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Tumwater finance director reports mixed 2025 revenue: sales tax volatile, public safety tax above budget

Tumwater City Council · December 3, 2025
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Finance Director Troy Niemeyer reported year-to-date sales-tax volatility, public-safety sales tax revenue above budget, and general-fund collections at about 91% for the year; departments remain underspent and capital projects continue to drive variance.

Finance Director Troy Niemeyer delivered the city’s final quarterly budget update for 2025, summarizing revenues, expenditures and economic indicators.

Niemeyer said August recorded the highest single-month sales-tax collection in three years and that month-to-month collections have been volatile this year. Year-to-date sales tax is about 2.55% above…

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