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Correctionville

$3,510 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($41.62 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,670 a yearof that goes to the city ($19.84 per $1,000)

$484,351property taxes the city levies, FY27

$1.1Mcity 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.

Ciara AliothCorrectionville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Dan VolkertCorrectionville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Ken BauerCorrectionville Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Parker HansenCorrectionville City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Adam PettyCorrectionville City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Nathan HeilmanCorrectionville 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 Correctionville

Homes and businesses in most of Correctionville pay a combined $41.62 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, $19.84. Estimate your bill.

City of Correctionville$19.8448%
River Valley schools$13.1632%
Woodbury County$7.1117%
Western Iowa Tech Community College$1.022%
Woodbury County Assessor$0.38<1%
Woodbury County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.11<1%

Rates over time

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

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$37.81	$16.83
FY21	$37.15	$16.46
FY22	$36.40	$15.86
FY23	$36.59	$16.09
FY24	$37.19	$17.32
FY25	$40.05	$20.19
FY26	$40.56	$19.84
FY27	$41.62	$19.84

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$37.81	$16.83
FY21	$37.15	$16.46
FY22	$36.40	$15.86
FY23	$36.59	$16.09
FY24	$37.19	$17.32
FY25	$40.05	$20.19
FY26	$40.56	$19.84
FY27	$41.62	$19.84

Compared with places this size³

Correctionville’s city property tax rate of $19.84 per $1,000 is the 4th highest of 183 Iowa cities with 510–1,100 people. The middle of the group is $12.85.

See all 183

#	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	Pomeroy	$19.60	511
7	Allison	$19.06	937
8	Dumont	$19.04	614
9	Seymour	$18.78	646
10	Dexter	$18.69	631
11	Fonda	$18.52	636
12	Kanawha	$18.11	638
13	Swea City	$18.04	545
14	Greene	$17.91	971
15	Alden	$17.90	738
16	Dows	$17.70	509
17	New Hartford	$17.69	555
18	Lansing	$17.67	959
19	Rockwell	$17.54	1,044
20	Walnut	$17.46	728
21	Murray	$17.44	609
22	Gowrie	$17.17	943
23	Colo	$17.14	856
24	Mapleton	$16.90	1,114
25	George	$16.89	1,106
26	Adair	$16.84	792
27	Eddyville	$16.82	965
28	Elk Horn	$16.78	631
29	Oxford	$16.70	715
30	Buffalo Center	$16.58	839
31	Bancroft	$16.52	677
32	Eldon	$16.42	788
33	Early	$16.35	571
34	Truro	$16.34	515
35	Aplington	$16.34	1,088
36	Panora	$16.14	1,096
37	Mechanicsville	$16.12	974
38	Armstrong	$15.87	847
39	Ruthven	$15.84	710
40	Minden	$15.77	581
41	Walker	$15.74	671
42	Newell	$15.49	850
43	Riceville	$15.31	807
44	Neola	$15.30	917
45	Sidney	$15.19	1,048
46	Gilbertville	$15.15	792
47	Stanwood	$15.12	612
48	Stratford	$15.03	688
49	Griswold	$15.01	975
50	Zearing	$14.99	508
51	Readlyn	$14.99	857
52	Wyoming	$14.81	526
53	Hopkinton	$14.79	622
54	Essex	$14.76	721
55	Dunlap	$14.56	1,030
56	Garnavillo	$14.52	751
57	Maxwell	$14.50	862
58	Clermont	$14.30	571
59	Moulton	$14.25	596
60	Mcgregor	$14.20	725
61	Olin	$14.19	652
62	Primghar	$14.18	893
63	Sheffield	$14.16	1,123
64	Elgin	$14.05	676
65	Ossian	$13.88	777
66	Redfield	$13.73	719
67	Victor	$13.72	852
68	Edgewood	$13.64	908
69	Sioux Rapids	$13.63	722
70	Donnellson	$13.63	859
71	Gladbrook	$13.58	775
72	Rockford	$13.52	722
73	Janesville	$13.43	1,052
74	Calmar	$13.39	1,100
75	Boyden	$13.39	694
76	Baxter	$13.32	983
77	Anita	$13.28	953
78	Van Horne	$13.27	768
79	Conrad	$13.23	1,098
80	Keota	$13.21	888
81	Shellsburg	$13.20	987
82	De Soto	$13.18	937
83	Quasqueton	$13.12	587
84	Farmington	$13.10	583
85	Anthon	$13.05	534
86	Treynor	$13.03	1,104
87	Odebolt	$13.00	967
88	Coggon	$12.99	691
89	Earlville	$12.90	713
90	Brighton	$12.88	592
91	Danville	$12.87	910
92	Underwood	$12.85	973
93	Malvern	$12.79	1,056
94	Montrose	$12.78	734
95	Goldfield	$12.73	617
96	Wellsburg	$12.68	709
97	Delmar	$12.68	541
98	Badger	$12.67	540
99	Stanton	$12.62	664
100	Hospers	$12.58	703
101	Everly	$12.51	570
102	Hazleton	$12.48	711
103	West Point	$12.39	903
104	Hinton	$12.38	959
105	Preston	$12.38	940
106	Alburnett	$12.30	672
107	Hubbard	$12.30	837
108	Moravia	$12.27	625
109	Hedrick	$12.22	717
110	Carson	$12.22	772
111	Wheatland	$12.18	765
112	Schaller	$12.14	702
113	Winfield	$12.04	1,006
114	Elkhart	$12.00	1,079
115	Afton	$11.96	864
116	Lowden	$11.93	767
117	Tabor	$11.88	983
118	Albert City	$11.88	627
119	Aurelia	$11.84	970
120	Merrill	$11.64	713
121	Morning Sun	$11.50	702
122	Battle Creek	$11.49	683
123	Wall Lake	$11.43	739
124	West Bend	$11.42	770
125	Dakota City	$11.39	764
126	Marcus	$11.31	1,069
127	Dunkerton	$11.30	840
128	Sutherland	$11.25	628
129	Arcadia	$11.23	588
130	Whiting	$11.21	725
131	Shelby	$11.17	730
132	Blairstown	$11.04	705
133	Manilla	$11.01	756
134	Hamburg	$10.95	863
135	Clarence	$10.94	991
136	Ireton	$10.93	571
137	Fontanelle	$10.88	684
138	Richland	$10.82	532
139	Grand Mound	$10.78	608
140	Cambridge	$10.53	844
141	Swisher	$10.39	909
142	Schleswig	$10.39	820
143	Melbourne	$10.38	771
144	Radcliffe	$10.37	540
145	Elk Run Heights	$10.33	1,061
146	Fredericksburg	$10.27	983
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	Ainsworth	$8.62	511
163	Keosauqua	$8.58	944
164	Grand Junction	$8.57	715
165	Princeton	$8.24	917
166	Gilman	$8.10	530
167	Lakeside	$8.10	695
168	Kellogg	$8.10	597
169	Riverside	$8.02	1,063
170	Agency	$7.94	623
171	Hills	$7.94	911
172	Fremont	$7.86	688
173	Larchwood	$7.52	954
174	North English	$7.49	1,030
175	Sloan	$7.49	1,078
176	Sully	$7.41	891
177	Fruitland	$7.21	928
178	Lawton	$7.10	949
179	Wayland	$7.07	935
180	Raymond	$6.85	754
181	Keystone	$6.80	616
182	Shueyville	$6.79	725
183	Okoboji	$3.83	729

The $8.10 limit

Correctionville’s general levy is $7.89 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.21 below the limit.⁴ 567 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.13 · FY26 $8.05 · FY27 $7.89 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $11.95 more⁵

Debt Service Levy$5.83 · $150,223
Total Employee Benefit Levies$3.29 · $78,413
Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.82 · $67,333

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Correctionville’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $14,800 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$46,146

$15,659

Year	TIF revenue
FY16	$22,354
FY17	$23,674
FY18	$26,777
FY19	$46,146
FY20	$17,811
FY21	$16,878
FY22	$16,583
FY23	$15,659

Show the numbers

Year	TIF revenue
FY16	$22,354
FY17	$23,674
FY18	$26,777
FY19	$46,146
FY20	$17,811
FY21	$16,878
FY22	$16,583
FY23	$15,659

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$188,04439%
Debt Service Levy$150,22331%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$78,41316%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$67,33314%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Correctionville’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 182 Iowa cities closest in size (510–1,100 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (182)
Business Type / Enterprise	21¢	40¢
Public Works	20¢	16¢
Debt Service	16¢	6¢
Culture and Recreation	15¢	9¢
General Government	11¢	10¢
Everything else	17¢	11¢

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$277,26326%
Culture and Recreation$252,67623%
Debt Service$190,46218%
General Government$144,90313%
Public Safety$130,61912%
Community and Economic Development$82,9368%
Health and Social Services$3,5550%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($256,834 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$227,329	$353,273
Public Safety	$83,795	$433,967
Health and Social Services	$3,763	$3,325
General Government	$119,149	$116,093
Debt Service	$102,842	$102,430
Culture and Recreation	$187,272	$211,613
Community and Economic Development	$46,598	$66,368
Capital Projects	$0	$166,731
Business Type / Enterprise	$225,498	$219,808

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁶

$2.0M

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: $133,814 in FY25, up 26% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% more. Grants are below.

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$107,258	$105,410	$108,699	$108,787
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)	–	–	$15,622	$25,027

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.

$412,657

$129,535

State grants$129,535100%

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$1,377
FY20	$5,420
FY21	$72,781
FY22	$412,657
FY23	$61,734
FY24	$173,893
FY25	$129,535

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$1,377
FY20	$5,420
FY21	$72,781
FY22	$412,657
FY23	$61,734
FY24	$173,893
FY25	$129,535

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−18%$106,061 → $108,787, 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 up 27% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% more.

$144,458

Federal grants, for comparison: $200,988 in FY25.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Correctionville City Council At-Large

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Parker Hansen Winner10729.5%
Dan Volkert Winner8423.1%
Ciara Alioth Winner6818.7%
Chad Kline 4712.9%
Quentin Regennitter 339.1%

1 more →

Correctionville Mayor

Ken Bauer Winner9066.2%
Brady James Chapman 4633.8%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸

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

U.S. House:District 4

Woodbury County River Valley 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 Correctionville; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Correctionville 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.

Correctionville

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Correctionville

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $11.95 more5

Tax increment financing (TIF)

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Correctionville’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: $11.95 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸