Tax & Utility Rates

Tax Rates

  • Sales Tax
    • Meals: 6%
    • Lodging: 8%
  • Real Estate Tax
    • $1.20 / $100 assessed value
  • Personal Property Tax
    • $3.50 / $100 assessed value (Auto, Trucks, Boats, Trailers, Motorcycles)
  • Machinery and Tools Tax:
    • $2 / $100 assessed value

Water Rates (Bi-Monthly)

- Revised July 1, 2021

For Water Users Within the City
Base charge $14.67*
Up to 5,000 cubic feet$15.10 per 1,000 cubic feet
Next 20,000 cubic feet$16.70 per 1,000 cubic feet
Next 100,000 cubic feet$18.50 per 1,000 cubic feet
All over 125,000 cubic feet$20.40 per 1,000 cubic feet
For Water Users Outside the City
Base charge                 $16.88*
All consumption$17.40 per 1,000 cubic feet

*Includes $3.00 Capital Water Infrastructure Repair


Sewer Rates (Bi-Monthly)

- Revised July 1, 2021

For Sewer Users Within the City
Under 100,000 cubic feet$29.13* plus $2.99 per 100 cubic feet
All over 100,000 cubic feet$3.58 per 100 cubic feet
For Sewer Users Outside the City
All usage$36.42* plus $3.74 per 100 cubic feet

*Includes $3.00 Capital Sewer Infrastructure Repair


Refuse Collection and Recycling Rates (Bi-Monthly)

  • $37.00 (additional cans are $2.10 per month per can)

Storm Water Fee

The monthly utility fee for a residential property is the ERU rate of $4 per month for one ERU (Equivalent Residential Unit). The monthly utility fee for a nonresidential property is the ERU rate of $4 per month for one ERU, multiplied by the numerical factor obtained by dividing the total impervious area of the nonresidential property by one ERU (2,656 square feet).