Community Profile - Republic

Phone number: 417-732-6065 Fax number: 417-732-2913

Street address/mailing address of city offices: 213 N. Main, Republic, MO

65738

Residential property tax rate: 19 percent of appraised value x .044396

Commercial property tax rate: 32 percent of appraised value x .054796

Sales tax rate: 7.1 percent

Mayor: Keith D. Miller

City administrator: Dean P. Thompson

Fee for business license: $25

Fee for building permit: Varies

Public schools:

Number of High Schools: 1

Number of Middle/Jr. High Schools: 1

Number of Elementary Schools: 4

Number of Vocational Schools: 0

Number of Colleges/Universities: 0

Private Schools: None

Population: Growth rate since 1990 is 34 percent

Current population: 8,438

1990: 6,292

1980: 4,485

1970: 2,411

County: Greene

Number of Fire Department Personnel: 18

Part-time: 10

Full-time: 8

Fire Insurance Rating: 5

Number of full-time policemen: 18

Telephone service company: Southwestern Bell

Number of post offices: 1

Number of hotels/motels: 0 Total number of hotel/motel rooms: 0

Capacity of largest banquet room: 60

Number of hospitals: 0 Number of clinics: 3

Number of shopping centers: 6

Your city's three largest employers: Republic R-III Schools; Wal-Mart;

Albertson's

Nearest airport: Springfield-Branson Regional Airport

Number of industrial parks: 0

Utilities:

Water supplier: City of Republic

Source: Three deep wells

Capacity (gallons per day): 3.2 million

Average consumption (gallons per day): 1.1 million

Storage capacity (gallons per day): 1.6 million

Rates: $4.05 base plus $1.91 per 1,000 gallons for 2,100-10,000

gallons; $1.85 per 1,000 gallons for 10,100-25,000 gallons; $1.74

per 1,000 gallons for 25,100-50,000 gallons; $1.45 per 1,000

gallons for 50,100-200,000 gallons; $1.33 per 1,000 gallons for

200,100-500,000 gallons; $1.04 per 1,000 gallons for 500,000

gallons and up

Sanitation (sewer) supplier: City of Republic

Capacity (gallons per day): 927,000 (Republic is expanding its

existing plant and building a second plant that together will increase

the sanitation system's capacity to 3.2 million.)

Present load (gallons per day): 911,000

Rates: $7.66 per 1,000 gallons

Electrical supplier: Empire District Electric

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