Union Pacific at Work

DATE OF INCORPORATION 1871

Present Charter Adopted 1983

FORM OF GOVERNMENT Council/Manager

AREA: 

17 Square Miles
Miles of Streets  182
Miles of Storm Sewer  9
Miles of Sanitary Sewer  143
Number of Street Lights  2,044

PUBLIC SAFETY:

Number of Employees  37
Vehicular Patrol Units  11
Motorcycle Patrol Unit 1

RECREATION: 

Number of Parks & 
Community Forest 		 12
Number of Playgrounds  6
Number of Swimming Pools  2

EDUCATION:
 (Palestine & Westwood I.S.D.)

# of Pub Schools: Palestine Westwood
Primary 3 1
Elementary 2 1
Middle 1 1
High 1 1
# of Admn. Personnel 19 11
# of Teachers 250 110
# of Students 3,341 1,763

COMMUNITY SERVICES:

# of Motel Rooms
(incl. B&B)		   480
Total Hospital Beds   258
  West 105 East 153
# Medical Doctors   90
# Out-of-town Drs.
practicing locally		   23
NEWS MEDIA:    
Papers Daily 1 Wkly 2
Radio Stations   5
Television Stations Local 0 Cable 185
LIBRARIES:   1
# volumes   70,296

BUILDING PERMITS:

Number Value
1995 91 5,188,312
1996 75 3,280,260
1997 255 6,134,032
1998 570 14,326,646
1999 543 11,310,147
2000 440 15,628,795
2001 418 12,990,931
2002 506 14,250.000
2003 258 13,808,632
2004 323 18,159,493

ENTERPRISES: 
(Combined Waterworks & Wastewater System)

Number of Consumers  7,958
Average daily consumption
 (million gallons/day-water plant)		 2.91
Plant Capacity (million gallons/day)  9
Miles of water mains  246.6
Number of Fire Hydrants Est.  926

EMPLOYEES:
Full-time as of 10/1/03

Civil Service  76
Non-Civil Service  105
Total:  181

ELECTIONS:

Number of registered voters:
City wide                                           11,135

Number of votes cast in:
City Officers election (May, 2004-1 dist.)  124

Percent of registered voters voting in:
City Officers election (May, 2004-1 dist.)   8%

Election for Districts 1,3,5 are held in even numbered years; elections for Mayor and Districts 2,4,6 are held in odd-numbered years.

POPULATION STATISTICS

Census
1990 18,042
2001 17,598
2002 17,598
2003 17,598
2004 17,598
2005 17,598

BANK DEPOSITS

1991 204,588,578
1992 213,341,611
1993 243,717,864
1994 230,445,771
1995 222,959,425
1996 280,339,592
1997 268,881,872
1998 266,010,910
1999 233,776,000
2000 230,120,552
2001 226,824,620
2002 251,513,310
2003 245,473,210
2004 248,562,605