The city of Henryetta got a bit of a Christmas present this week when the sales tax check for December was up nearly $9,000 above last year.
Based on October business, the city’s share of sales tax revenue amounted to $211,509, That was a gain of $8,942 above the December 2016 total. It broke a nine-month streak of losses starting last March.
For the calendar year, the town has received $2,451,280. That was still $127,498 behind the monies received for the same period in 2016.
“This shows that buying local can make a difference in the city,” said mayor Jennifer Clason. She pointed out that a combination of a successful Cruise Knight event and the vintage motorcycle event early in October helped up the revenue totals. “We need to thank everyone who was involved in both events, the Chamber of Commerce and Staci Alsover for Cruise Knight, and Trampas and Sherri Parker for the motorcycle event at Nichols Park.”
Offsetting some of the yearly loss was the use tax receipts. Even though the December check of $14,023 was $3,000 lower than last December, the town still saw a 12-month gain of $17,272.
Dewar’s city treasury saw a drop in the December sales tax revenue check. This year the town received $9,063 compared with $11,683 a year ago.
Neighboring Okmulgee picked up a check for $495,270, an increase over the $476,837 last year.