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Belmond

Wright County · How cities work

$3,710 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($44.00 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,670 a yearof that goes to the city ($19.86 per $1,000)
$1.6Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$8.5Mcity 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.

  • Earl KalkwarfBelmond City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Frank BeminioBelmond Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Kevin L SchultzBelmond City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Robyn HardmanBelmond City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Taylor D. DePuewBelmond City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Jaime DuranBelmond City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Kyle TulpBelmond City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
  • Terri HavensBelmond Hospital Trustee · elected November 4, 2025
  • Troy WatneBelmond Hospital Trustee · elected November 4, 2025
  • Anna BusemanBelmond Hospital Trustee · elected November 7, 2023
  • Bradley W. RobsonBelmond Hospital Trustee · elected November 7, 2023
  • Nancy GabrielsonBelmond Hospital Trustee · elected November 7, 2023
  • Sandra SteenblockBelmond Park Trustee · 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 Belmond

Homes and businesses in most of Belmond pay a combined $45.50 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Wright County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $19.86. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$41.50$17.12
FY21$41.88$17.12
FY22$32.47$17.36
FY23$40.09$17.84
FY24$39.66$17.92
FY25$40.04$18.43
FY26$41.77$18.43
FY27$44.00$19.86
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$41.50$17.12
FY21$41.88$17.12
FY22$32.47$17.36
FY23$40.09$17.84
FY24$39.66$17.92
FY25$40.04$18.43
FY26$41.77$18.43
FY27$44.00$19.86

Compared with places this size3

Belmond’s city property tax rate of $19.86 per $1,000 is the 5th highest of 88 Iowa cities with 1,600–3,600 people. The middle of the group is $13.57.

Eldora: $26.87Pocahontas: $20.79Rockwell City: $20.74Bloomfield: $20.41Sibley: $19.77Albia: $19.70Sac City: $19.69Lake City: $19.32Toledo: $18.21La Porte City: $18.08Tama: $17.74Clarion: $17.74Britt: $17.72Missouri Valley: $17.68Madrid: $16.93Manson: $16.87West Union: $16.60Audubon: $16.52Grundy Center: $16.36Belle Plaine: $16.34Colfax: $16.25Durant: $16.24Lamoni: $16.15Marengo: $16.10Pleasantville: $15.80Postville: $15.68Tipton: $15.54Stuart: $15.48Mount Ayr: $15.32Granger: $15.22Sigourney: $15.20Guttenberg: $15.19Sumner: $14.83Woodbine: $14.80Van Meter: $14.60Rock Rapids: $14.57Jesup: $14.31Osage: $14.29Urbana: $14.20Parkersburg: $14.15Ida Grove: $14.10Lake Mills: $13.82Wilton: $13.62Avoca: $13.51New Hampton: $13.44Wapello: $13.29Hudson: $13.19Center Point: $13.19Greenfield: $13.13Hawarden: $13.02Leon: $12.93Garner: $12.86Slater: $12.79Bellevue: $12.67Milford: $12.57New London: $12.56Lisbon: $12.50Dallas Center: $12.42Onawa: $12.32Remsen: $12.32Monroe: $12.28Denver: $12.27Alta: $12.13Reinbeck: $12.10Atkins: $11.99Blue Grass: $11.79Hull: $11.79Columbus Junction: $11.71Cascade: $11.64West Branch: $11.63Mitchellville: $11.54Solon: $11.53Prairie City: $11.38Northwood: $11.28Mediapolis: $11.27Williamsburg: $11.11Ely: $11.08Ogden: $10.99Farley: $10.91Moville: $10.67Story City: $10.39Kalona: $10.37West Burlington: $10.15Peosta: $9.82Robins: $9.68Epworth: $9.42Fairfax: $8.10Belmond: $19.86$8.10 lowest$26.87 highestmiddle
See all 88
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Eldora$26.872,595
2Pocahontas$20.791,848
3Rockwell City$20.742,185
4Bloomfield$20.412,773
5Belmond$19.862,405
6Sibley$19.772,787
7Albia$19.703,579
8Sac City$19.691,992
9Lake City$19.321,656
10Toledo$18.212,372
11La Porte City$18.082,267
12Tama$17.742,997
13Clarion$17.742,751
14Britt$17.722,001
15Missouri Valley$17.682,638
16Madrid$16.932,824
17Manson$16.871,646
18West Union$16.602,435
19Audubon$16.522,008
20Grundy Center$16.362,821
21Belle Plaine$16.342,335
22Colfax$16.252,305
23Durant$16.241,798
24Lamoni$16.152,072
25Marengo$16.102,415
26Pleasantville$15.801,696
27Postville$15.682,418
28Tipton$15.543,059
29Stuart$15.481,887
30Mount Ayr$15.321,616
31Granger$15.222,095
32Sigourney$15.201,974
33Guttenberg$15.191,804
34Sumner$14.832,032
35Woodbine$14.801,707
36Van Meter$14.601,840
37Rock Rapids$14.572,709
38Jesup$14.312,541
39Osage$14.293,559
40Urbana$14.201,635
41Parkersburg$14.151,986
42Ida Grove$14.101,988
43Lake Mills$13.822,077
44Wilton$13.622,914
45Avoca$13.511,685
46New Hampton$13.443,433
47Wapello$13.292,026
48Hudson$13.192,916
49Center Point$13.192,578
50Greenfield$13.131,988
51Hawarden$13.022,630
52Leon$12.931,779
53Garner$12.863,049
54Slater$12.791,626
55Bellevue$12.672,321
56Milford$12.573,258
57New London$12.561,853
58Lisbon$12.502,238
59Dallas Center$12.421,993
60Onawa$12.322,795
61Remsen$12.321,681
62Monroe$12.282,021
63Denver$12.271,955
64Alta$12.132,039
65Reinbeck$12.101,673
66Atkins$11.992,168
67Blue Grass$11.791,707
68Hull$11.792,459
69Columbus Junction$11.711,794
70Cascade$11.642,396
71West Branch$11.632,876
72Mitchellville$11.542,686
73Solon$11.533,284
74Prairie City$11.381,722
75Northwood$11.282,047
76Mediapolis$11.271,679
77Williamsburg$11.113,380
78Ely$11.082,371
79Ogden$10.991,970
80Farley$10.911,723
81Moville$10.671,707
82Story City$10.393,439
83Kalona$10.372,762
84West Burlington$10.153,249
85Peosta$9.822,195
86Robins$9.683,362
87Epworth$9.422,042
88Fairfax$8.102,937

The $8.10 limit

Belmond’s general levy is $8.21 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.11 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.4 150 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.37 · FY26 $8.37 · FY27 $8.21 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $11.66 more5

  • Debt Service Levy$6.44 · $521,493
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$2.38 · $190,235
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.87 · $149,411
  • Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$0.98 · $78,670

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$925,360 of taxable value in Belmond is in TIF districts’ increment (1% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $26,556 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$34,357
$27,273

What that value would raise at each government’s rate, FY277

Taxes on TIF value go to the city’s TIF fund instead of the governments that levy them, including about $12,426 of the city’s own.

  • Wright County$6,183
YearTIF revenue
FY16$6,272
FY18$32,405
FY19$34,357
FY20$33,442
FY21$31,692
FY22$30,833
FY23$27,273
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$6,272
FY18$32,405
FY19$34,357
FY20$33,442
FY21$31,692
FY22$30,833
FY23$27,273

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$657,27441%
  • Debt Service Levy$521,49333%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$190,23512%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$149,4119%
  • Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$78,6705%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Belmond’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 76¢ of every dollar76¢Public Safety: 7¢ of every dollar7¢Debt Service: 5¢ of every dollarCulture and Recreation: 4¢ of every dollarPublic Works: 4¢ of every dollarEverything else: 4¢ 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 87 Iowa cities closest in size (1,600–3,600 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (87)
Business Type / Enterprise76¢39¢
Public Safety7¢12¢
Debt Service5¢7¢
Culture and Recreation4¢7¢
Public Works4¢11¢
Everything else4¢9¢

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$5.9M70%
  • Debt Service$787,4049%
  • Public Safety$711,1098%
  • General Government$373,2484%
  • Public Works$357,8204%
  • Culture and Recreation$309,4124%
  • Community and Economic Development$38,7050%
  • Health and Social Services$3,0000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($7.5M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$337,012$369,187
Public Safety$585,289$506,661
Health and Social Services$600$85
General Government$313,663$280,133
Debt Service$529,020$528,354
Culture and Recreation$348,684$414,923
Community and Economic Development$191,200$370,045
Capital Projects$0$349,372
Business Type / Enterprise$1.3M$1.5M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$5.1M
$4.8M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Belmond owes

$13.9M at June 30, 2026: $5,628 per resident. 93rd most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$14.4M
$13.9M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$13.9M$5,628
2025$9.7M$3,943
2024$10.7M$4,331
2023$11.6M$4,720
2022$12.4M$5,017
2021$13.2M$5,360
2020$12.5M$5,093
2019$13.3M$5,406
2018$14.1M$5,737
2017$13.3M$5,389
2016$14.0M$5,670
2015$9.2M$3,720
2014$13.8M$5,604
2013$14.4M$5,831
2012$8.7M$3,524
2011$10.0M$4,052
2010$2.9M$1,162
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$13.9M$5,628
2025$9.7M$3,943
2024$10.7M$4,331
2023$11.6M$4,720
2022$12.4M$5,017
2021$13.2M$5,360
2020$12.5M$5,093
2019$13.3M$5,406
2018$14.1M$5,737
2017$13.3M$5,389
2016$14.0M$5,670
2015$9.2M$3,720
2014$13.8M$5,604
2013$14.4M$5,831
2012$8.7M$3,524
2011$10.0M$4,052
2010$2.9M$1,162

Up 384% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $7.3M, 98% of the limit of about $7.4M (5% of $148.2M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

7 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
General Obligation2026 Aquatic Center and 2026 3rd St NE reconstruction.2045$5.1M
LoansWastewater Treatment Facility Renovation2056$4.4M
Revenue BondsWater plant, well and main extension construction2031$2.2M
General ObligationStreet & Utilities Improvements - 20212033$1.1M
General ObligationStreet & Utility Improvements - 20182030$555,000
General ObligationStreet improvements2030$519,000
Capital Leases/Lease to Purchase930M Cat Loader2027$0

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 balances11. Belmond’s latest audit has them: Financial Statement, period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF).

Audits12

The latest: Financial Statement for the period ending Monday, June 30, 2025 (PDF), released Thursday, March 26, 2026, by a CPA firm.

16 earlier reports for Belmond

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? 13

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: $371,573 in FY25, up 8% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 14% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$338,300$300,913$347,905$350,159
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$34,683$29,871$25,696$21,414

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.

$183,690
$38,209
  • CEBA grants$35,99994%
  • State grants$2,2106%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$6,192
FY20$119,362
FY21$52,106
FY22$64,875
FY23$183,690
FY24$21,147
FY25$38,209
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$6,192
FY20$119,362
FY21$52,106
FY22$64,875
FY23$183,690
FY24$21,147
FY25$38,209

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−9%$306,945 → $350,159, up 14% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 9% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−52%$35,650 → $21,414, down 40% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 52% 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 9% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 13% less.

$333,559

Federal grants, for comparison: $169,185 in FY23.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 1 contract since 2011 worth $840K, for 81 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)14.

In a city that can hold a primary, filing runs Monday, August 9, 2027 to Thursday, August 26, 2027.

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Ballot measures · 1

Passed Yes 91.0% (600) · No 9.0% (59)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

City · 4

3 seats: the top 3 win.

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Belmond; 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.

  • Belmond City Council At-Large (2 seats)
    Now held by Kyle Tulp, Jaime Duran
  • Belmond Hospital Trustee (4 seats)
    Now held by Nancy Gabrielson, Bradley W. Robson, Anna Buseman, Sandra Steenblock
  • Belmond Mayor
    Now held by Frank Beminio

Candidates as county auditors and civicAPI list them; a filing can take a few days to appear here15.

Past ballot measures

  • Public Measure WVNovember 4, 2025

    Passed Yes 91.0% (600) · No 9.0% (59)

    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 ballot16.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress17

Dennis Guth (Sen. 28)Mark I. Thompson (Rep. 56)

U.S. House:District 4

Wright CountyBelmond-Klemme schools