Community Profile - Branson

Phone number: 417-334-3345 Fax number: 417-334-6095

Street/mailing address of city offices: 110 W. Maddux, Branson, MO 65616

Residential property tax rate: 19 percent of appraised value x .041713

Commercial property tax rate: 32 percent of appraised value x .043213

Sales tax rate: 7.225 percent

Mayor: Lou Schaefer

City manager: Terry Dody

Fee for business license: Based on number of employees.

Fee for building permit: $4.25 for each $1,000 estimated value of construction

Public schools:

Number of high schools: 1

Number of middle/junior high schools: 1

Number of elementary schools: 2

Number of vocational schools: 0

Number of colleges/universities: 0

Private schools:

Number of high schools: 1

Number of elementary schools: 1

Population: Growth since 1990 is 63 percent

Current population: 6,050

1990: 3,706

1980: 2,550

1970: 2,175

County: Taney

Number of Fire Department personnel: 48

Volunteer: 17

Full-time: 31

Fire insurance rating: 4

Number of full-time policemen: 42

Telephone service company: Verizon

Number of post offices: 1

Number of hotels/motels: 205 Total number of hotel/motel rooms: 17,782

Capacity of largest banquet room: 4,700

Number of hospitals: 1 Number of clinics: 13

Number of shopping centers: 9

Your city's three largest employers: Skaggs Community Health Center;

Branson Public Schools; Wal-Mart

Nearest airport: College of the Ozarks

Number of industrial parks: 1

Contact: Mike Rankin, 417-334-4149

Utilities:

Water supplier: City of Branson

Source: Lake Taneycomo and city wells.

Capacity(gallons per day): 11 million

Average consumption (gallons per day): 3.6 million

Storage capacity (gallons per day): 4.6 million

Rates: Residential: $4.24 for first 2,000 gallons, $1.55 for each

additional 1,000; Commercial: ranges by meter size, from $4.80 for first

2,000 gallons with a 3/4-inch meter to $59.60 for first 2,000 gallons

with a 6-inch meter, then $2.32 per each additional 1,000 gallons

May-October, $1.55 each additional 1,000 gallons November-April

Sanitation (sewer) supplier: City of Branson

Capacity(gallons per day): 9 million

Present load (gallons per day): 3.5 million

Rates: Residential: $1.92 for first 2,000 gallons, 96 cents each

additional 1,000 gallons; Commercial: $1.92 for first 2,000 gallons,

$1.84 each additional 1,000 gallons May-October, 96 cents each

additional 1,000 gallons November-April

Electrical supplier: Empire District Electric Co.

Residential rate: $7.58 minimum; summer rate June-September

$0.0643 per kilowatt hour; winter rate October-May $0.0643 for first

600 kWh, $0.0379 per kWh for 601 kWh and up

Commercial rate: $10.83 minimum; $0.0736 per kilowatt hour; winter

rate October-May, $0.0501 per kWh for 701 kWh and up

Industrial rate: $39.31 minimum; $5.35 per kilowatt of billing demand

summer, $4.18 per kilowatt of billing demand winter; first 150 kilowatt

hours of metered demand $0.055 cents per kWh summer, $0.0324 per

kWh winter; next 100 hours of use $0.0347 per kWh summer, $0.0312

per kWh winter; all additional kilowatt

hours, $0.0312 per kWh summer,

$0.0304 per kWh winter

The city of Branson has an enterprise zone.

For more information, call Mike Rankin at

417-334-4149