Community Profile - Nixa

Phone number: 417-725-5850 Fax number: 417-725-6394

Mailing Address: PO Box 395, Nixa, MO 65714

Street address of city offices: 715 W. Mt. Vernon

Residential property tax rate: 19 percent of appraised value x .0537

Commercial property tax rate: 32 percent of appraised value x .0571

Sales tax rate: 7.225 percent

Mayor: Jay Wasson

City administrator: Brian Bingle

Fee for business license: $10 to $20 per year

Fee for building permit: 10 cents per square foot

Public schools:

Number of High Schools: 1

Number of Middle/Jr. High Schools: 1

Number of Elementary Schools: 5

Number of Vocational Schools: 0 (OTC evening classes offered at

schools)

Number of Colleges/Universities: 0

Private Schools: None

Population: Growth since 1990 is 158 percent

Current population: 12,124

1990: 4,707

1980: 2,662

1970: 1,636

County: Christian

Number of Fire Department Personnel: 38

Volunteer: 25

Full-time: 13

Fire Insurance Rating: 5

Number of full-time policemen: 22

Telephone service company: Southwestern Bell

Number of post offices: 1

Number of hotels/motels: 1 Total number of hotel/motel rooms: 44

Capacity of largest banquet room: 200

Number of hospitals: 0 Number of clinics: 4

Number of shopping centers: 4

Your city's three largest employers: Nixa R-II Schools; Wal-Mart

Supercenter; Micro Innovations

Nearest airport: Springfield-Branson Regional Airport

Number of industrial parks: 1

Contact: Duwayne and Steve Eoff, Nixa Industrial Park, 863-8880

Utilities:

Water supplier: City of Nixa Utilities

Source: Wells

Capacity (gallons per day): 3,463,200

Average consumption (gallons per day): 1,253,592

Storage capacity (gallons per day): 1,750,000

Rates: 3/4-inch meter: $4.85 for first 1,000 gallons, $1.65 per 1,000

for next 3,000 gallons, $1.50 per 1,000 for next 10,000 gallons, $1.30

per 1,000 for next 10,000 gallons, $1 per 1,000 over 25,000 gallons;

1-inch meter: $10.50 for first 3,000 gallons, then same as above; 2-

inch meter: $37.50 for first 12,000 gallons, then $1.50 per 1,000 for

next 10,000 gallons, $1.30 per 1,000 for next 10,000 gallons, $1 per

1,000 over 25,000 gallons

Sanitation (sewer) supplier: City of Nixa Utilities

Capacity (gallons per day): 1.8 million

Present load (gallons per day): 1 million

Rates: $2 plus $1.70 per 1,000 gallons used

Electrical supplier: City of Nixa Utilities

Residential rate: $5 for first 40 kilowatt hours; $0.057 per kWh for

next 960 kWh; $0.052 per kWh in excess of 1,000 kWh

Small commercial rate: $5 for first 40 kilowatt hours (single

meter); $10 for first 40 kWh (three-phase meter); $.060 per kWh for

next 1,460 kWh; $0.055 per kWh in excess of 1,500 kWh

Industrial rate: Kilowatt demand charge of $4.70 per kW; kilowatt

hour energy charge of $0.039 per kWh; minimum charge $150 per

month; industrial rate is available for

commercial customers with a meas-

ured demand in excess of 75 kWh