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Anthon

Woodbury County · How cities work

$2,670 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($31.65 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,100 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.05 per $1,000)
$210,671property taxes the city levies, FY27
$486,595city 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.

  • Connie WestphalAnthon City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Joel WestphalAnthon City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Ruth GrothAnthon City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Anthony J. McFarlandAnthon City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Lisa PetersenAnthon Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Ross BaldwinAnthon 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 Anthon

Homes and businesses in most of Anthon pay a combined $31.65 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Woodbury County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $13.05. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$31.53$11.77
FY21$31.42$12.11
FY22$30.63$11.96
FY23$30.55$12.08
FY24$30.96$12.48
FY25$30.30$11.81
FY26$31.45$12.83
FY27$31.65$13.05
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$31.53$11.77
FY21$31.42$12.11
FY22$30.63$11.96
FY23$30.55$12.08
FY24$30.96$12.48
FY25$30.30$11.81
FY26$31.45$12.83
FY27$31.65$13.05

Compared with places this size3

Anthon’s city property tax rate of $13.05 per $1,000 is the 94th highest of 194 Iowa cities with 360–790 people. The middle of the group is $12.94.

Exira: $24.81Rolfe: $22.67Dayton: $22.51Charter Oak: $21.32Oxford Junction: $20.84Earling: $20.47Correctionville: $19.84Pomeroy: $19.60Salem: $19.15Dumont: $19.04Seymour: $18.78Dexter: $18.69Fonda: $18.52Kanawha: $18.11Swea City: $18.04Alden: $17.90Elma: $17.82Callender: $17.78Casey: $17.72Dows: $17.70New Hartford: $17.69Vail: $17.66Emerson: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Murray: $17.44Thompson: $17.25Ashton: $17.17Burt: $17.10Latimer: $16.96Lohrville: $16.95Adair: $16.84Elk Horn: $16.78Oxford: $16.70Mccallsburg: $16.58Whittemore: $16.54Bancroft: $16.52Titonka: $16.45Eldon: $16.42Early: $16.35Truro: $16.34Lewis: $16.25Duncombe: $16.10Bayard: $16.05Scranton: $16.01Ruthven: $15.84Minden: $15.77Walker: $15.74Russell: $15.18Gilbertville: $15.15Stanwood: $15.12Stratford: $15.03Zearing: $14.99Arlington: $14.98Maynard: $14.85Plainfield: $14.84Otho: $14.82Wyoming: $14.81Humeston: $14.80Hopkinton: $14.79Essex: $14.76Gilmore City: $14.60Garnavillo: $14.52Sabula: $14.38Lorimor: $14.36Collins: $14.32Clermont: $14.30Moulton: $14.25Ocheyedan: $14.22Mcgregor: $14.20Olin: $14.19Garwin: $14.08Farragut: $14.07Elgin: $14.05Lime Springs: $13.95Dow City: $13.94Wesley: $13.91Ossian: $13.88Bussey: $13.83Livermore: $13.78Redfield: $13.73Sioux Rapids: $13.63Albion: $13.58Gladbrook: $13.58Lamont: $13.57New Albin: $13.55Rockford: $13.52Boyden: $13.39Lawler: $13.39Van Horne: $13.27New Market: $13.25Plymouth: $13.21Quasqueton: $13.12Farmington: $13.10Little Rock: $13.03Coggon: $12.99Lehigh: $12.97Earlville: $12.90Brighton: $12.88Montrose: $12.78Goldfield: $12.73Wellsburg: $12.68Delmar: $12.68Galva: $12.68Badger: $12.67Martensdale: $12.63Stanton: $12.62Hospers: $12.58Norway: $12.53Everly: $12.51Hazleton: $12.48Spillville: $12.40Alburnett: $12.30Moravia: $12.27Hedrick: $12.22Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Bonaparte: $12.17Schaller: $12.14Hawkeye: $12.11Colesburg: $11.97Lowden: $11.93Albert City: $11.88Thornton: $11.86Runnells: $11.79Allerton: $11.72Orient: $11.66Merrill: $11.64Ellsworth: $11.57Morning Sun: $11.50Battle Creek: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Churdan: $11.31Miles: $11.28Sutherland: $11.25Arcadia: $11.23Whiting: $11.21Shelby: $11.17Blairstown: $11.04Manilla: $11.01Milton: $10.98Ireton: $10.93New Vienna: $10.91Letts: $10.91Fontanelle: $10.88Birmingham: $10.87Charlotte: $10.86Richland: $10.82Grand Mound: $10.78Batavia: $10.77Riverdale: $10.67Union: $10.58Lovilia: $10.46Melbourne: $10.38Radcliffe: $10.37Stacyville: $10.36Ventura: $10.22Andrew: $10.22Milo: $10.20Royal: $10.20Hartford: $10.16What Cheer: $10.01Cumming: $9.85Breda: $9.80Doon: $9.78Lynnville: $9.68Farnhamville: $9.18Middletown: $9.16Alleman: $9.12Crescent: $8.72Ainsworth: $8.62Grand Junction: $8.57Gilman: $8.10Grandview: $8.10Kellogg: $8.10Lakeside: $8.10Lost Nation: $8.10Agency: $7.94Fremont: $7.86Delhi: $7.81Klemme: $7.74Beacon: $7.56Worthington: $7.50Marquette: $7.08Columbus City: $6.94Raymond: $6.85Keystone: $6.80Shueyville: $6.79New Virginia: $5.97University Park: $5.27Orleans: $4.13Okoboji: $3.83Anthon: $13.05$3.83 lowest$24.81 highestmiddle
See all 194
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Exira$24.81766
2Rolfe$22.67505
3Dayton$22.51766
4Charter Oak$21.32521
5Oxford Junction$20.84424
6Earling$20.47394
7Correctionville$19.84759
8Pomeroy$19.60511
9Salem$19.15380
10Dumont$19.04614
11Seymour$18.78646
12Dexter$18.69631
13Fonda$18.52636
14Kanawha$18.11638
15Swea City$18.04545
16Alden$17.90738
17Elma$17.82493
18Callender$17.78361
19Casey$17.72387
20Dows$17.70509
21New Hartford$17.69555
22Vail$17.66383
23Emerson$17.54401
24Walnut$17.46728
25Murray$17.44609
26Thompson$17.25478
27Ashton$17.17434
28Burt$17.10404
29Latimer$16.96477
30Lohrville$16.95366
31Adair$16.84792
32Elk Horn$16.78631
33Oxford$16.70715
34Mccallsburg$16.58356
35Whittemore$16.54478
36Bancroft$16.52677
37Titonka$16.45491
38Eldon$16.42788
39Early$16.35571
40Truro$16.34515
41Lewis$16.25358
42Duncombe$16.10374
43Bayard$16.05402
44Scranton$16.01496
45Ruthven$15.84710
46Minden$15.77581
47Walker$15.74671
48Russell$15.18475
49Gilbertville$15.15792
50Stanwood$15.12612
51Stratford$15.03688
52Zearing$14.99508
53Arlington$14.98415
54Maynard$14.85466
55Plainfield$14.84392
56Otho$14.82417
57Wyoming$14.81526
58Humeston$14.80472
59Hopkinton$14.79622
60Essex$14.76721
61Gilmore City$14.60484
62Garnavillo$14.52751
63Sabula$14.38498
64Lorimor$14.36377
65Collins$14.32503
66Clermont$14.30571
67Moulton$14.25596
68Ocheyedan$14.22424
69Mcgregor$14.20725
70Olin$14.19652
71Garwin$14.08469
72Farragut$14.07480
73Elgin$14.05676
74Lime Springs$13.95467
75Dow City$13.94477
76Wesley$13.91382
77Ossian$13.88777
78Bussey$13.83378
79Livermore$13.78382
80Redfield$13.73719
81Sioux Rapids$13.63722
82Albion$13.58444
83Gladbrook$13.58775
84Lamont$13.57429
85New Albin$13.55435
86Rockford$13.52722
87Boyden$13.39694
88Lawler$13.39392
89Van Horne$13.27768
90New Market$13.25381
91Plymouth$13.21368
92Quasqueton$13.12587
93Farmington$13.10583
94Anthon$13.05534
95Little Rock$13.03447
96Coggon$12.99691
97Lehigh$12.97395
98Earlville$12.90713
99Brighton$12.88592
100Montrose$12.78734
101Goldfield$12.73617
102Wellsburg$12.68709
103Delmar$12.68541
104Galva$12.68416
105Badger$12.67540
106Martensdale$12.63413
107Stanton$12.62664
108Hospers$12.58703
109Norway$12.53463
110Everly$12.51570
111Hazleton$12.48711
112Spillville$12.40371
113Alburnett$12.30672
114Moravia$12.27625
115Hedrick$12.22717
116Carson$12.22772
117Wheatland$12.18765
118Bonaparte$12.17357
119Schaller$12.14702
120Hawkeye$12.11429
121Colesburg$11.97379
122Lowden$11.93767
123Albert City$11.88627
124Thornton$11.86394
125Runnells$11.79467
126Allerton$11.72432
127Orient$11.66363
128Merrill$11.64713
129Ellsworth$11.57495
130Morning Sun$11.50702
131Battle Creek$11.49683
132Wall Lake$11.43739
133West Bend$11.42770
134Dakota City$11.39764
135Churdan$11.31359
136Miles$11.28400
137Sutherland$11.25628
138Arcadia$11.23588
139Whiting$11.21725
140Shelby$11.17730
141Blairstown$11.04705
142Manilla$11.01756
143Milton$10.98395
144Ireton$10.93571
145New Vienna$10.91384
146Letts$10.91358
147Fontanelle$10.88684
148Birmingham$10.87371
149Charlotte$10.86386
150Richland$10.82532
151Grand Mound$10.78608
152Batavia$10.77434
153Riverdale$10.67385
154Union$10.58378
155Lovilia$10.46456
156Melbourne$10.38771
157Radcliffe$10.37540
158Stacyville$10.36436
159Ventura$10.22701
160Andrew$10.22374
161Milo$10.20762
162Royal$10.20379
163Hartford$10.16729
164What Cheer$10.01595
165Cumming$9.85527
166Breda$9.80492
167Doon$9.78640
168Lynnville$9.68382
169Farnhamville$9.18364
170Middletown$9.16365
171Alleman$9.12439
172Crescent$8.72626
173Ainsworth$8.62511
174Grand Junction$8.57715
175Gilman$8.10530
176Grandview$8.10431
177Kellogg$8.10597
178Lakeside$8.10695
179Lost Nation$8.10425
180Agency$7.94623
181Fremont$7.86688
182Delhi$7.81438
183Klemme$7.74429
184Beacon$7.56434
185Worthington$7.50374
186Marquette$7.08434
187Columbus City$6.94385
188Raymond$6.85754
189Keystone$6.80616
190Shueyville$6.79725
191New Virginia$5.97499
192University Park$5.27476
193Orleans$4.13503
194Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

Anthon’s general levy is $7.73 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.37 below the limit.4 722 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.13 · FY26 $7.97 · FY27 $7.73 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $5.32 more5

  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.68 · $43,067
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$2.64 · $42,392

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$124,26459%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$43,06721%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$42,39220%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Anthon’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 63¢ of every dollar63¢Public Works: 17¢ of every dollar17¢General Government: 9¢ of every dollar9¢Culture and Recreation: 6¢ of every dollarPublic Safety: 3¢ of every dollarEverything else: 2¢ 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 193 Iowa cities closest in size (360–790 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (193)
Business Type / Enterprise63¢40¢
Public Works17¢18¢
General Government9¢12¢
Culture and Recreation6¢9¢
Public Safety3¢9¢
Everything else2¢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.

  • Public Works$167,80034%
  • General Government$142,85529%
  • Culture and Recreation$97,96020%
  • Public Safety$42,0009%
  • Community and Economic Development$27,0006%
  • Capital Projects$5,4801%
  • Health and Social Services$3,5001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($1.1M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$181,800$140,045
Public Safety$26,500$23,247
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$139,850$139,640
Debt Service$32,020$34,656
Culture and Recreation$71,400$94,596
Community and Economic Development$181,250$92,984
Capital Projects$87,458$0
Business Type / Enterprise$1.1M$1.3M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$2.6M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Anthon owes

$1.9M at June 30, 2026: $3,554 per resident. 227th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$2.2M
$1.9M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.9M$3,554
2025$2.0M$3,728
2024$2.2M$3,957
2023$1.0M$1,905
2022$1.1M$2,089
2021$1.2M$2,198
2020$258,000$473
2019$311,000$571
2018$362,000$664
2017$411,000$754
2016$458,000$840
2015$503,000$923
2014$546,000$1,002
2013$587,000$1,077
2012$626,000$1,149
2011$663,000$1,217
2010$690,500$1,267
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$1.9M$3,554
2025$2.0M$3,728
2024$2.2M$3,957
2023$1.0M$1,905
2022$1.1M$2,089
2021$1.2M$2,198
2020$258,000$473
2019$311,000$571
2018$362,000$664
2017$411,000$754
2016$458,000$840
2015$503,000$923
2014$546,000$1,002
2013$587,000$1,077
2012$626,000$1,149
2011$663,000$1,217
2010$690,500$1,267

Up 181% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $1.5M (5% of $30.6M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

2 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsBuried Electrical Lines 20232043$1.1M
Revenue BondsSRF Loan for Water Systems Improvements2040$797,000

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

Audits10

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Monday, June 8, 2026, by a CPA firm.

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

12 earlier reports for Anthon

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: $78,117 in FY25, up 3% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 18% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$75,836$74,998$76,983$77,400
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$2,294$2,452$11,599$717

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.

$73,999
$13,296
  • CEBA grants$13,296100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$7,298
FY20$7,253
FY21$73,999
FY22$7,024
FY23$67,442
FY24$40,388
FY25$13,296
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$7,298
FY20$7,253
FY21$73,999
FY22$7,024
FY23$67,442
FY24$40,388
FY25$13,296

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−15%$72,990 → $77,400, up 6% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−80%$2,822 → $717, down 75% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 80% 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 31% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 4% more.

$105,721

Federal grants, for comparison: $63,304 in FY25.

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 Anthon; 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.

  • Anthon City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Ross Baldwin, Anthony J. McFarland
  • Anthon Mayor
    Now held by Lisa Petersen

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

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 ballot14.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress15

Kevin Alons (Sen. 7)Travis M. Sitzmann (Rep. 13)

U.S. House:District 4

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