City

Gladbrook

$3,190 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($37.87 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,140 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.58 per $1,000)

$369,702property taxes the city levies, FY27

$718,543city 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.

Roger D. LuehringGladbrook City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Scott SchmidtGladbrook City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Trudi ScottGladbrook Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
Wayne NekolaGladbrook 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

Where a property tax dollar goes in Gladbrook

The combined rate in most of Gladbrook is $37.87 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck schools$13.8136%
City of Gladbrook$13.5836%
Tama County$8.2022%
Iowa Valley Community. College$1.704%
Tama County Assessor$0.35<1%
Tama County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.24<1%

Compared with places this size³

Gladbrook’s city property tax rate of $13.58 per $1,000 is the 68th highest of 182 Iowa cities with 520–1,200 people. The middle of the group is $12.82.

See all 182

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Exira	$24.81	766
2	Dayton	$22.51	766
3	Charter Oak	$21.32	521
4	Correctionville	$19.84	759
5	Villisca	$19.74	1,106
6	Allison	$19.06	937
7	Dumont	$19.04	614
8	Seymour	$18.78	646
9	Dexter	$18.69	631
10	Fonda	$18.52	636
11	Kanawha	$18.11	638
12	Swea City	$18.04	545
13	Greene	$17.91	971
14	Alden	$17.90	738
15	New Hartford	$17.69	555
16	Lansing	$17.67	959
17	Strawberry Point	$17.58	1,141
18	Rockwell	$17.54	1,044
19	Walnut	$17.46	728
20	Murray	$17.44	609
21	Gowrie	$17.17	943
22	Colo	$17.14	856
23	Mapleton	$16.90	1,114
24	George	$16.89	1,106
25	Adair	$16.84	792
26	Eddyville	$16.82	965
27	Elk Horn	$16.78	631
28	Oxford	$16.70	715
29	Buffalo Center	$16.58	839
30	Bancroft	$16.52	677
31	Eldon	$16.42	788
32	Early	$16.35	571
33	Aplington	$16.34	1,088
34	Panora	$16.14	1,096
35	Mechanicsville	$16.12	974
36	Armstrong	$15.87	847
37	Ruthven	$15.84	710
38	Minden	$15.77	581
39	Walker	$15.74	671
40	Newell	$15.49	850
41	Riceville	$15.31	807
42	Neola	$15.30	917
43	Sidney	$15.19	1,048
44	Gilbertville	$15.15	792
45	Stanwood	$15.12	612
46	Stratford	$15.03	688
47	Griswold	$15.01	975
48	Readlyn	$14.99	857
49	Wyoming	$14.81	526
50	Hopkinton	$14.79	622
51	Essex	$14.76	721
52	Dunlap	$14.56	1,030
53	Garnavillo	$14.52	751
54	Maxwell	$14.50	862
55	Clermont	$14.30	571
56	Moulton	$14.25	596
57	Mcgregor	$14.20	725
58	Olin	$14.19	652
59	Primghar	$14.18	893
60	Sheffield	$14.16	1,123
61	Elgin	$14.05	676
62	Ossian	$13.88	777
63	Redfield	$13.73	719
64	Victor	$13.72	852
65	Edgewood	$13.64	908
66	Sioux Rapids	$13.63	722
67	Donnellson	$13.63	859
68	Gladbrook	$13.58	775
69	Rockford	$13.52	722
70	Janesville	$13.43	1,052
71	Glidden	$13.43	1,140
72	Calmar	$13.39	1,100
73	Boyden	$13.39	694
74	Baxter	$13.32	983
75	Anita	$13.28	953
76	Van Horne	$13.27	768
77	Conrad	$13.23	1,098
78	Springville	$13.22	1,161
79	Keota	$13.21	888
80	Shellsburg	$13.20	987
81	De Soto	$13.18	937
82	Quasqueton	$13.12	587
83	Farmington	$13.10	583
84	Anthon	$13.05	534
85	Treynor	$13.03	1,104
86	Odebolt	$13.00	967
87	Coggon	$12.99	691
88	Earlville	$12.90	713
89	Brighton	$12.88	592
90	Danville	$12.87	910
91	Underwood	$12.85	973
92	Malvern	$12.79	1,056
93	Montrose	$12.78	734
94	Goldfield	$12.73	617
95	Wellsburg	$12.68	709
96	Delmar	$12.68	541
97	Badger	$12.67	540
98	Stanton	$12.62	664
99	Hospers	$12.58	703
100	Everly	$12.51	570
101	Hazleton	$12.48	711
102	West Point	$12.39	903
103	Hinton	$12.38	959
104	Preston	$12.38	940
105	Alburnett	$12.30	672
106	Hubbard	$12.30	837
107	Moravia	$12.27	625
108	Hedrick	$12.22	717
109	Carson	$12.22	772
110	Wheatland	$12.18	765
111	Schaller	$12.14	702
112	Winfield	$12.04	1,006
113	Elkhart	$12.00	1,079
114	Afton	$11.96	864
115	Lowden	$11.93	767
116	Tabor	$11.88	983
117	Albert City	$11.88	627
118	Aurelia	$11.84	970
119	Merrill	$11.64	713
120	Morning Sun	$11.50	702
121	Battle Creek	$11.49	683
122	Wall Lake	$11.43	739
123	West Bend	$11.42	770
124	Dakota City	$11.39	764
125	Marcus	$11.31	1,069
126	Dunkerton	$11.30	840
127	Sutherland	$11.25	628
128	Arcadia	$11.23	588
129	Whiting	$11.21	725
130	Shelby	$11.17	730
131	Blairstown	$11.04	705
132	Manilla	$11.01	756
133	Hamburg	$10.95	863
134	Clarence	$10.94	991
135	Ireton	$10.93	571
136	Fontanelle	$10.88	684
137	Richland	$10.82	532
138	Grand Mound	$10.78	608
139	Cambridge	$10.53	844
140	Swisher	$10.39	909
141	Schleswig	$10.39	820
142	Melbourne	$10.38	771
143	Radcliffe	$10.37	540
144	Elk Run Heights	$10.33	1,061
145	Fredericksburg	$10.27	983
146	Lake Park	$10.25	1,155
147	Ventura	$10.22	701
148	Inwood	$10.22	962
149	Milo	$10.20	762
150	Hartford	$10.16	729
151	What Cheer	$10.01	595
152	Newhall	$9.99	887
153	Cumming	$9.85	527
154	Graettinger	$9.81	810
155	Doon	$9.78	640
156	Long Grove	$9.59	849
157	Lake View	$9.39	1,120
158	Paullina	$9.21	979
159	Fairbank	$9.00	1,133
160	Winthrop	$8.94	814
161	Crescent	$8.72	626
162	Keosauqua	$8.58	944
163	Grand Junction	$8.57	715
164	Princeton	$8.24	917
165	Gilman	$8.10	530
166	Lakeside	$8.10	695
167	Kellogg	$8.10	597
168	Riverside	$8.02	1,063
169	Agency	$7.94	623
170	Hills	$7.94	911
171	Fremont	$7.86	688
172	Larchwood	$7.52	954
173	North English	$7.49	1,030
174	Sloan	$7.49	1,078
175	Sully	$7.41	891
176	Fruitland	$7.21	928
177	Lawton	$7.10	949
178	Wayland	$7.07	935
179	Raymond	$6.85	754
180	Keystone	$6.80	616
181	Shueyville	$6.79	725
182	Okoboji	$3.83	729

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$221,87060%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$88,43024%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$58,87516%

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Gladbrook’s budget goes, FY26

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (181)
Business Type / Enterprise	42¢	40¢
Public Safety	22¢	9¢
Public Works	18¢	16¢
General Government	11¢	10¢
Culture and Recreation	7¢	9¢
Everything else	<1¢	2¢

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 181 Iowa cities closest in size (520–1,200 people).

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 Safety$286,76040%
Public Works$206,85629%
General Government$142,24120%
Culture and Recreation$79,44611%
Health and Social Services$2,0000%
Community and Economic Development$1,2400%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($525,798 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$210,082	$192,923
Public Safety	$241,758	$206,721
Health and Social Services	$2,125	$0
General Government	$114,785	$110,401
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$78,866	$72,445
Community and Economic Development	$11,200	$8,143
Capital Projects	$0	$241,260
Business Type / Enterprise	$491,636	$497,025

What it spent each year

$2.7M

$1.3M

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State money

What the state sends the city

Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: up 15% since FY23; up 5% after inflation.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Program	FY27	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Local option sales tax	$6,513	$85,875	$81,748	$80,364	$74,842

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Gladbrook City Council At-Large

Roger D. Luehring Unopposed288100.0%

Gladbrook Mayor

No candidates listed.

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁴

Annette Sweeney (Sen. 27)Dean Fisher (Rep. 53)

U.S. House:District 2

Tama County Gladbrook-Reinbeck 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. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Gladbrook; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Gladbrook 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.