City manager reports FY2025 revenue gains; permits and Measure E collections rose, bed tax dipped slightly

City Manager Alex Henderson presented the Kingsburg City Council with a fiscal year 2025 year‑end revenue update on Sept. 17, saying the city received most of its sales tax and other receipts after the fiscal year closed and that overall major funds came in slightly higher than budgeted.

Henderson said Kingsburg’s combined Bradley‑Burns sales tax collections were up about 3% from the previous year and that Measure E, the 1% public-safety sales tax approved by voters in 2018, brought in additional use‑tax revenue that made Measure E collections roughly $1 million higher than the Bradley‑Burns portion. “We’ve continued to see sort of steady growth,” Henderson said. He told the council the most recent quarter saw stronger receipts and that some fuel sales and online‑sales…