City Departments
City Departments
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Utility Emergency Numbers
631-4379 or 631-4384 The City of Mitchell owns and operates its own municipal electric, water and wastewater systems. The Board of Public Works operates the utilities systems. Their mission statement is to provide safe quality services at a fair price, while maintaining a customer friendly organization. · The electric system maintains 2 substations with a combined capacity of 8500 kW. The current peak is 3024 kW. The City purchases wholesale power from Western Area Power Administration and the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska. The city operates its distribution system at 4,160 volts. · The water system has 3 wells for normal usage and one emergency well. The average daily usage is 556,000 gallons. The peak daily consumption is 1,666,000 gallons. There is an elevated 200,000 gallon storage tank. The average city water pressure is 50 pounds per square inch. · The wastewater system is a natural lagoon system. The system has 4 cells and meets our current requirements. Aeration has been added to cell one, with plans to install it on cell two in the near future.
E-mail address mitchellutility@charter.net Electric Rates adopted August 7, 2007
Residential Rate Summer Winter $ .0843 1-600 Kwh $ .0843 1-600 Kwh $ .0843 over 600 Kwh $ .0517 over 600 Kwh $ 13.00 Customer Charge $ 13.00 Customer Charge
Commercial Rate Summer Winter $ .0875 1-1600 Kwh $ .0875 1-1600 Kwh $ .0858 over 1600 Kwh $ .0660 over 1600 Kwh $ 18.50 Customer Charge $ 18.50 Customer Charge
Irrigation Pump Rate
$ .0715 per Kwh $ 30.00 per hp annual fee $ 35.00 Customer Charge
Industrial RateSummer Winter $ 13.25 per Kw $ 11.00 per Kw $ .0420 per Kwh $ .0360 per Kwh $ 107.50 Customer Charge $ 107.50 Customer Charge
Fire Chief: Jon Wurdeman Fire Calls or Rescue Unit: 9-1-1 Non-Emergency: 436-6666
Assistant Chief: Jon Warren Patrolman: Benjamin Baum Patrolman:
Four full time police officers providing 24 hour protection. E-mail address police_dept@charter.net Please don't use email for emergency messages.
Water and Wastewater Rates adopted March 9, 2004
Water Rate$ 11.00 1-6,000 gallons $ .80 per 1,000 gal over min.
Wastewater Rate
Residential$ 13.00 per month
Commercial$ 18.00 per month $ .35 per 1,000 gal of water used
Water tankers will be filled during normal working hours only, and only by a water department employee. The cost is $1.50 per 1,000 gallons, with a minimum charge of $20.00 per trip.
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