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Sloan

Woodbury County · How cities work

$2,290 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($27.25 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$630 a yearof that goes to the city ($7.49 per $1,000)
$415,445property taxes the city levies, FY27
$892,674city 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.

  • Jaxon LuttSloan City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Ryleah BurkeSloan City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Justin MitchellSloan City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Mitchell StoulilSloan City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Robert CoppleSloan Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
  • Scott E. BrekkeSloan 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 Sloan

Homes and businesses in most of Sloan pay a combined $27.25 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, $7.49. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$27.53$8.10
FY21$27.32$8.10
FY22$26.91$8.10
FY23$28.13$9.42
FY24$28.15$9.42
FY25$28.06$9.06
FY26$27.35$7.64
FY27$27.25$7.49
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$27.53$8.10
FY21$27.32$8.10
FY22$26.91$8.10
FY23$28.13$9.42
FY24$28.15$9.42
FY25$28.06$9.06
FY26$27.35$7.64
FY27$27.25$7.49

Compared with places this size3

Sloan’s city property tax rate of $7.49 per $1,000 is the 9th lowest of 163 Iowa cities with 720–1,600 people. The middle of the group is $13.32.

Elkader: $27.11Exira: $24.81Laurens: $24.16Dayton: $22.51Correctionville: $19.84Villisca: $19.74Traer: $19.56Corning: $19.36Allison: $19.06Corydon: $18.22Dysart: $17.95Greene: $17.91Alden: $17.90Lansing: $17.67Strawberry Point: $17.58Rockwell: $17.54Walnut: $17.46Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Mapleton: $16.90George: $16.89Fayette: $16.85Adair: $16.84Eddyville: $16.82Nashua: $16.81Ackley: $16.63Buffalo Center: $16.58Roland: $16.51Eldon: $16.42Monona: $16.41Aplington: $16.34Panora: $16.14Mechanicsville: $16.12Dike: $15.94Armstrong: $15.87Holstein: $15.81State Center: $15.80Earlham: $15.55Shell Rock: $15.52Brooklyn: $15.49Newell: $15.49Mount Ayr: $15.32Riceville: $15.31Neola: $15.30Sidney: $15.19Gilbertville: $15.15Logan: $15.05Griswold: $15.01Readlyn: $14.99Tripoli: $14.99Essex: $14.76Bedford: $14.66Lenox: $14.65Manning: $14.62Dunlap: $14.56Garnavillo: $14.52Maxwell: $14.50Coon Rapids: $14.49Nora Springs: $14.25Kingsley: $14.25Mcgregor: $14.20Primghar: $14.18Sheffield: $14.16Hartley: $14.11Woodward: $14.05Guthrie Center: $14.04Ossian: $13.88Alton: $13.87Montezuma: $13.79Redfield: $13.73Victor: $13.72Gilbert: $13.71Edgewood: $13.64Sioux Rapids: $13.63Donnellson: $13.63Gladbrook: $13.58Clarksville: $13.53Rockford: $13.52Janesville: $13.43Glidden: $13.43Calmar: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Manly: $13.29Anita: $13.28Van Horne: $13.27Conrad: $13.23Springville: $13.22Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Treynor: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Akron: $12.93Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85New Sharon: $12.80Malvern: $12.79Montrose: $12.78Buffalo: $12.68Sanborn: $12.62West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Hubbard: $12.30Carson: $12.22Wheatland: $12.18Winfield: $12.04Elkhart: $12.00Afton: $11.96Lowden: $11.93Tabor: $11.88Wellman: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Palo: $11.49Wall Lake: $11.43West Bend: $11.42Dakota City: $11.39Marcus: $11.31Dunkerton: $11.30Whiting: $11.21Melcher-Dallas: $11.21Shelby: $11.17University Heights: $11.12Manilla: $11.01Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Oakland: $10.85Cambridge: $10.53Swisher: $10.39Schleswig: $10.39Melbourne: $10.38Elk Run Heights: $10.33Walcott: $10.29Fredericksburg: $10.27Lake Park: $10.25Inwood: $10.22Milo: $10.20Hartford: $10.16Central City: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Graettinger: $9.81Long Grove: $9.59Lake View: $9.39Paullina: $9.21Fairbank: $9.00Winthrop: $8.94Walford: $8.72Keosauqua: $8.58Princeton: $8.24Lone Tree: $8.13Riverside: $8.02Hills: $7.94Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Raymond: $6.85Shueyville: $6.79Arnolds Park: $4.95Okoboji: $3.83Sloan: $7.49$3.83 lowest$27.11 highestmiddle
See all 163
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Elkader$27.111,192
2Exira$24.81766
3Laurens$24.161,253
4Dayton$22.51766
5Correctionville$19.84759
6Villisca$19.741,106
7Traer$19.561,547
8Corning$19.361,509
9Allison$19.06937
10Corydon$18.221,563
11Dysart$17.951,266
12Greene$17.91971
13Alden$17.90738
14Lansing$17.67959
15Strawberry Point$17.581,141
16Rockwell$17.541,044
17Walnut$17.46728
18Gowrie$17.17943
19Colo$17.14856
20Mapleton$16.901,114
21George$16.891,106
22Fayette$16.851,193
23Adair$16.84792
24Eddyville$16.82965
25Nashua$16.811,515
26Ackley$16.631,538
27Buffalo Center$16.58839
28Roland$16.511,376
29Eldon$16.42788
30Monona$16.411,462
31Aplington$16.341,088
32Panora$16.141,096
33Mechanicsville$16.12974
34Dike$15.941,293
35Armstrong$15.87847
36Holstein$15.811,475
37State Center$15.801,403
38Earlham$15.551,411
39Shell Rock$15.521,265
40Brooklyn$15.491,474
41Newell$15.49850
42Mount Ayr$15.321,616
43Riceville$15.31807
44Neola$15.30917
45Sidney$15.191,048
46Gilbertville$15.15792
47Logan$15.051,351
48Griswold$15.01975
49Readlyn$14.99857
50Tripoli$14.991,208
51Essex$14.76721
52Bedford$14.661,474
53Lenox$14.651,355
54Manning$14.621,390
55Dunlap$14.561,030
56Garnavillo$14.52751
57Maxwell$14.50862
58Coon Rapids$14.491,258
59Nora Springs$14.251,330
60Kingsley$14.251,394
61Mcgregor$14.20725
62Primghar$14.18893
63Sheffield$14.161,123
64Hartley$14.111,584
65Woodward$14.051,383
66Guthrie Center$14.041,579
67Ossian$13.88777
68Alton$13.871,248
69Montezuma$13.791,421
70Redfield$13.73719
71Victor$13.72852
72Gilbert$13.711,397
73Edgewood$13.64908
74Sioux Rapids$13.63722
75Donnellson$13.63859
76Gladbrook$13.58775
77Clarksville$13.531,238
78Rockford$13.52722
79Janesville$13.431,052
80Glidden$13.431,140
81Calmar$13.391,100
82Baxter$13.32983
83Manly$13.291,233
84Anita$13.28953
85Van Horne$13.27768
86Conrad$13.231,098
87Springville$13.221,161
88Keota$13.21888
89Shellsburg$13.20987
90De Soto$13.18937
91Treynor$13.031,104
92Odebolt$13.00967
93Akron$12.931,545
94Danville$12.87910
95Underwood$12.85973
96New Sharon$12.801,249
97Malvern$12.791,056
98Montrose$12.78734
99Buffalo$12.681,163
100Sanborn$12.621,463
101West Point$12.39903
102Hinton$12.38959
103Preston$12.38940
104Hubbard$12.30837
105Carson$12.22772
106Wheatland$12.18765
107Winfield$12.041,006
108Elkhart$12.001,079
109Afton$11.96864
110Lowden$11.93767
111Tabor$11.88983
112Wellman$11.881,531
113Aurelia$11.84970
114Palo$11.491,554
115Wall Lake$11.43739
116West Bend$11.42770
117Dakota City$11.39764
118Marcus$11.311,069
119Dunkerton$11.30840
120Whiting$11.21725
121Melcher-Dallas$11.211,193
122Shelby$11.17730
123University Heights$11.121,188
124Manilla$11.01756
125Hamburg$10.95863
126Clarence$10.94991
127Oakland$10.851,519
128Cambridge$10.53844
129Swisher$10.39909
130Schleswig$10.39820
131Melbourne$10.38771
132Elk Run Heights$10.331,061
133Walcott$10.291,556
134Fredericksburg$10.27983
135Lake Park$10.251,155
136Inwood$10.22962
137Milo$10.20762
138Hartford$10.16729
139Central City$10.011,254
140Newhall$9.99887
141Graettinger$9.81810
142Long Grove$9.59849
143Lake View$9.391,120
144Paullina$9.21979
145Fairbank$9.001,133
146Winthrop$8.94814
147Walford$8.721,357
148Keosauqua$8.58944
149Princeton$8.24917
150Lone Tree$8.131,341
151Riverside$8.021,063
152Hills$7.94911
153Larchwood$7.52954
154North English$7.491,030
155Sloan$7.491,078
156Sully$7.41891
157Fruitland$7.21928
158Lawton$7.10949
159Wayland$7.07935
160Raymond$6.85754
161Shueyville$6.79725
162Arnolds Park$4.951,214
163Okoboji$3.83729

The $8.10 limit

Sloan’s general levy is $7.49 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.61 below the limit.4 807 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $7.86 · FY26 $7.64 · FY27 $7.49 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

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$415,403100%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Sloan’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 41¢ of every dollar41¢Public Works: 25¢ of every dollar25¢Culture and Recreation: 21¢ of every dollar21¢General Government: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Public Safety: 2¢ of every dollarEverything else: 1¢ 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 162 Iowa cities closest in size (720–1,600 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (162)
Business Type / Enterprise41¢40¢
Public Works25¢14¢
Culture and Recreation21¢9¢
General Government11¢8¢
Public Safety2¢10¢
Everything else1¢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$359,87040%
  • Culture and Recreation$326,21937%
  • General Government$162,71518%
  • Public Safety$23,9053%
  • Community and Economic Development$19,9652%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($561,972 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$303,100$291,065
Public Safety$113,570$105,183
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$136,855$156,216
Debt Service$59,580$91,826
Culture and Recreation$206,790$195,552
Community and Economic Development$25,840$6,828
Capital Projects$0$41,398
Business Type / Enterprise$622,278$406,361

What it spent each year

FY24 left out5

$1.9M
$1.6M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Sloan owes

$385,000 at June 30, 2026: $369 per resident. 657th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).6

$1.5M
$385,000
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$385,000$369
2025$482,000$463
2024$624,292$599
2023$971,907$933
2022$1.2M$1,140
2021$1.4M$1,313
2020$950,000$912
2019$1.0M$997
2018$1.1M$1,082
2017$1.2M$1,159
2016$1.3M$1,231
2015$1.4M$1,326
2014$1.5M$1,433
2013$1.3M$1,239
2012$191,196$183
2011$151,943$146
2010$205,202$197
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$385,000$369
2025$482,000$463
2024$624,292$599
2023$971,907$933
2022$1.2M$1,140
2021$1.4M$1,313
2020$950,000$912
2019$1.0M$997
2018$1.1M$1,082
2017$1.2M$1,159
2016$1.3M$1,231
2015$1.4M$1,326
2014$1.5M$1,433
2013$1.3M$1,239
2012$191,196$183
2011$151,943$146
2010$205,202$197

Up 88% since 2010.

Money in reserve

The state’s budget files don’t include cities’ fund balances7. Sloan’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Friday, June 30, 2023 (PDF).

Audits8

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Friday, June 30, 2023 (PDF), released Wednesday, July 31, 2024, by a CPA firm.

7 earlier reports for Sloan

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? 9

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: $169,186 in FY25, up 27% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 2% more. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$142,319$143,391$147,185$147,984
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$9,841$9,943$7,381$21,202

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.

$12,337
$0
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$0
    FY21$0
    FY22$0
    FY23$0
    FY24$12,337
    FY25$0
    Show the numbers
    YearGrants and projects
    FY19$0
    FY20$0
    FY21$0
    FY22$0
    FY23$0
    FY24$12,337
    FY25$0

    Has it kept up with prices?

    Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

    • Road Use Tax (streets)−6%$125,698 → $147,984, up 18% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 6% less
    • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)+140%$7,046 → $21,202, up 201% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 140% more

    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 44% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% more.

    $196,660

    Federal grants, for comparison: $78,789 in FY23.

    Business awards

    Every award 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)10.

    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

    2 seats: the top 2 win.

    Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Sloan; 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.

    • Sloan City Council At-Large (3 seats)
      Now held by Scott E. Brekke, Mitchell Stoulil, Justin Mitchell
    • Sloan Mayor
      Now held by Robert Copple

    Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here11.

    Past ballot measures

    • Public Measure WMNovember 7, 2023

      Passed Yes 67.3% (150) · No 32.7% (73)

      Passes with more yes votes than no.

    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 ballot12.

    Related places

    At the Statehouse and in Congress13

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

    U.S. House:District 4

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