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Tumwater finance director: sales tax volatile but city near full‑year targets; public‑safety tax exceeds budget
Summary
Finance Director Troy Niemeyer reported that Tumwater's sales‑tax receipts have been volatile this year but recent months pushed collections close to budgeted totals; public‑safety sales tax is above budget, building permits are high and the general fund is underspent on the expenditure side.
Finance Director Troy Niemeyer delivered the quarterly budget update at the Dec. 2 Tumwater City Council meeting, describing a year of revenue volatility with some strong months and overall near‑budget performance.
"We're 85, almost 86 collected," Niemeyer said of year‑to‑date sales‑tax collections, noting that August produced the single highest sales‑tax month in…
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