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City Services

Utility & Telecommunication Providers

Water: Municipal
Gas: MidAmerican Energy Company
Electricity: MidAmerican Energy Company
Telephone service

Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Co. provides local telephone service to Elk Horn, Kimballton, Marne, and Brayton, with over 1,500 access lines. All exchanges are the latest digital switches with Signaling System 7 and class services (caller identification-- name and number, call waiting, call forwarding, etc.). They are a member of INS (Iowa Network Services) providing state-of-the-art telecommunications services over a fiber optic network. Other services offered include cellular, paging, calling cards and 800 numbers.

Cable TV

Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Co. provides a 36-channel cable television system.

Internet

Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Co. is the local Internet Service Provider.

Cellular Service

Verizon Wireless (Marne Elk Horn, agent), CommNet, Cellular One.

Municipal Services

Council/Mayor government
Comprehensive city plan: yes
City zoning ordinance in effect: yes
County zoning ordinance in effect: yes
Subdivision ordinance with design standards in effect: yes
Number of volunteer fire department personal: 21
Fire insurance class in city: 8
Fire insurance class outside city: 9
Police protection: Shelby County Sheriff's Department.
Industrial waste pickup service: yes
Percentage of city streets hard surfaced 100%