Open Record Inspection Fee

1-710

(a) No fee for readily available records;

(b) All cases not covered by (a), charged regular hourly rate of each employee engaged in the record search, or a minimum $10 charge per request

Copying Fee

1-711

$.25 per page

Animal Impoundment Fee

2-117

$20 plus actual cost of feeding and maintaining animal

Registration and Vaccination Fee

2-201

$5 fee per dog, and additional $5 for each unneutered male or unspayed female dog

Dog Tags

2-202

$5 fee for duplicate tag to replace lost or stolen tag

Minimum Impoundment Fee

2-207; As amended

Minimum impoundment fee shall be $20, plus additional board fee of $10/day for up to three days

Cereal Malt Beverage License Fee

3-206

(a) General Retailer - $50 per calendar year

(b) Limited Retailer - $35 per calendar year

CMB change location application

3-210

$25

Occupational Tax – Retail Sale

3-302

$300 annual occupation tax

Occupational Tax – Drinking Establishments

3-401

$150 annual occupation tax

Boarding Up Main Street Windows

4-102

$500 permit fee per window intended to be affected

Building permit application

4-213; As amended

As follows –

Building Valuation

Fee/Charge

$1-499

$0

$500-1,499

$25

$1,500-over

$50

   Building Valuation shall be based upon International Code Councils most recent Building Valuation Data (BVD) available at www.iccsafe.org. 

Electrical permit application

4-313

$20 fee (no charge if total work is under $100)

Moving buildings permit

4-505

Not less than $100, plus cost for time of any city crews involved

Solicitors, Canvassers, Peddlers; Investigation

5-105

$15, for cost of investigation of facts in the application

Solicitors, Canvassers, Peddlers; License

5-106

$15 for first person, $5 for each additional person per day. No fees in excess of $150 collected from a licensee during any 6 month period of time.

Scrap Metal Dealers, License Fee

Ordinance 402

$100 for license, $25 annual renewal fee up to nine years; after year ten must file for new license

Special Purpose Vehicle, License Fee

Ordinance 408; As amended

$15 per calendar year

Special Purpose Vehicle, License Replacement

Ordinance 408; As amended

$5 fee for new license to replace lost or destroyed license

Streets, Excavation Permit, Filed

13-203

$25 application fee upon approval, plus cost of street repair material; must file $5,000 performance bond with city clerk, with the application

Arborists License and Bond

13-324

$25 annual license fee (in advance). Before license issued, file evidence of possession of general liability insurance of $500,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate

Utility Service Connection Fees:

Electric Connection Fee

15-212 (1)

$10

Water Connection Fee

15-212 (2)

$10

    Utility service connection fees are nonrefundable.

Utility Deposits:

Water Service

15-213 (1)

$20

Electric Service

15-213 (2)

$80

    Deposits are refundable after two years.

New Water Service Connection Fee

15-307

(a) ¾” tap (allows 100 feet of line) - $425;

(b) 1” tap (allows 80 feet of line) - $550;

(c) Tap larger than 1” – actual cost to city plus 10%.

   Fee or cost for new water service shall be paid before service is installed and/or turned on.

Monthly Utility Rates:

   Sewer Use

Ordinance 411

Residential users:  $11.00/month for “winter average water usage” (average of Jan.-March water usage) of 2,000 gallons or less, plus $1.80/1,000 gallons of water used

Other users:  Charges based on water used during the month

   Electric Use

Ordinance 428

Residential (Schedule R-84): $4/month charge, plus 7.8 cents/kWh

Commercial and Small Power (Schedule CSP-84):

$8/month charge, plus 7.8 cents/kWh

Large Power (Schedule LP-84)

$25/month plus $3.01/KW/month above 15KW plus 7.3 cents/kWh

   Electric Use (January 2020 – December 2020)

Ordinance 428

Residential: $6.00 month charge (increase $2.00 8-12-19) plus, 8.2 cents/kWh (increase .4 cents 8-12-19)

Commercial and Small Power: $10.00 month charge (increase $2.00 8-12-19) plus, 8.0 cents/kWh (increase .2 cents 8-12-19)

   Electric Use (cont’d)

15-406

Space Lights (Area Lights):

(a) 175 watt HPS - $9.75 / month;

(b) 250 watt HPS - $9.75 / month;

(c) 400 watt HPS - $15 / month;

(d) 1000 watt HPS - $37.50 / month

        Note:  10% or 20% 2-year rate reduction for creation of 1 or 5 new full-time jobs. (Ordinance 331)

   Water Use (from October 2016 to December 2017)

Ordinance 410

$15.85/month minimum charge for 0-2,000 gallons;

$5.32 for each additional 1,000 gallons

   Water Use (from January 2018 to December 2018)

Ordinance 410

$16.33/month minimum charge for 0-2,000 gallons;

$5.48 for each additional 1,000 gallons

   Water Use (from January 2019 to December 2019)

Ordinance 410

$16.82/month minimum charge for 0-2,000 gallons;

$5.65 for each additional 1,000 gallons

        Note:  10% or 20% 2-year rate reduction for creation of 1 or 5 new full-time jobs. (Ordinance 329)

   Solid Waste

Ordinance 397

As follows –

Description

Times Per Week

Rate

    In Town:

     1 Residential

1 time

$20.00

     Commercial – 1 yd

1 time

$33.80

     Residential – 1 yd

1 time

$27.74

     Commercial – 2 yd

1 time

$55.47

     1 yd

2 times

$55.47

     3 yd

1 time

$64.63

     2 yd

2 times

$107.72

     2 yd

3 times

$147.71

     3 yd

2 times

$128.10

     3 yd

3 times

$215.43

     2 – 2 yd

2 times

$209.24

     ½ of 1 yd

1 time

$17.80

     1½ yd

1 time

$46.05

     1½ yd split 2 ways

1 time

$23.03

        Note:  Alternate frequency arrangements for trash removal are permitted at the discretion of city staff.

    Out of Town:

     Residential

1 time

$30.19

     Commercial – 1 yd

1 time

$50.83

     Residential – ½ of 2 yd

1 time

$41.54

     Commercial – 2 yd

1 time

$83.08

     1 yd

2 times

$96.88

     3 yd

1 time

$110.94

     2 yd

2 times

$161.77

     2 yd

3 times

$218.14

     3 yd

2 times

$218.14

     3 yd

3 times

$321.98

     2 – 2 yd

2 times

$314.50

     ½ of 1 yd

1 time

$26.70

     1½ yd

1 time

$69.02

     1½ yd split 2 ways

1 time

$34.51

        Note:  10% or 20% 2-year rate reduction for creation of 1 or 5 new full-time jobs. (Ordinance 397)

    City Owned Dumpster:

Free for 2 weeks for bulk items (not for construction/demolition)

     1 yd

$8.45 per dump

$50 per additional week use

     2 yd

$13.87 per dump

$50 per additional week use

     3 yd

$16.13 per dump

$50 per additional week use

Water Meter; Testing

15-313; As amended

$20 charge for a customer requested test, only if meter is found to be accurate within 2%

Water Disconnected, Reconnection Charge

15-212; As amended

$20 charge to reconnect; past due bill must be paid in full

Electric Disconnected, Reconnection Charge

15-212; As amended

$20 charge to reconnect; past due bill must be paid in full

Payment of Utility Bills, Late Fee

15-326

10% late charge for bills paid after the 25^th day of the month

New Private Sewer System, Permit Fee

15-507

$50 permit and inspection fee

Sewers, Installation, Connection Permits

15-512

$50 permit and inspection fee prior to any work involving the public sewer system

Sewers, Connection, Sewer Saddle

Resolution 238; As amended

$45 for a City provided sewer saddle.  Property owner or designated contractor may provide at their own cost with approval of City Water/Sewer Superintendent

Fence Permit Fee

Ordinance 378; As amended

$10 permit and inspection fee prior to: place new fence, extend existing fence, or replace 50% of total linear feet of an existing fence

Zoning & Subdivision Application Fees:

Rezoning or Conditional Use

Ordinance 381

$75 fee (no separate fee for Development Plan)

Development Plan (separate from RZ or CUP above)

Ordinance 381

$50 fee

Variance or Special Exception

Ordinance 381

$100 fee

Appeal to Board of Zoning Appeals

Ordinance 381

$25 fee

Preliminary Plat

Ordinance 381

$50 fee, plus $2 for each lot

Final Plat

Ordinance 381

$25 fee, plus $2 for each lot

Short Form Plat

Ordinance 381

$100 fee

Assorted Fees:

Materials

1 Loader Bucket:

Chat (2 yards or 3,700#)

$65

   (Weights are approximates)

Dirt (3,500#)

$15

Sand (3,820#)

$20

Gravel (5,600#)

$30

Millings (3,920#)

$15

Street Sweepings (2 yards or 3,700#)

$15

Bulk Water

Barrel (42 gallons)

$.20 for Agricultural Uses

$.35 for Non-Agricultural Uses

Area/Rental Light

Standard Street Light

Installed on nearest existing pole

$9.75 per month

Services

Loader

$125

          Plus damages to equipment

John Deere Tractor or Trencher

$75

Electric Trucks (Bucket)

$75

Dump Truck

$75

Lawn Mower

$75

Equipment will be operated by City personnel only. Prices shown are for one hour.  Equipment will be billed by ½ hour increments.  Time is calculated shop-to-shop.  Emergency or other use of equipment after hours or on weekends will be billed at 1½ the rate schedule shown above. City labor costs will be billed separately, after hours or on weekends will be billed at 1½ the hourly rate.  Hourly labor rates will be calculated to include the cost of benefit per hour per city employee.

Community Building

Rent:

1 Day – no alcohol

$50

1 Day – with alcohol

$150

Deposit:

No alcohol

$200

With alcohol

$300

Animal Control

Non-City Animal Trap Disposal Fee

At Animal Control Officer’s discretion

$10

Skunk Removal Fee

At Animal Control Officer’s discretion

$15-$30

Public Right-of-Way

Permit/Inspection Fee

Resolution 19-294

$40

Excavation Fee

Resolution 19-294

Equal to the cost per square yard for streets, overlays and sealcoats x Depreciation Rate x Area of Influence.

This will be calculated by the City Superintendent based on the information provided in the permit application.