Community Profile - Springfield

Phone number: 417-864-1000 Fax number: 417-864-1114

Mailing address: PO Box 8368, Springfield, MO 65801

Street address: 840 N. Boonville

Residential property tax rate: 19 percent of appraised value x .0448

Commercial property tax rate: 32 percent of appraised value x .0552

Sales tax rate: 6.475 percent

Mayor: Tom Carlson

City manager: Tom Finnie

Fee for business license: Wide range from $1

Fee for building permit: $60 minimum

Public schools:

Number of high schools: 5

Number of middle/junior high schools: 9

Number of elementary schools: 38

Number of vocational schools: 8

Number of colleges/universities: 6

Private schools:

Number of high schools: 5

Number of elementary schools: 10

Population: Growth since 1990 is 8 percent

Current population: 151,580

1990: 140,494

1980: 133,116

1970: 120,096

County: Greene

Number of Fire Department personnel: 211

Volunteer: 0

Full-time: 211

Fire insurance rating: 2

Number of full-time policemen: 321 sworn officers

Telephone service company: Southwestern Bell

Number of post offices: 6

Number of hotels/motels: 57 Total number of hotel/motel rooms: 5, 338

Capacity of largest banquet room: 1,920

Number of hospitals: 4 Number of clinics: numerous

Number of shopping centers: N/A (1,467 retail merchants)

Your city's three largest employers: Cox Health Systems, St. John's

Health System, Springfield R-XII Schools

Number of industrial parks: 2 (public-private parks, numerous others)

Contact: Greg Williams, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce,

417-862-5567

Utilities:

Water supplier: City Utilities of Springfield

Source: McDaniel, Fellows, Stockton lakes; James River, Fulbright

Spring; and five deep wells.

Capacity (gallons per day): 58.4 million

Average consumption (gallons per day): 31.6 million

Storage capacity (gallons per day): 13 million

Rates: $ 7.50 per month (proposed $8 per month)

Sanitation (sewer) supplier: City of Springfield

Capacity(gallons per day): 48.9 million

Present load (gallons per day): 31 million

Rates: $13 per month

Electrical supplier: City Utilities of Springfield

Residential rate: $5 per month plus $0.0291 per kilowatt hour energy

charge

Commercial rate: $15 per month plus $0.0291 per kWh

Industrial rate: $25 per month plus $0.0291 per kWh

The city of Springfield has an enterprise zone comprising 19,117 acres and approximately 30 square miles. For more information about the enterprise zone, call the Springfield Planning & Development Department,

417-864-1031.