![]() This includes everything from salaries for police officers and fire fighters to codes enforcement, street repair programs and, well, just about everything else you can think of excluding water, wastewater and solid waste services.Īlso consider increases in this amount over a sustained period of time have never happened before, which helps put this story at No. In other words, nearly all City operations rely on sales tax revenue to function. ![]() Why is this so important? Sales tax is the only funding mechanism for municipalities in Oklahoma in terms of general operations (utilities are generally funded through utility and capital fee funds). Year-to-date totals are up about 13.62 percent over last year. Total revenue is currently about $1.4 million over the anticipated budget for the first six months of the fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends June 30. Taking the top spot on the list, sales tax revenue increases have consistently hit record highs in the past year or so with December capping off a six-month stretch of double-digit increases when compared to the same period last year. ![]() We’ll see you next year! City sales tax revenues hit consistent highs December caps off 6-month stretch of double-digit increases As always, thank you all for supporting the City of Bartlesville, and thank you for subscribing to City Beat. To subscribe to City Beat, see As City staff works to bring 2021 to a close, we thought it might be fun to look back at the year’s top City Beat stories. 21 edition of City Beat, the City of Bartlesville’s free, weekly online newsletter.
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