2024$29.1M$4,635
2023$31.6M$5,041
2022$20.6M$3,280
2021$21.8M$3,483
2020$23.1M$3,693
2019$25.6M$4,086
2018$26.0M$4,148
2017$16.9M$2,697
2016$19.4M$3,097
2015$19.1M$3,055
2014$20.6M$3,285
2013$23.3M$3,713
2012$22.1M$3,525
2011$13.5M$2,151
2010$14.8M$2,368

Up 91% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $12.0M, 38% of the limit of about $31.4M (5% of $628.1M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

12 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsWater Revenue Bond for SW Well project. Added a second transmission line and also a new well.2042$9.7M
Revenue BondsSewer Revenue Bond 2017- Part A for Wastewater Improvement Project2037$3.4M
General Obligation2023A -GO Bond for infrastructure around elementary school and GO Bond $700K for Puddlejumper Trail Park.2037$2.7M
General ObligationFire Truck -Aerial Ladder Unit 612036$2.4M
General Obligation2025A -Delaware & 2nd Street- Road reconstruction. Asphalt to concrete.2035$2.4M
Revenue BondsSewer Revenue Bond - Part B for Wastewater Improvement Project2037$2.3M
General Obligation2018A -Fire Station Improvement Project. Public Safety Bldg.2038$1.7M
General Obligation2019B -Refunding of 2010B & 2011A & 2011G GO Bonds. Events Center and Hawkeye Bldg2031$1.2M
General Obligation2021A -GO Bond Dated 3/4/21. Refund five GO Bonds. 2011B,2012B, 2013A, 2015A, 2016A.2032$1.2M
Revenue BondsElectric Revenue Bond 2021B Issue2031$975,000
General Obligation2022A -Taxable GO Bond for MOC-FV School Project- Street and Utilities. Zero interest. NW REC.2032$333,332
General Obligation2021C -Taxable GO Bond- MOC-FV School Project- Street and Utilities. Zero Interest. NW REC2031$222,224

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. Orange City’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Monday, February 23, 2026, by a CPA firm.

10 earlier reports for Orange City

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: $945,902 in FY25, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$833,436$869,264$883,810$888,889
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$142,534$114,028$85,520$57,013

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.

$269,808
$0
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$269,808
    FY21$15,000
    FY22$0
    FY23$200,000
    FY24$0
    FY25$0
    Show the numbers
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$269,808
    FY21$15,000
    FY22$0
    FY23$200,000
    FY24$0
    FY25$0

    Has it kept up with prices?

    Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

    • Road Use Tax (streets)−9%$782,897 → $888,889, up 14% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 9% less
    • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−65%$129,828 → $57,013, down 56% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 65% 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 83% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 46% more.

    $1.4M

    Federal grants, for comparison: $26,917 in FY25.

    Business awards

    Every award statewide

    State economic development awards

    1 business has state awards in ORANGE CITY: $2.4M in grants, loans and tax benefits, for 154 jobs.12

    • Diamond Vogel, Inc.
      High Quality Jobs Program · FY19 · Under contract: Keeping the jobs · 154 jobs required, 18 reported
      $2.4M
    • K2W Precision Inc.
      High Quality Jobs Program · FY18 · Not going ahead: Contract ended · 5 jobs required
      $105K

    Community college new jobs training: 11 contracts since 1999 worth $4.8M, for 616 pledged jobs.

    Awards statewide

    Elections

    Running for mayor and city council

    Filing opens Monday, August 23, 2027: in 285 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)13.

    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 · 3

    2 seats: the top 2 win.

    3 more →

    3 seats: the top 3 win.

    Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Orange City; 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.

    • Orange City City Council At-Large (3 seats)
      Now held by Bret Walinga, Daron De Jong, Olivia Chapman
    • Orange City Hospital Trustee (3 seats)
      Now held by Tim Zeutenhorst, Wade Hofland, Kathy Alons
    • Orange City Mayor
      Now held by Deb De Haan

    Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here14.

    Past ballot measures

    None found since 2022.

    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 ballot15.

    Related places

    At the Statehouse and in Congress16

    Jeff Taylor (Sen. 2)Thomas M. Jeneary (Rep. 3)

    U.S. House:District 4

    Sioux CountyMoc-Floyd Valley schools