Ozarks Profile - Jane Hood

Phone number: 417-581-2407Fax number: 417-581-0575

Mailing Address: PO Box 295, Ozark, MO 65721

Street address of city offices: 295 N. First St.

Residential property tax rate: 19 percent of appraised value x .0485

Commercial property tax rate: 32 percent of appraised value x .0519

Sales tax rate: 7.225 percent

Mayor: Donna McQuay

City administrator: Collin Quigley

Fee for business license: $5 to $20 depending on number of proprietors and

full-time employees.

Building permit fee: Residential: Square footage x 5 percent, $45 minimum

Commercial: Varies by value of construction, from $45 for construction

valued at $0 to $1,000 to $2,750 for construction valued at $1 million

or greater, plus $2 per additional $1,000 of value or fraction thereof above

$1 million valuation.

Public schools:

Number of High Schools: 1

Number of Middle/Jr. High Schools: 1

Number of Elementary Schools: 3

Number of Vocational Schools: 0

Number of Colleges/Universities: 0

Private Schools: None

Population: Growth since 1990 is 118 percent

Current population: 9,665

1990: 4,431

1980: 2,980

1970: 1,936

County: Christian

Number of Fire Department Personnel: 50

Volunteer: 50

Full-time: Chief is paid monthly salary

Fire Insurance Rating: 5

Number of full-time policemen: 22

Telephone service company: Verizon and Southwestern Bell

Number of post offices: 1

Number of hotels/motels: 4 Total number of hotel/motel rooms: 66

Capacity of largest banquet room: 400

Number of hospitals: 0 Number of clinics: 2

Number of shopping centers: 8

Your city's three largest employers: Fasco; Third Street Sportswear;

Tracker Marine

Nearest airport: Ozark

Number of industrial parks: 1

Contact: City of Ozark, 417-581-2407

Utilities:

Water supplier: City of Ozark Water System

Source: Deep wells

Capacity (gallons per day): 7.7 million *

Average consumption (gallons per day): 1.8 million

Storage capacity (gallons per day): 1.225 million

Rates: Vary by location, usage. Generally, inside city $5.13 for first

1,000 gallons, $1.58 for each additional 1,000; outside city, $7.70 for

first 1,000 gallons, $2.38 for each additional 1,000.

Sanitation (sewer) supplier: City of Ozark Wastewater System

Capacity (gallons per day): 750,000 *

Present load (gallons per day): 650,000 *

Rates: Varies by location, usage. Inside city, $5 for first 1,000

gallons, $2.33 for each additional 1,000; outside city, $7.50 for first

1,000 gallons, $3.50 for each additional 1,000.

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 and up.

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

winter rate October-May, $0.0501 per kWh for 701 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

* Figures taken from the 1998 SBJ Market

Fact Book