General Information

VANDALIA CITY HALL
200 East Park
Vandalia, Missouri  63382
Phone:  (573)594-6186
Fax:  (573)594-3103

Utilities
Water: City of Vandalia - Source - Reservoir
Plant Capacity - 720,000 gallons per day
Average Consumption - 250,000 gpd
Peak Consumption - 360,000 gpd
Storage Capacity - 1,100,000 gallons.





Sanitary Sewer: City of Vandalia - Three-cell lagoon
Plant Capacity - 593,000 gpd; Present load - 400,000 gpd.

Garbage Disposal: The City of Vandalia currently contracts trash pickup through Dayne's Waste Disposal of Laddonia, MO

          
Electricity: City of Vandalia - Currently the city purchases most of it's electric power through Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC). Transmission services are supplied through Central Electric Power Coop (CEPC) of Jefferson City, Missouri.  During peak periods, the city utilizes eight diesel units to generate power from it's own electric generating plant. The City's Industrial Park is supplied with electricity through Ralls County Electric Coop under a territorial agreement.

Natural Gas: Ameren UE - 1-800-552-7583

Telephone: Windstream (formerly Alltel) - 1-800-992-9289



Transportation
Rail: Kansas City Southern makes 1 regular stop per day and will stop on demand.  Visit their website at www.kcsi.com.

Air: The Vandalia Air Park, with a 2,600 foot grass runway, is located just one mile east of town. Mexico Memorial Airport, 27 miles southwest of city, longest runway is 5,500 feet, paved, lighted; private craft storage, maintenance and fuel available. Baldwin Field, Quincy, IL, 69 miles northeast of city, commercial air transportation and freight service available.

Barge: Mississippi River barge service 27 miles east of city; public and private docks available.

Motor Carrier: Butler Trucking is a motor freight carrier to Vandalia.  Package delivery service is available.  One U.S. highway and one Missouri highway serve the city.  Distance on approach to nearest 4-lane highway-17 miles; to nearest interstate exchange-approx. 45 miles.

Taxes
Missouri property is assessed at differing percentages of value according to type/use.

REAL PROPERTY
Residental    19%
Agricultural   12%
All Other        32%

PERSONAL PROPERTY
Vehicles           33.3%

PROPERTY TAX LEVY
(per $100 assessed value)
City
  .8782
County
  .1811
Road & Bridge
  .2878
Hospital
  .1812
Handicap Services
  .2100
Library
  .2115
Ambulance
  .3000
Nursing Home
  .2500
Vand. Spec Road Dist.
  .3500
State
  .0300
Van-Far Schools
3.5782
Commercial
  .6000
Total Residential
6.4580
Total Commercial
7.0580


SALES TAX
State
4.000%
Conservation
0.125%
Parks & Soils
0.100%
County
1.000%
Roads & Bridges
0.500%
Emergency Serv
0.375%
City
1.500%
TOTAL
7.600%