City of Kearney
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Established/Incorporated
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1873
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Incorporated as First Class City
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1901
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Population (June 2013)
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30,919
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Area in square miles/2-mile jurisdiction
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13.2 miles/71.9 miles
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Form of Government
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Council-Manager (Adopted 1950)
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Council Members
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5 - Elected at large
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Mayor
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Selected by City Council
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Taxes
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City property tax rate
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$0.14887 per $100 valuation
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City sales tax rate
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1.5%
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Police Protection
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Sworn Personnel/Civilian Personnel
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54/14
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Fire Protection
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Number of stations
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3
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Volunteers/Paid Staff
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63/13.5
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Park and Recreation
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Public parks
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15
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Total acreage of parks and greenspace
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577.48
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Annual swimming pools attendance
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54,845
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Annual recreation program attendance
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15,000+
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Rentals/uses at park facilities
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2,300
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Public tennis courts
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16
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Miles of bicycle pathways
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20.21
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Municipal golf course
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1 (18-hole)
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Golf Rounds per year
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31,620
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Cemetery
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60 developed acres
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Library
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Books and audio and visuals
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135,951
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Card holders
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40,973
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Circulation
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517,325
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Visits
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219,966
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Public computer use and logins
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92,291
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Regional Airport
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Enplanements
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1 3,038
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Takeoffs and landings
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25,000 operations
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Home based aircraft
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40
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Length of longest runway
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7,100 feet
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Development Services
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Building permits issued in 2013
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1,779
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Construction value of building permits issued
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$107.6 million
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Public Works
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Miles of street (center line)
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177 center line miles
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Lane miles of street
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557
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Signalized intersections
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20 City - 24 State
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Utilities
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Water
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Miles of water main/gallons pumped
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204/2.22 billion
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Fire hydrants
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1,550
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Total water meters
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10,346
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Water towers
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3,750,000 gal. capacity
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Sanitary Sewer
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Miles of sewer main/gallons treated
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159/1.16 billion
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Pumping stations
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19
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Sanitation
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Single family/multi-family collections
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9,118 per week/1,826 per week
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Commercial collections
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2,450 per week
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Yard waste collection
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3,612 participants
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Recycling collection curb-side
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5,132 participants
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Waste collected and delivered to Landfill
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24,198 tons
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Material recycled
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3,569 tons
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Landfill
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Residential waste received
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26,137 tons
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Refuse received
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45,798 tons
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