Muenster , Texas

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Cooke County

TRANSPORTATION
Air Service
Dallas/Fort Worth International Runway Length Runway Surface Lighted Fuel Instrument Landing System Gainesville Municipal Runway Length Runway Surface Lighted Fuel Instrument Landing System Airports Within 1 Hr. International Regional Dallas/Fort Worth International Gainesville Municipal 6,000' Asphalt Yes Yes Yes 29,000' Concrete Yes Yes Yes

City of Muenster, County of Cooke, State of Texas, located 15 miles West of Gainesville, 70 miles North of Dallas/Fort Worth, 70 miles east of Wichita Falls

Municipal

Rail Service Providers

BNSF

POPULATION
Freight Carriers Year
City County

2011 (est.)
1,544 38,437

2010 Census
1,544 38,437

2000
1,556 36,363

all major common carriers; Federal Express; United Parcel Service; all major international and domestic air forwarders

CITY GOVERNMENT
Type Number on Council Municipal Police Paid Firefighters Volunteer Firefighters City Zoning Body Master Plan 29 Yes Yes General Law 6 3

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WAGE DATA
Occupation Title
Production Classifications Assembler, General Electrician Forklift Operator Janitor, any industry Laborer, General Machinist/Related Occup. Maintenance, General Mechanic (Maintenance) Molding Machine Operator Sheet Metal Worker Truck Driver, Lt., any ind. Warehouse Worker Welder, Production Oilfield worker 10.75 15.00 10.00 8.00 10.50 10.00 9.50 17.50 8.75 9.00 9.35 7.25 25.00 20.00 22.00 55.00 14.00 10.50 13.50 20.00 15.50 29.00 18.00 16.00 13.50 11.00 50.00 30.00 Tax Abatement Enterprise Zone Industrial Foundation Foreign Trade Zone Reinvestment Zone Office, Clerical, and Technical Classifications Customer Service Rep. General Office Clerk Key Data Entry Oper. Secretarial Shipping & Rec. Clerk 8.00 7.25 7.50 7.00 7.50 10.50 12.00 18.00 15.00 10.25 Freeport Exemption Other Incentives as negotiated Municipal Sales Tax State Sales Tax Rate Economic Development Tax Other Sales Taxes Total

TAXATION
Tax Rate (per $100 Assessed Value) - 2010
Cooke County Muenster City Muenster ISD North Central Texas College Muenster Hospital Total $0.462400 $0.343100 $1.123500 $0.070200 $0.175000 $2.174200

Entry-Level Wage ($/hr) Low High

1.000% 6.250% 0.500% County 0.500% 8.250%

INCENTIVES
Yes Yes Yes No No No No as negotiated

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UTILITIES
Electric Energy Delivery Oncor Electric Delivery
Reliability Transmission Voltage Service Voltage Other Electric Delivery Provider Other Provider Reliability 99.946990 69 KV, 138 KV, 345 KV 120/208, 120/240, 240/480, 277/480 Cooke County Electric COOP 99.975463

Telephone Service Nortex Communications

Digital Available Analog Available Electromechanical Make and Model Software Level Fiber Optics Switched 56 Kbps High Capacity Digital (T-1) Digital Data Service 911 Available Other Network Services Available SDSL, ADSL and ISDN Yes Yes Yes Siemens EWSD 17 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Natural Gas
BTU Content Per Cubic Foot

Atmos Energy
1,000

Water Supplier
Source Max. Daily Sys. Capacity Max. Daily Use to Date Pressure on Mains Storage Capacity Size of Mains System Looped

City of Muenster
5 wells 800,000 gallons 730,000 gallons 44-67 psi 505,000 gallons 2-12" Yes partially

Projects Under Construction Plans are being finalized to drill another water well.

Sewer System
Treatment Plan Types Maximum Capacity Max. Daily Use to Date Projects Under Construction Oxidation Ditch; Clarifier 600,000 gallons 341,000 gallons

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COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Climate
Annual Average Temperature Annual Average High Temperature Annual Average Low Temperature Annual Average Precipitation Annual Average Snowfall Elevation 65.7 F 87.9 F 42.2 F 25.0" 0.0" 1,200.0'

Finance
First State Bank Gainesville-Muenster Branch; Prosperty Bank-Muenster Banking Center; Muenster State Bank

Attractions
Moss Lake; Lake Ray Roberts; Lake Kiowa; Lake Texoma; Muenster Lake

Health
Total Hospital Beds in City Total Doctors (Medical) in City 18 4 Elementary

EDUCATION
Muenster (2009)
Number of Schools 1 1 1 Middle/Jr High 1 2 No Yes High School Total Public School Total Enrollment 330 123 177 630

Media
Daily Papers Weekly Papers Local TV Cable TV Available

Private Schools
Number of Schools 1 340 Enrollment

Recreation
Parks Area Lakes Country Clubs Health Centers Public Golf Courses Theaters Tennis Courts Bed & Breakfast Facilities Hotel & Motel Rooms Libraries Other Baseball fields; nearby lakes for fishing, bike trails 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 23 1

Area Colleges and Universities

Austin College-Sherman; North Central Texas CollegeGainesville; Grayson County College-Denison; Midwestern State University-Wichita Falls; Southern Methodist University-Dallas; Texas Christian University-Fort Worth; Texas Woman's University-Denton; University of North Texas-Denton

Vocational Program Available

Yes

State Industrial Job Training Available Yes

Houses of Worship
Baptist; Catholic;

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MAJOR AREA EMPLOYERS

Employer
Muenster ISD Muenster Memorial Fishers Meat Market Cooke County Electric Coop Nortex Communications Superior Machining & Fabricating Sacred Heart Parish & School Saint Richard's Villa Center Restaurant Rohmer's Restaurant Klement Ford Rumber Materials Sonic Drive-In Muenster State Bank Universal Machining Service Muenster Meat Muenster Milling Flusche Enterprises Tony's Seed and Feed Structures, Inc.

Industry
Education and administration Healthcare Food service Electrical service Telecommunications Machining & Tool Manufacturing Education and administration Healthcare Food service Food service Auto sales and service Recycled rubber products Food service All banking needs Contract machining Meat processing Cattle feed Custom machining Feed and fertilizer Metal beam fabrication

Number of Employees
77 75 57 54 53 50 47 46 43 30 27 26 24 15 15 15 9 9 9 3

Union Affiliation

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