The City of Terrell has found itself in a mid-year funk according to the Texas State Comptroller’s Office, seeing sales tax revenues dip when comparing against totals from the same calendar month from the previous year for the second consecutive reporting period.
With school finance in flux, the North Lamar ISD school board approved a 2003-24 fiscal year budget at a Tuesday morning meeting with an understanding that amendments are expected later
DAVID KAPITAN editor@terrelltribune.com Kaufman County entered the month riding an impressive streak with the Texas State Comptroller’s Office reporting that 11 out of 13 local cities had reported sales tax revenue gains when comparing against totals from the same calendar month from the previous year for three consecutive months. That streak would come to an end in May with the comptroller’s office announcing that more than half of all Kaufman County cities, seven in total, had seen dips when comparing against May 2022 collections.
DAVID KAPITAN editor@terrelltribune.com The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered a welcome dose of good news to Kaufman County cities last week, reporting for the third consecutive month that 11 out of 13 local entities had seen sales tax revenue gains when comparing against totals from the same calendar month from the previous year. In keeping with local trends, the City of Terrell led the way by seeing a county-best increase of $172,192.91 in collections, from $1,201,109.23 in April 2022 up to $1,373,302.14 in April 2023.