Date Founded. October 22, Date of Incorporation. February 22, Mayoral Fort History Wayne Mayors. Population

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1 Date Founded October 22, 1794 Date of Incorporation February 22, 1840 Mayoral Fort History Wayne Mayors Population 253,691 (2010 Census results) 258,522 (2014 Census estimate) Click for current US Census demographics. 1 / 20

2 Area in Square Miles (6/15/2015) Miles of Streets 1, (6/15/2015) Number of Street Lights 33,879 (6/12/2015) Miles of Water lines 1,380.7 (2/1/2016) 2 / 20

3 Miles of Sewer/ Stormwater Mains 1,944.8 (2/1/2016) Number of City Employees 1,829 Full-time (6/15/2015) 274 Part-time and Seasonal (6/15/2015) Labor Statistics: Fort Wayne Indiana MSA recent data Building Permits for Fort Wayne & Allen County (Including Leo and New Haven) Total New Commercial Building 193 Permits / 20

4 $75,979,621 - Estimated $33,372,197 Cost Total Residential Building 389 Permits 413 $188,901,145 - $185,767,541 Estimated Cost Relative Size 2nd largest city in Indiana Form of Government Elected Mayor, Clerk, Councilperson (9) Airports Fort Wayne International, Smith Field 4 / 20

5 Rail Service Norfolk Southern, Conrail, Triple Crown Motor Carriers 40 Public Transportation Route 12 Taxi Service 6 cab companies, 10 limousines 5 / 20

6 Bank Holding Companies 2 Banks 17 Credit Unions 18 Museums 6 / 20

7 15 Media 9 weekly, 2 daily newspapers; 6 TV stations; 4 cable systems, 18 radio stations Market Location (2007 Census Estimate) Area within 250 miles of Fort Wayne includes a population of 43.9 million, or 14.5% of the total U.S. pop Parks & Recreation 7 / 20

8 86 parks and playgrounds covering 2805 acres, including: 20 pavilions, 62 tennis courts, 8 / 20

9 4 public 18 hole golf courses, 2 driving ranges, 39 baseball & softball diamonds, 20 soccer fields, 3 swimming pools, 9 / 20

10 1 seasonal ice skating rink, 61 playgrounds, 7 spray yards, Children's Zoo, Botanical Gardens. 10 / 20

11 Water System 11 / 20

12 Municipally owned, treatment capacity of 72 million gallons/day Sewage System Municipally owned, treatment capacity of 85 million gallons/day Electric Utility 3 - Indiana Michigan Power, Northeastern REMC, United REMC 12 / 20

13 Natural Gas Northern Indiana Public Service Co. Telephone Frontier, Comcast Garbage Service & Yard Waste Collection (no leaves) City residents charged: $9.95/mo. user fee for single family dwelling; $19.95/mo. user fee for multi-family units. Services presently contracted with Republic Services 13 / 20

14 Curbside Recycling Bi-weekly full stream curbside recycling with Republic Services. Gross Income Tax 3.3% County Option Income Tax / County Economic Development Income Tax 1.35% State Sales and Use Tax 7.0% 14 / 20

15 Allen County Food & Beverage Tax 1.0% Property Tax Rate: Assessed at 100% of market value. Click RATES for 2014 Allen County townships, payable in Annual Wheel Tax Rate by vehicle class $7.50 to $40.00 State Excise Tax 15 / 20

16 Cigarettes cents/package of 20 Gasoline - 7% of average monthly gas price Auto - various class rates Hospitals 6 (1,463 beds) Churches 360 Number of Schools 16 / 20

17 Fort Wayne 52 Community Schools Northwest Allen County Schools 17 / 20

18 10 East Allen 16 County Schools Southwest 9 Allen County Schools Parochial & 49 Other Higher Education / 20

19 Colleges and Universities Brown Mackie College Concordia Theological Seminary Indiana Tech Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne International Business College ITT Technical Institute Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast Medtech College Trine University - Fort Wayne Regional Campus University of Saint Francis 19 / 20

20 Top Ten Area Employers 1 Parkview Health Systems 2 Lutheran Health Network 3 Fort Wayne Community Schools 4 General Motors 5 Lincoln Financial Group 6 City of Fort Wayne Government 7 Allen County Government 8 B.F. Goodrich 9 Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne 10 Frontier Communications Corp. 20 / 20