City Government & Services

Yellville has a mayor-council form of government with six council members elected from wards. The phone number for Yellville's City Clerk 870-449-6581.

Yellville and the Marion County operate a joint city/county law enforcement department with Yellville receiving the equivalent of 2.5 full time police officers. The Metro Police Number is 870-449-4236. There are 18 volunteer fire fighters, and the town's fire rating is a Class 7. The Fire Department non-emergency number is 870-449-5184. 

City Utilities

Yellville is a participant in the operation of the Marion County Regional Water Association which draws its water from Bull Shoals Lake. The system has a pumping capacity of 2 million g/p/d and has storage of more than one-half million gallons. Present peak consumption is now 250,000 g/p/d. More information is available from the Yellville Water Department 870-449-5210.

Water rates are as follows:

  *First 1,000 gal/mo.
** Per 1,000 gal/mo. over min.

The Yellville wastewater system has a 1.75m/g/d/ treatment plant. Peak usage is 1.2 and current capacity is about 200,000. 

Sewer rates are as follows:

Residential and Business:
   $15 min.* plus $3.7000 next 9,000, 
   plus $3.6000 above10,000 gal/mo.

Industrial:
   $11 min.* plus $2.30 next 9,000, 
   plus $2.20 above10,000gal/mo.

 *First 1,000 gal/mo.

Trash

Trash pickup service is provided to residential customers by Nabors Sanitation, 870-425-3213, at a monthly fee of $8.28 without polycart, $11.44 with polycart, and commercial customers are billed according to usage.

Cable TV 

Cable television service is provided by Yelcot, 870-449-4211.

Electricity

Entergy Corporation serves the Yellville area with a transmission voltage of 161,000. City primary voltages are 13,800 volts. Call 800-368-3749.

Gas

SourceGas Arkansas provides natural gas service with 1,000 BTUs of heat value.
Call 800-563-0012.

City Business Fees

Yellville charges $5 for a building permit, available from Gayle Stude, public works administrator 870-449-6581.