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City officials report stronger-than-expected Kaw Lake sales-tax receipts and outline loan timeline for water project
Summary
City staff told the Enid City Commission that Kaw Lake sales-tax receipts exceeded budget in the first half of the fiscal year, detailed remaining loan balances and upcoming debt service, and outlined federal and state funding sources that could reduce local costs.
Enid city finance staff gave the City Commission a midyear update on the Kaw Lake water program, reporting that 1% sales-tax collections for the first six months of the fiscal year were above budget and laying out the program’s remaining loan balances, near-term debt service and potential federal and state grant sources.
In a presentation to Mayor Mason and commissioners, Erin (identified in the meeting only by her first name) said the city budgeted just over $5,000,000 in 1% sales-tax receipts for the July–December period and collected about $6,300,000, “a $1,000,000 increase or 20.5227 percent over last year,” driven in part by a one-time use-tax payment from a manufacturer that failed to file an exemption on time with the state. Erin noted that without that one-time payment the program would still be up roughly $251,000 over the prior year and about $482,000 (9.6%) over budget for the period.
The presentatio…
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