CITY STATISTICS

Statistics, 2008

Date of Incorporation 
1907

Adoption of the City Charter
Voted - 12/07/26
Adopted - 1/01/27

Form of Government
Council/Mayor

Area in Square Miles
18.89

Miles of Street
Paved 189.0
Unpaved 0.5

Police Protection
Number of Stations - 1
Number of Employees (including 19 civilians) - 69
Number of Calls for Service - 19,298
Total Arrests - 1,752
Total Number of Written Reports - 4,539
Total Number of Building checks - 6,603
Total Alarm Response - 669
Total Citations - 3,629

Fire Protection
Number of Stations - 5
Number of Employees - 46
Number of City runs per year - 439
Number of Non-City runs per year - 66

EMS Service
Number of Employees (including clerks) - 18
Number of City runs per year - 2,908
Number of Non-City runs per year - 313
Number of long distance transfers - 597

Retired Volunteers Program
Number of Volunteers - 395
Total Volunteer Hours (10/1/04 - 9/30/05) - 69,091
Dollar Value to the Community(Based on Private Sector rate) - $1,347,965

Building Permits
Number of Residential (10/1/2005 - 9/30/2006) - 14
     Residential Valuation - $2,640,500
Number of Residential - Alterations & Additions - 144
     Residential Valuation - $668,479
Number of Residential Re-Roofs - 157
     Residential Valuation - $379,402
Number of Commercial - Buildings 2
     Commercial Valuation - $4,700,000
Number of Commercial Alterations & Additions - 35
     Commercial Valuation - $1,572,771
Number of Commercial Re-Roofs - 38
     Commercial Valuation - $263,250
Number of Government - 0
     Government Valuation N/A

Municipal Water Utility
Number of active city accounts (yearly average) - 8,684
Number of active city units (yearly average) - 9,704
Number active non-city accounts (yearly average) - 237
Number of active non-city units (yearly average) - 249
Systems capacity (gallons) per day - 12,500,000
Daily average consumption (gallons) - 5,000,000
Miles of water mains - 177
Miles of sewer mains - 125
Number of fire hydrants - 722
Main Live Valves - 1,636
Manholes - 1,998

Parks and Recreation