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Sullivan County committee hears $4M–$5M sales-tax shortfall; tentative budget to be filed Oct. 30
Summary
Management and Budget staff told the committee that sales-tax receipts are down roughly $4 million year-over-year and that revenue was certified $5 million lower than last year, prompting staff to prepare a tentative operating budget to be filed Oct. 30 and prompting discussion about vacancies and rising wage costs.
Sullivan County Management and Budget staff told the committee that county sales-tax receipts have declined about $4 million compared with the prior year and that, when staff certified revenues for budgeting, they reduced the sales-tax estimate by $5 million from last year.
“That New York State says that's not what you're supposed to do to how to figure it out, but we are down just under $4,000,000 from where we were last year,” said Nancy, a management and budget staff member. Nancy added, “when I certified the revenues for sales tax, I went down $5,000,000 from last year.”
The revenue update is driving budget adjustments ahead of a tentative operating budget the county manager intends to file by Oct. 30. Anna, another management and budget staff member, said staff will send the budget to print by the end of the week and…
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