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Manly

Worth County · How cities work

$2,740 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($32.53 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,120 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.29 per $1,000)
$527,121property taxes the city levies, FY27
$1.4Mcity 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.

  • Joe RyanManly City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Pete AnderaManly City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Rick AguileraManly City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Richard Dean BairdManly City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Scott HeagelManly City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Timothy O'KeefeManly Mayor · 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 Manly

Homes and businesses in most of Manly pay a combined $32.53 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Worth County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $13.29. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$33.07$14.91
FY21$31.29$14.00
FY22$31.54$14.12
FY23$32.01$14.02
FY24$33.32$14.90
FY25$32.81$14.74
FY26$34.12$14.57
FY27$32.53$13.29
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$33.07$14.91
FY21$31.29$14.00
FY22$31.54$14.12
FY23$32.01$14.02
FY24$33.32$14.90
FY25$32.81$14.74
FY26$34.12$14.57
FY27$32.53$13.29

Compared with places this size3

Manly’s city property tax rate of $13.29 per $1,000 is the 71st lowest of 146 Iowa cities with 840–1,800 people. The middle of the group is $13.41.

Elkader: $27.11Laurens: $24.16Pocahontas: $20.79Villisca: $19.74Traer: $19.56Corning: $19.36Lake City: $19.32Allison: $19.06Corydon: $18.22Dysart: $17.95Greene: $17.91Lansing: $17.67Strawberry Point: $17.58Rockwell: $17.54Gowrie: $17.17Colo: $17.14Mapleton: $16.90George: $16.89Manson: $16.87Fayette: $16.85Eddyville: $16.82Nashua: $16.81Ackley: $16.63Buffalo Center: $16.58Roland: $16.51Monona: $16.41Aplington: $16.34Durant: $16.24Panora: $16.14Mechanicsville: $16.12Dike: $15.94Armstrong: $15.87Holstein: $15.81State Center: $15.80Pleasantville: $15.80Earlham: $15.55Shell Rock: $15.52Brooklyn: $15.49Newell: $15.49Mount Ayr: $15.32Neola: $15.30Guttenberg: $15.19Sidney: $15.19Logan: $15.05Griswold: $15.01Readlyn: $14.99Tripoli: $14.99Woodbine: $14.80Bedford: $14.66Lenox: $14.65Manning: $14.62Van Meter: $14.60Dunlap: $14.56Maxwell: $14.50Coon Rapids: $14.49Nora Springs: $14.25Kingsley: $14.25Urbana: $14.20Primghar: $14.18Sheffield: $14.16Hartley: $14.11Woodward: $14.05Guthrie Center: $14.04Alton: $13.87Montezuma: $13.79Victor: $13.72Gilbert: $13.71Edgewood: $13.64Donnellson: $13.63Clarksville: $13.53Avoca: $13.51Janesville: $13.43Glidden: $13.43Calmar: $13.39Baxter: $13.32Anita: $13.28Conrad: $13.23Springville: $13.22Keota: $13.21Shellsburg: $13.20De Soto: $13.18Treynor: $13.03Odebolt: $13.00Akron: $12.93Leon: $12.93Danville: $12.87Underwood: $12.85New Sharon: $12.80Slater: $12.79Malvern: $12.79Buffalo: $12.68Sanborn: $12.62West Point: $12.39Hinton: $12.38Preston: $12.38Remsen: $12.32Hubbard: $12.30Reinbeck: $12.10Winfield: $12.04Elkhart: $12.00Afton: $11.96Tabor: $11.88Wellman: $11.88Aurelia: $11.84Blue Grass: $11.79Columbus Junction: $11.71Palo: $11.49Prairie City: $11.38Marcus: $11.31Dunkerton: $11.30Mediapolis: $11.27Melcher-Dallas: $11.21University Heights: $11.12Hamburg: $10.95Clarence: $10.94Farley: $10.91Oakland: $10.85Moville: $10.67Cambridge: $10.53Swisher: $10.39Elk Run Heights: $10.33Walcott: $10.29Fredericksburg: $10.27Lake Park: $10.25Inwood: $10.22Central City: $10.01Newhall: $9.99Long Grove: $9.59Lake View: $9.39Paullina: $9.21Fairbank: $9.00Walford: $8.72Keosauqua: $8.58Princeton: $8.24Lone Tree: $8.13Riverside: $8.02Hills: $7.94Larchwood: $7.52North English: $7.49Sloan: $7.49Sully: $7.41Fruitland: $7.21Lawton: $7.10Wayland: $7.07Arnolds Park: $4.95Manly: $13.29$4.95 lowest$27.11 highestmiddle
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#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Elkader$27.111,192
2Laurens$24.161,253
3Pocahontas$20.791,848
4Villisca$19.741,106
5Traer$19.561,547
6Corning$19.361,509
7Lake City$19.321,656
8Allison$19.06937
9Corydon$18.221,563
10Dysart$17.951,266
11Greene$17.91971
12Lansing$17.67959
13Strawberry Point$17.581,141
14Rockwell$17.541,044
15Gowrie$17.17943
16Colo$17.14856
17Mapleton$16.901,114
18George$16.891,106
19Manson$16.871,646
20Fayette$16.851,193
21Eddyville$16.82965
22Nashua$16.811,515
23Ackley$16.631,538
24Buffalo Center$16.58839
25Roland$16.511,376
26Monona$16.411,462
27Aplington$16.341,088
28Durant$16.241,798
29Panora$16.141,096
30Mechanicsville$16.12974
31Dike$15.941,293
32Armstrong$15.87847
33Holstein$15.811,475
34State Center$15.801,403
35Pleasantville$15.801,696
36Earlham$15.551,411
37Shell Rock$15.521,265
38Brooklyn$15.491,474
39Newell$15.49850
40Mount Ayr$15.321,616
41Neola$15.30917
42Guttenberg$15.191,804
43Sidney$15.191,048
44Logan$15.051,351
45Griswold$15.01975
46Readlyn$14.99857
47Tripoli$14.991,208
48Woodbine$14.801,707
49Bedford$14.661,474
50Lenox$14.651,355
51Manning$14.621,390
52Van Meter$14.601,840
53Dunlap$14.561,030
54Maxwell$14.50862
55Coon Rapids$14.491,258
56Nora Springs$14.251,330
57Kingsley$14.251,394
58Urbana$14.201,635
59Primghar$14.18893
60Sheffield$14.161,123
61Hartley$14.111,584
62Woodward$14.051,383
63Guthrie Center$14.041,579
64Alton$13.871,248
65Montezuma$13.791,421
66Victor$13.72852
67Gilbert$13.711,397
68Edgewood$13.64908
69Donnellson$13.63859
70Clarksville$13.531,238
71Avoca$13.511,685
72Janesville$13.431,052
73Glidden$13.431,140
74Calmar$13.391,100
75Baxter$13.32983
76Manly$13.291,233
77Anita$13.28953
78Conrad$13.231,098
79Springville$13.221,161
80Keota$13.21888
81Shellsburg$13.20987
82De Soto$13.18937
83Treynor$13.031,104
84Odebolt$13.00967
85Akron$12.931,545
86Leon$12.931,779
87Danville$12.87910
88Underwood$12.85973
89New Sharon$12.801,249
90Slater$12.791,626
91Malvern$12.791,056
92Buffalo$12.681,163
93Sanborn$12.621,463
94West Point$12.39903
95Hinton$12.38959
96Preston$12.38940
97Remsen$12.321,681
98Hubbard$12.30837
99Reinbeck$12.101,673
100Winfield$12.041,006
101Elkhart$12.001,079
102Afton$11.96864
103Tabor$11.88983
104Wellman$11.881,531
105Aurelia$11.84970
106Blue Grass$11.791,707
107Columbus Junction$11.711,794
108Palo$11.491,554
109Prairie City$11.381,722
110Marcus$11.311,069
111Dunkerton$11.30840
112Mediapolis$11.271,679
113Melcher-Dallas$11.211,193
114University Heights$11.121,188
115Hamburg$10.95863
116Clarence$10.94991
117Farley$10.911,723
118Oakland$10.851,519
119Moville$10.671,707
120Cambridge$10.53844
121Swisher$10.39909
122Elk Run Heights$10.331,061
123Walcott$10.291,556
124Fredericksburg$10.27983
125Lake Park$10.251,155
126Inwood$10.22962
127Central City$10.011,254
128Newhall$9.99887
129Long Grove$9.59849
130Lake View$9.391,120
131Paullina$9.21979
132Fairbank$9.001,133
133Walford$8.721,357
134Keosauqua$8.58944
135Princeton$8.24917
136Lone Tree$8.131,341
137Riverside$8.021,063
138Hills$7.94911
139Larchwood$7.52954
140North English$7.491,030
141Sloan$7.491,078
142Sully$7.41891
143Fruitland$7.21928
144Lawton$7.10949
145Wayland$7.07935
146Arnolds Park$4.951,214

The $8.10 limit

Manly’s general levy is $7.89 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.21 below the limit.4 541 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

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

Outside the limit: $5.40 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$3.68 · $145,619
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.72 · $67,857

Tax increment financing (TIF)

Manly’s TIF revenue, from its reports to the state. It budgeted $130,000 in TIF revenue for FY24.

$267,953
YearTIF revenue
FY16$109,451
FY17$140,277
FY18$150,951
FY19$177,206
FY20$186,212
FY21$194,028
FY22$236,622
FY23$267,953
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$109,451
FY17$140,277
FY18$150,951
FY19$177,206
FY20$186,212
FY21$194,028
FY22$236,622
FY23$267,953

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$312,06959%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$145,61928%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$67,85713%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Manly’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 55¢ of every dollar55¢Capital Projects: 15¢ of every dollar15¢General Government: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Public Works: 7¢ of every dollar7¢Public Safety: 6¢ of every dollarEverything else: 8¢ of every dollar8¢

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 145 Iowa cities closest in size (840–1,800 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (145)
Business Type / Enterprise55¢40¢
Capital Projects15¢11¢
General Government10¢8¢
Public Works7¢13¢
Public Safety6¢10¢
Everything else8¢18¢

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$400,00029%
  • Public Safety$275,03420%
  • Public Works$269,68120%
  • Culture and Recreation$261,07819%
  • General Government$148,52711%
  • Community and Economic Development$10,0501%
  • Health and Social Services$4,5000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($2.5M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$142,808$145,985
Public Safety$209,424$276,759
Health and Social Services$4,635$4,500
General Government$90,462$88,187
Debt Service$145,230$144,927
Culture and Recreation$200,211$314,410
Community and Economic Development$300$0
Capital Projects$0$246,234
Business Type / Enterprise$531,436$553,181

What it spent each year

FY24 left out6

$2.9M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Manly owes

$787,857 at June 30, 2026: $627 per resident. 621st most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).7

$2.0M
$787,857
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$787,857$627
2025$97,000$77
2024$217,000$173
2023$337,000$268
2022$476,523$379
2021$730,000$581
2020$491,391$391
2019$725,655$578
2018$893,800$712
2017$927,784$739
2016$1.2M$932
2015$1.4M$1,154
2014$1.3M$1,044
2013$1.6M$1,247
2012$1.8M$1,428
2011$1.9M$1,496
2010$2.0M$1,607
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$787,857$627
2025$97,000$77
2024$217,000$173
2023$337,000$268
2022$476,523$379
2021$730,000$581
2020$491,391$391
2019$725,655$578
2018$893,800$712
2017$927,784$739
2016$1.2M$932
2015$1.4M$1,154
2014$1.3M$1,044
2013$1.6M$1,247
2012$1.8M$1,428
2011$1.9M$1,496
2010$2.0M$1,607

Down 61% since 2010.

The 5% limit8

General obligation debt is $0, 0% of the limit of about $3.7M (5% of $73.8M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

1 obligation at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Loansupgrades to wastewater treatment plant and rehab2045$787,857

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. Manly’s latest audit has them: Annual Examination, period ending Friday, June 30, 2023 (PDF).

Audits10

The latest: Annual Examination for the period ending Friday, June 30, 2023 (PDF), released Wednesday, February 26, 2025, by the Auditor of State.

11 earlier reports for Manly

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: $178,376 in FY25, up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$175,292$172,840$177,413$178,376
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$10,032$4,389––

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.

$189,176
$1,513
  • State grants$1,513100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$161,966
FY20$189,176
FY21$187,042
FY22$1,494
FY23$1,543
FY24$1,530
FY25$1,513
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$161,966
FY20$189,176
FY21$187,042
FY22$1,494
FY23$1,543
FY24$1,530
FY25$1,513

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−17%$170,913 → $178,376, up 4% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 17% 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 45% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% more.

$191,998

Federal grants, for comparison: $12,412 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

1 business has state awards in MANLY: $165K in grants, loans and tax benefits, for 10 jobs.12

  • Sukup Manufacturing Co.
    High Quality Jobs Program · FY21 · Under contract: Keeping the jobs · 10 jobs required, 10 reported
    $165K

Community college new jobs training: 2 contracts since 2007 worth $195K, for 27 pledged jobs.

Awards 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)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 · 1

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Manly; 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.

  • Manly City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Richard Dean Baird, Scott Heagel
  • Manly Mayor
    Now held by Timothy O'Keefe

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

Doug Campbell (Sen. 30)Jane Bloomingdale (Rep. 60)

U.S. House:District 2

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