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Eagle Grove

Wright County · How cities work

$3,470 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($41.16 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$1,630 a yearof that goes to the city ($19.32 per $1,000)
$1.9Mproperty taxes the city levies, FY27
$7.2Mcity 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.

  • Marcus SpanglerEagle Grove City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
  • Michael BoydEagle Grove Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
  • Michael WelandEagle Grove City Council Ward 2 · elected November 4, 2025
  • Sara MiddletonEagle Grove City Council Ward 4 · elected November 4, 2025
  • Alvin PamperinEagle Grove City Council Ward 1 · elected November 7, 2023
  • Dennis VandewaterEagle Grove City Council Ward 3 · elected November 7, 2023
  • Tony AxtellEagle Grove 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 Eagle Grove

Homes and businesses in most of Eagle Grove pay a combined $41.16 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, $19.32. Estimate your bill.

Rates over time

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

YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$42.85$18.14
FY21$42.74$17.25
FY22$42.41$18.13
FY23$42.35$19.58
FY24$42.23$19.48
FY25$41.24$19.41
FY26$41.51$19.36
FY27$41.16$19.32
Show the numbers
YearCombinedCity’s own
FY20$42.85$18.14
FY21$42.74$17.25
FY22$42.41$18.13
FY23$42.35$19.58
FY24$42.23$19.48
FY25$41.24$19.41
FY26$41.51$19.36
FY27$41.16$19.32

Compared with places this size3

Eagle Grove’s city property tax rate of $19.32 per $1,000 is the 6th highest of 68 Iowa cities with 2,400–5,400 people. The middle of the group is $14.77.

Eldora: $26.87Red Oak: $20.65Bloomfield: $20.41Sibley: $19.77Albia: $19.70Iowa Falls: $18.86West Liberty: $18.68Chariton: $18.37Tama: $17.74Clarion: $17.74Missouri Valley: $17.68Clarinda: $17.25Madrid: $16.93Centerville: $16.85Algona: $16.75West Union: $16.60Grundy Center: $16.36Vinton: $16.25Winterset: $16.15Cresco: $16.13Marengo: $16.10Humboldt: $16.00Forest City: $15.77Postville: $15.68Tipton: $15.54Harlan: $15.07Shenandoah: $15.02Manchester: $14.96Jefferson: $14.88Hampton: $14.86Carlisle: $14.82Cherokee: $14.82Glenwood: $14.77Waukon: $14.76Rock Rapids: $14.57Monticello: $14.49Jesup: $14.31Windsor Heights: $14.30Osage: $14.29Rock Valley: $13.76Sergeant Bluff: $13.70Emmetsburg: $13.70Wilton: $13.62Mount Vernon: $13.50New Hampton: $13.44Hudson: $13.19Center Point: $13.19Hawarden: $13.02Garner: $12.86Camanche: $12.75Le Claire: $12.64Milford: $12.57Onawa: $12.32Hull: $11.79Huxley: $11.68West Branch: $11.63Mitchellville: $11.54Solon: $11.53Williamsburg: $11.11Carter Lake: $10.67Story City: $10.39Kalona: $10.37Dyersville: $10.27West Burlington: $10.15Robins: $9.68Fairfax: $8.10Evansdale: $8.00Eagle Grove: $19.32$8.00 lowest$26.87 highestmiddle
See all 68
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Eldora$26.872,595
2Red Oak$20.655,420
3Bloomfield$20.412,773
4Sibley$19.772,787
5Albia$19.703,579
6Eagle Grove$19.323,615
7Iowa Falls$18.864,993
8West Liberty$18.683,724
9Chariton$18.374,278
10Tama$17.742,997
11Clarion$17.742,751
12Missouri Valley$17.682,638
13Clarinda$17.255,334
14Madrid$16.932,824
15Centerville$16.855,345
16Algona$16.755,341
17West Union$16.602,435
18Grundy Center$16.362,821
19Vinton$16.254,962
20Winterset$16.155,421
21Cresco$16.133,890
22Marengo$16.102,415
23Humboldt$16.004,774
24Forest City$15.774,199
25Postville$15.682,418
26Tipton$15.543,059
27Harlan$15.074,898
28Shenandoah$15.024,878
29Manchester$14.965,283
30Jefferson$14.884,148
31Hampton$14.864,340
32Carlisle$14.824,381
33Cherokee$14.825,186
34Glenwood$14.775,250
35Waukon$14.763,799
36Rock Rapids$14.572,709
37Monticello$14.494,095
38Jesup$14.312,541
39Windsor Heights$14.305,106
40Osage$14.293,559
41Rock Valley$13.764,024
42Sergeant Bluff$13.705,335
43Emmetsburg$13.703,632
44Wilton$13.622,914
45Mount Vernon$13.504,518
46New Hampton$13.443,433
47Hudson$13.192,916
48Center Point$13.192,578
49Hawarden$13.022,630
50Garner$12.863,049
51Camanche$12.754,536
52Le Claire$12.644,776
53Milford$12.573,258
54Onawa$12.322,795
55Hull$11.792,459
56Huxley$11.684,737
57West Branch$11.632,876
58Mitchellville$11.542,686
59Solon$11.533,284
60Williamsburg$11.113,380
61Carter Lake$10.673,752
62Story City$10.393,439
63Kalona$10.372,762
64Dyersville$10.274,559
65West Burlington$10.153,249
66Robins$9.683,362
67Fairfax$8.102,937
68Evansdale$8.004,515

The $8.10 limit

Eagle Grove’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 $8.21 · FY27 $8.21 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $11.11 more5

  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$6.02 · $591,452
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$1.57 · $154,388
  • Debt Service Levy$1.55 · $196,992
  • Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$1.29 · $126,558
  • Capital Projects (Capital Improv. Reserve)$0.68 · $66,299

Tax increment financing (TIF)

$28.7M of taxable value in Eagle Grove is in TIF districts’ increment (22% of the city’s taxable value), 2025 valuations, taxed in FY27.6 It budgeted $865,119 in TIF revenue for FY25.

$411,395

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 $509,727 of the city’s own.

  • Wright County$191,734
YearTIF revenue
FY16$62,892
FY17$89,799
FY18$102,962
FY19$156,136
FY20$220,528
FY21$317,458
FY22$406,936
FY23$411,395
Show the numbers
YearTIF revenue
FY16$62,892
FY17$89,799
FY18$102,962
FY19$156,136
FY20$220,528
FY21$317,458
FY22$406,936
FY23$411,395

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$805,99442%
  • Total Employee Benefit Levies$591,45230%
  • Debt Service Levy$196,99210%
  • Liability, property & self insurance costs$154,3888%
  • Support of a Local Emerg. Mgmt. Comm.$126,5587%
  • Capital Projects (Capital Improv. Reserve)$66,2993%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Eagle Grove’s budget goes, FY26

Business Type / Enterprise: 41¢ of every dollar41¢Public Safety: 16¢ of every dollar16¢Capital Projects: 14¢ of every dollar14¢Debt Service: 10¢ of every dollar10¢Public Works: 8¢ of every dollar8¢Everything else: 11¢ of every dollar11¢

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 67 Iowa cities closest in size (2,400–5,400 people).

Where it goesOf each dollarCities this size (67)
Business Type / Enterprise41¢37¢
Public Safety16¢13¢
Capital Projects14¢17¢
Debt Service10¢8¢
Public Works8¢9¢
Everything else11¢16¢

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$2.3M32%
  • Public Safety$1.8M25%
  • Public Works$961,43613%
  • Debt Service$897,22712%
  • Culture and Recreation$529,8957%
  • Community and Economic Development$469,1307%
  • General Government$237,0443%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($4.4M in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23
FunctionBudgetSpent
Public Works$931,601$941,530
Public Safety$1.5M$1.6M
Health and Social Services$0$0
General Government$176,150$512,597
Debt Service$952,205$978,750
Culture and Recreation$725,700$597,092
Community and Economic Development$287,773$991,434
Capital Projects$2.3M$1.9M
Business Type / Enterprise$5.0M$4.3M

What it spent each year

FY24 left out8

$19.8M
$16.4M

Debt, reserves and audits

How local debt works · What an audit tells you

What Eagle Grove owes

$29.9M at June 30, 2026: $8,315 per resident. 34th most per resident of 939 Iowa places of its kind (the list).9

$33.3M
$29.9M
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$29.9M$8,315
2025$32.5M$9,030
2024$33.3M$9,255
2023$33.1M$9,185
2022$32.9M$9,136
2021$32.0M$8,890
2020$30.5M$8,463
2019$30.2M$8,393
2018$14.2M$3,935
2017$5.3M$1,471
2016$4.6M$1,272
2015$5.1M$1,428
2014$4.3M$1,205
2013$4.8M$1,346
2012$5.2M$1,432
2011$4.7M$1,297
2010$5.0M$1,382
Show the numbers
June 30OwedPer resident
2026$29.9M$8,315
2025$32.5M$9,030
2024$33.3M$9,255
2023$33.1M$9,185
2022$32.9M$9,136
2021$32.0M$8,890
2020$30.5M$8,463
2019$30.2M$8,393
2018$14.2M$3,935
2017$5.3M$1,471
2016$4.6M$1,272
2015$5.1M$1,428
2014$4.3M$1,205
2013$4.8M$1,346
2012$5.2M$1,432
2011$4.7M$1,297
2010$5.0M$1,382

Up 502% since 2010.

The 5% limit10

General obligation debt is $5.2M, 49% of the limit of about $10.5M (5% of $210.2M, the full value of its taxable property in 2024).

12 obligations at June 30, 2026
KindForPaid off byOwed
Revenue BondsClean Water State Revolving Fund loan2048$20.9M
Revenue BondsSewer project loan through Iowa Finance Authority2043$2.2M
General ObligationWellness Center expansion project2041$1.6M
General ObligationUrban renewal project, street, water and san sewer system improvements storm water drainage and sidewalk improvements in downtown renewal area2036$1.1M
General ObligationUrban renewal project-residential subdivison2036$1.0M
Revenue BondsC086RT-WRR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DOWNTOWN STORM WATER PRJ2048$949,000
General ObligationDowntown Revitalization, Infrastructure and equipment2033$901,000
Revenue BondsClean water sewer project loan through Iowa Finance Authority2041$389,000
Capital Leases/Lease to PurchasePierce Enforcer 107' Ascendant Ladder Fire Truck2031$384,375
General ObligationDaybreak Foods2030$211,000
General ObligationCommercial construction incentives, police equipment and cemetery building2029$120,000
General ObligationVehicles, equipment for water/sewer, public works2027$118,000

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 balances11. Eagle Grove’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 Tuesday, December 23, 2025, by a CPA firm.

16 earlier reports for Eagle Grove

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: $589,762 in FY25, up 11% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 12% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers
SourceFY22FY23FY24FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)$497,330$495,538$508,651$511,411
Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)$66,252$53,001$85,511$78,351

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.

$156,446
$9,149
  • State grants$9,149100%
YearGrants and projects
FY19$4,047
FY20$8,824
FY21$156,446
FY22$43,029
FY23$110,855
FY24$14,334
FY25$9,149
Show the numbers
YearGrants and projects
FY19$4,047
FY20$8,824
FY21$156,446
FY22$43,029
FY23$110,855
FY24$14,334
FY25$9,149

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

  • Road Use Tax (streets)−12%$462,873 → $511,411, up 10% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 12% less
  • Commercial and industrial tax replacement (“backfill”)−11%$70,001 → $78,351, up 12% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 11% 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 7% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 15% less.

$506,535

Federal grants, for comparison: $389,205 in FY25.

Business awards

Every award statewide

State economic development awards

Community college new jobs training: 2 contracts since 2006 worth $6.5M, for 1,037 pledged jobs.

Awards 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)14.

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

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Eagle Grove; 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.

  • Eagle Grove City Council At-Large
    Now held by Tony Axtell
  • Eagle Grove City Council Ward 1
    Now held by Alvin Pamperin
  • Eagle Grove City Council Ward 3
    Now held by Dennis Vandewater
  • Eagle Grove Mayor
    Now held by Michael Boyd

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

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 ballot16.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress17

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

U.S. House:District 4

Wright CountyEagle Grove schools