Mount Vernon

Phone number: (417) 466-2122

Fax number: (417) 466-2513

Mailing address: PO Box 70, MountVernon MO 65712

Street address of city offices:

319 E. Dallas, Mount Vernon

Local property tax rate: No city property taxes

Local sales tax rate: 7.225 percent

City administrator: Vacant position

Fee for building permit: variable depending on type of business and construction

Number of building permits in 2004: 125

Public schools

Number of high schools: 1

Student capacity: 600

Number of middle/junior high schools: 2 Student capacity: 600

Number of elementary schools: 1

Student capacity: 625

Population

Current population: 4,300

Population in 2000: 4,017

Population in 1990: 3,726

Population in 1980: 3,341

Public services

Number of Fire Department personnel: 22

Volunteer: 21

Full-time: 1

Number of full-time policemen: 9

Telephone service company: CenturyTel

Number of post offices: 1

Number of hotels/motels: 4

Convention or meeting facilities: 5

Number of hospitals: 1

Number of clinics: 3

Number of local emergency rooms or urgent care facilities: 1

Number of shopping centers: 4 strip centers

City’s three largest employers: Missouri Rehabilitation Center, Schreiber Foods, Mid-America Dental & Hearing

Nearest airport: 2 miles (municipal; noncommercial)

Number of industrial parks: 2

Contact name(s) and number(s) for industrial parks: Jane Hood, (417) 466-2122 or (417) 466-5689

Utilities

Water supplier: City of Mount Vernon

Source: Ground water

Capacity: 950,000 gallons per day

Average consumption: 650,000 gallons per day

Storage capacity: 1,650,000 gallons per day

Rates: $4.14 minimum charge plus volumetric charge

Sanitation (sewer) supplier: City of Mount Vernon

Capacity: 1,350,000 gallons per day

Present load: 650,000 gallons per day

Rates: $4.99 plus volumetric charge

Electrical supplier: City of Mount Vernon

Residential rate: $0.0645/kilowatt hour

Commercial rate: $0.0645 or $0.0532/kwh plus demand charge

Industrial rate: $0.0532/kwh plus demand charge (rate decreases with level of use)

Natural gas supplier: Missouri Gas Energy

Rates: .68611/ccf (ccf = 100 cubic feet)

Local economy

Do you have an enterprise zone or other development incentive programs? Yes

Name(s) and phone number(s) for more information: Jane Hood, 417-466-2122 or (417) 466-5689

Is there a chamber of commerce in your city? Yes

Name: Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce

Address: 425 E. Mount Vernon Blvd., Mount Vernon, MO 65712

Telephone number: (417) 466-7654

What are some of the local landmarks/attractions in your city? Apple Butter Makin’ Days Festival (second weekend of October), Founder’s Day (first weekend in April), Missouri Rehabilitation Center, Missouri Veteran’s Home, Tango Festival (first weekend in August), Freefall Express Skydiving, Jones Memorial Museum, historic courthouse, Horseshoe Theatre