City Government

Municipal Government - Albion is governed by a mayor-city council with Mayor James Jarecki as its current head. The City Hall, 420 West Market Street, has regular office hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information please contact City Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer Andrew Devine at 402-395-2428 or email cityofalbion@frontiernet.net.

The Albion Water Department is also located at City Hall. The city's Utility Billing Clerk handles the water, sewer and garbage billing. She can be contacted at 402-395-2803, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5p.m, or email cityofalbion@frontiernet.net.

The Albion City Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Albion City Hall. For more information about the city council, please contact Council President James Riedmiller at 402-395-2619. The mayor and council members are elected for four-year terms.

Utilities

Water:
Inside city limits:	$18.99 plus $6.86 per 1000 cubic feet used for every two (2) months of each year with a minimum bill of $18.99 bi-monthly
Outside city limits:	$38.70 plus $13.71 per 1000 cubic feet for every two (2) months of each year with a minimum bill of $38.70 bi-monthly
Sewer:
Inside city limits	$22.15 plus $5.75 per 1000 cubic feet bi-monthly based on the amount of water billed in the winter months of December and January, with a minimum bill of $22.15 bi-monthly.
Outside city limits:	$44.30 plus $11.50 per 1,000 cubic feet bi-monthly based on the amount of water billed in the winter months of December and January, with a minimum bill of $44.30 bi-monthly.
Electricity:	Provided by Loup Public Power
Gas:	Provided by Kinder Morgan, ACE or OneOak
Garbage:
Residential	$13/month
Senior Citizen Rate:	$11/month
Commercial:	$15-$510/month depending on size of container and number of weekly pickups

Tax Issues

All real property is required to be appraised at its actual value. Agricultural land is valued at 80 percent of its actual value. Personal property that is used in a trade or business and is depreciable is subject to tax at its “net book value.” All other personal property is exempt from taxation. The 2006 tax rate at the industrial zoned land outside the city limits is $1.62 per $100 of actual value in District 1.

Albion has a 1.5 percent city sales tax which became effective July 1998, with 25 percent of the funding going toward economic development. In 2006, the Albion Fire Department was successful in adding a 0.5% city sales tax to build a fire station, help with maintenance expenses of that building and large equipment purchases for 10 years.

Albion Chamber of Commerce • 420 West Market St. • Albion, NE 68620 • 402-395-6723 • ccalbn@hotmail.com