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Grays Harbor PFD: sales-tax receipts dip 0.2% but cover convention-center debt; 2023 audit clean, 2024 audit begins
Summary
At its June 24 meeting the Grays Harbor Public Facilities District was told sales-tax revenue fell 0.2% after losing a major dealership but remains sufficient to meet debt payments through 2035; the board was also told the 2023 audit was clean and the 2024 audit work will begin.
Sarah (staff member) told the Grays Harbor Public Facilities District board on June 24 that sales-tax revenue for 2024 has fallen 0.2% compared with the prior reporting period but remains sufficient to cover debt payments on the convention center through 2035.
"It did go down by point 2% overall for our sales tax," Sarah said, and added that the loss of a large local business had driven the decline: "we were up 4.5% in 2023, but losing that huge business in Grays Harbor did take an effect."
The board heard that the district uses the sales-tax receipts to make debt-service payments on the convention center and that the decline lowered the dollar amount available for that purpose but not below the level needed to meet the payments. Sarah said the 2023 financial audit was "overall clean" and has been posted to the city's website. She told the board the audit cost about $8,500 and that auditors spent only a short time on the engagement.
Sarah explained the reason the PFD must have a state audit: because the sales-tax revenue is used to pay debt that is governed by debt covenants, triggering an audit requirement beyond what a similarly sized entity might otherwise face. She also told the board that work on the 2024 audit is starting and that she has a kickoff meeting scheduled with auditors.
No board vote on tax policy or changes to the debt schedule took place at the meeting. The board acknowledged the report and moved on to other agenda items.
