Business-Friendly Tax Base

• City Property Tax: 0.7874 per $100.00 valuation
• County Property Tax: 3.9143 per $100.00 valuation (Burdine Township)
• Sales Tax: 7.23%
• State Income Tax: 6.00%
• State Corporate Tax: 6.25%

Low-Cost Utilities Built for Growth

Cabool Utilities are all inclusive, offering Electric, Water, and Sewer through the City and Natural Gas through Southern Missouri Natural Gas, a company franchised with the City. With rates comparable to neighboring co-ops and a highly reliable system, our Utilities are ideal for incoming new businesses.

Electricity

Cost of electricity at Cabool is one of the lowest in the Midwest. Power is generated by Show-Me Power from water and low sulfur coal and is delivered to Cabool Municipal Electric over a network of 160 kV lines. Show-Me is connected to the interstate power grid over a network of 345 and 500 kV lines. Cabool is served by a system of 7200 volt lines.

• Rates as low as $.058 per kilowatt-hour, more than 25% below the national average, and close to the lowest in the country
• Stable power supply – three main 7.2 kilovolt feeder lines with redundancy for minimal outages
• Plentiful supply – more than 50% capacity available
• Transformers usually set by the City at no charge.

For rate schedules call Cabool City Hall at (417) 962-3136.

Water

Water is brought to the public in both cities from a total of four 1,200′ – 1,400′ deep wells which have a daily pumping capacity in Cabool of 1,728,000 gallons per day.

• Water quality is the highest in the region, so high that a major food-processing company selected Cabool as the site for its plant, at $7.45 for the first 2,000 gallons and $1.70 per thousand thereafter
• More than 50% capacity available for growth

Bacteriological and other tests are made daily at modern laboratories by technicians approved and overseen by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  Water rates are reasonably priced.

Sewers

The sewage systems of each city are designed to serve populations of 6,500. Cabool operates an aerated waste water treatment plant which is augmented by percolation beds.

• Voted best in Missouri for the year of 2009
• Municipal waste-water system based on a lagoon system at $8.75 for the first 2,000 gallons and $0.80 per thousand thereafter
• More than 25% capacity available for growth

Gas & Fuel

All options for field are available in Cabool.

• NATURAL GAS.  An abundant supply is available from Southern Missouri Natural Gas.  The Oklahoma based suppliers has a pipeline from Springfield along US 60 through Cabool’s two industrial parks and the John Ayer Industrial Park are served by natural gas.
• PROPANE. Propane is provided by Red Top Gas, a delivery service located in downtown Cabool.
• FUELS & OILS. Hunter Oil Company is the area marketer of gasoline, diesel, heating oils, and lubricating oils with supply depots and sales offices in Cabool.

Cabool is focused on making it easy for you – we’ll bring utilities to your property line at no cost.