(A) Compensation.
Appointed Officials | |
Chief of Police | As budgeted |
City Clerk-Treasurer | As budgeted |
City Maintenance Department | As budgeted |
Election judges | $10 per hour, plus meals |
Fire Chief | Annual payment of $2,000 per year |
Assistant Fire Chief | $500 |
Part-time seasonal personnel | Minimum wage/wage is negotiable |
Temporary maintenance personnel | Minimum wage/wage is negotiable |
Volunteer firefighters | Compensation at the rate of $20 per call, $20 per drill, $20 per meeting, plus $2,000 per year contributed to Fire Pension |
City Council | |
City Council members | Annual payment of $875 per year, plus per diem payments for special City Council meetings at the rate of $50 per meeting |
Mayor | Annual payment of $1,000 per year, plus per diem payments for special City Council meetings at the rate of $50 per meeting |
(B) Rates and charges for municipal utilities.
Sewers |
Sewers | |
Connection fee | $500 |
Contingency charge | $45 per quarter |
Permit and inspection fee | No charge |
Sewer rates | $30.75 per quarter for up to 750 cubic feet, plus $0.048 per cubic foot over 750 cubic feet |
Utility Statements | |
Interest rate | 18% |
Late fee | $30 per quarter |
Returned checks | $30 + bank charges |
Water | |
Bulk water/farm water | $0.05 per gallon |
Connection fee | $500 (includes meter, remote reader and 2 meter connections) |
Contingency charge | $35.00 per quarter |
Manual water reading per quarter | $50 per month or $150 per quarter* |
Reconnection fee | $150 to disconnect water, plus $150 to reconnect water |
Water rates | $12.25 per quarter up to 500 cubic feet, plus $0.0345 per each cubic foot over 500 cubic feet |
NOTES TO TABLE: * A fee of $45 is to be charged to a homeowner if the City Maintenance Department is “called out” after normal working hours to shut-off or turn-on water to a residence. **For new homes built in the city, please note the following: the city will provide 1 water meter. It is the homeowner’s responsibility to install this meter, and remote, before occupancy. | |
(C) Business license fees.
Accessory license (adult entertainment) | $100 |
Adult entertainment license | $2,500 per year |
Coin-operated amusement device license | $3 per amusement device |
Peddler license | $20 per day |
Public dancing place license | $30 per year |
Rental license | $25 biannually, plus $75 inspection fee biannually |
Single public dance license | $30 per event |
Tobacco license | $100 per year |
(D) Liquor and beer license fees.
Consumption and Display Permit | |
Consumption and display permit | $60 per year |
Intoxicating Liquor Licenses | |
Off-sale intoxicating liquor license | $50 per year |
On-sale club intoxicating liquor license | $300 per year |
On-sale intoxicating liquor license | $400 per year |
On-sale Sunday intoxicating liquor license | $50 per year |
Investigation of Intoxicating On-Sale License Applicants | |
Investigation fee | $200 |
Non-Intoxicating Malt Liquor Licenses | |
Off-sale non-intoxicating malt liquor license | $25 per year |
On-sale non-intoxicating malt liquor license | $75 per year |
Temporary on-sale non-intoxicating malt liquor | $25 per year |
Wine License | |
On-sale wine license | $100 per year |
(E) Miscellaneous fees.
General Fees | |
Copies | $1 minimum, plus $0.25 per copy |
Dog license | Free - includes identification tag |
Faxes | $1 minimum, plus $0.25 per copy |
FOIA request (copies) | $0.25 per page, plus $50/hour, minimum 1 hour |
Street excavation permit | $10 |
Maintenance Fees | |
Bucket of gravel | $25 |
Mower | $150 per hour with 1 human (one-hour minimum) |
Tractor or truck | $55 per hour with 1 human (one-hour minimum) |
Rental Fee, City Hall | |
For a single event: | |
All commercial/business organizations or persons | $25 |
Good Thunder non-profit organizations or persons | Free |
Non-resident, non-profit organizations or persons | $10 |
All organizations or persons must submit a damage deposit of $75. (This check will be returned uncashed upon satisfactory inspection of the premises.) | |
For continuous usage (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and the like): | |
All commercial/business organizations or persons | $25 a month |
All non-profit organizations or persons | Free |
All organizations or persons must submit a damage deposit of $75. | |
Rental Fee, Concession Stand | |
Daily usage | $25 |
Deposit | $75 |
Concession stand usage is for the purpose of raising funds for non-profit organizations, youth or adult athletic groups or a community function or party. Examples: 4H, Scouts, Youth Sports, Adult Leagues, Good Thunder Day Celebration, reunions and the like. | |
(F) Zoning and subdivision fees.
Conditional use permit fee | $25, plus expenses (publication and meeting) |
Plat fee | $50, plus $10 for each lot up to a maximum of $200 |
Variance fee | $25, plus expenses (publication and meeting) |
Zoning amendment fee | $25, plus expenses (publication and meeting) |
Zoning permit fees | $100, new construction of residential, commercial business, industrial and the like |
$40, new out building construction, based on square footage of 10’ x 15’ | |
$20, all other permits | |
Late fees: $250 | |
(2001 Code, Appendix) (Res. 2018-01, passed 1-8-2018; Ord. passed - -2022; Ord. passed - -2023)