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 - ReservoirPlant 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. If you live North of the railroad tracks your trash will be picked up early Tuesday morning and South of the railroad tracks your trash will be picked up early Friday morning. If the collection day falls on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day pick up will be the following day.
Curbside Recycling Program:
Recycling is picked up by Dayne’s Disposal 1 time a month, on the last Monday of the month.
Recycling should be at curbside-either in a CLEAR bag (available for purchase at City Hall) or in a trash can marked with ORANGE—clearly indicating that it is used for recycling. Free orange stickers are available at City Hall, or fluorescent orange spray can be used for recycling.
These items will be accepted
Cans:
Aluminum & tin food & beverage cans
Disposable foil
Product containers
Plastic:
Plastic bottles & containers
Clear & colored plastic bottles with an HPDE #2 and PET #1 symbol
Check recycling symbol for #1 & #2)
Newspapers, magazines, paper, paperboard:
Separate items and bundle or place in paper sack
Keep items dry and away from sunlight
Cardboard: (please flatten)
Remove all contents
ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:
NO paint cans
NO Styrofoam
NO plastic bags
NO pesticide/chemical containers
NO waxed boxes
NO Styrofoam packing material
NO glass
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
|
.9167
|
County
|
.2154
|
Road & Bridge
|
.2907
|
Hospital
|
.1830
|
Handicap Services
|
.2100
|
Library
|
.2136
|
Ambulance
|
.3000
|
Nursing Home
|
.2419
|
Vand. Spec Road Dist.
|
.3500
|
State
|
.0300
|
Van-Far Schools
|
4.000
|
Commercial
|
.6000
|
Total Residential
|
6.9513
|
Total Commercial
|
7.5513
|
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%
|
