The City of Jasper by the numbers in 2019.

1. Jasper by the Numbers 2019
5 – the number of elected officials in their first full term of office for the City.
$969,718,585 is the assessed value of property in 2020. (Up 5.37%)
$0.845 is the Property Tax Rate for 2020. (Down 1.62%)
$23,038,230 is the budget for 2020.
413 – number of runs made by the Jasper Volunteer Fire Department.
13,977 – calls for service by the Jasper Police Department.
30 Trips on the Spirt of Jasper. 91.8% of tickets sold. 85% of passengers = non-residents.
118 times the Train Depot was rented with approx. 3,765 total guests.
66 times the Parklands Pavilion was rented out generating $22k in revenue.
66 – the amount of times the Parklands’ Pavilion was rented out.
28,938 – people attended the Habig Center and their activities.
4,600 – tickets sold for public performances by the Jasper Arts Department.
29,598 – total individual use of the Jasper Arts Department.
200 – estimated new parking spaces added with the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center.
$40,600,000 in Utilities Revenue in 2019.
$14,040.40 – bad debt written off by the Jasper Municipal Utilities. (.035% of sales)
1,042,040,000 – gallons of wastewater treated by the Jasper Wastewater Dept.
573,490,723 – gallons of water processed by the Jasper Water Department.
1,654 Drinking Water samples were tested in our lab.
2,989 Swimming pool samples were tested in our lab.
200 water meters were changed due to failure or age of meter. 40 new installations.
13,037’ of new water main along US 231 in 2019.

2. 15 – new gas services installed.
53k views of the updated GIS Wastewater map in 2019.
36k views of the GIS Stormwater map in 2019.
60.63 – inches of rain recorded in 2019.
4,643 – combined total of drinking water and swimming pool samples tested in Jasper Water
Department’s lab.
33 is the number of building permits issued in 2019 for single family homes (down 30%)
$50,896,394 – value of the new building permits issued in 2019
52 – drainage permits processed in 2019.
3,040 feet of pipe installed for storm sewers/drainage.
4,048 ft. of new sidewalks were poured. (approx. 16,982 square ft.)
60 ft. of sidewalk replacement through 50/50 program.
1667 Lineal feet of curbing replaced.
5.32 miles of City streets (33 projects) were either paved or overlaid.
6.25 tons of rubberized crack filler were applied to streets.
1,295 tons of patch material was used for street cuts and repairs.
209,230 Sq. yds. of preventive surface road application to 43 streets in the city.
Approx. 26,700 gal of salt brine and 3,020 gal of beet juice were applied to streets as pre-
storm warnings were received.
1,852 tons of trash were collected. (increase of 82 tons)
2,011 bulk items (mattresses, sofas, chairs, etc.) were collected.
231 tons of recyclables were collected in 2019. (Increase of 4 tons)
1,119 loads of rubbish were collected in 2019. (doesn’t include bulk leaf collection)
751 tons of leaves were collected in 2019 with the vacuum units. (doesn’t include leaves
collected by the rubbish collection crew)
89 – the number of dogs the Street Dept. collected for animal control. (increased 33)
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2019 State of the City