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County manager reports strong sales-tax receipts, fairgrounds work and upcoming AI paging tests for dispatch

5798016 · September 3, 2025
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Graham County manager reported Aug. revenue trends, fairgrounds parking and concession upgrades, a planned five-year food service contract with Summit, a county fee study, and a near-term test rollout of AI paging in dispatch in cooperation with Honeywell and Motorola.

Graham County Manager Welker updated the Board of Supervisors Sept. 2 on revenue, ongoing fairgrounds projects and planned upgrades to the county’s dispatch system.

Welker said August local sales tax receipts were slightly down from last year but remained among the highest recorded in the county’s 16 years of tracking; state-shared sales tax revenue showed stronger gains, leaving the county about $120,000 ahead of last year through two months of the fiscal year. He said the county is “slightly down” overall through two months but trending better when combining…

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