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Park City finance report: valuation rise, mixed sales-tax months and limits of gas-tax revenue
Summary
City finance staff reported a rise in assessed valuation and higher year‑to‑date collections overall but flagged volatile monthly sales‑tax receipts and noted gas‑tax revenue falls well short of street maintenance needs; staff offered to provide further verification on assessed valuation capture and banking rates.
City finance staff on April 28 told Park City Council that assessed valuation has increased and that year‑to‑date tax collections have risen even as the city reduced its mill levy. The report, delivered by staff member Sean, cited an increase in assessed valuation from about $145.2 million to $166.8 million and year‑to‑date collections for 2026 up roughly 15.3% compared with the same period in 2025.
Sean walked council through the tax distribution and sales‑tax reports, noting that January and February 2026 produced record county sales‑tax receipts but that March and April 2026 collections caused a year‑to‑date shortfall of about $46,460 versus the same four‑month period in 2025. He stressed timing effects tied to state remittance schedules, particularly for the city’s local 1% sales tax, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2024 and creates a two‑month lag between business collections and city receipts.
Staff also reviewed franchise fees and transient guest tax receipts. The report said the city receives quarterly casino payments under the memorandum of understanding with the Wand Nation (quarterly payments of $187,500, or $750,000 annually) and noted the state appears to have audited hotel remittances for prior years, which affected earlier totals in the report.
On gas tax, staff observed that statutory gas‑tax receipts are based on gallons sold and have not kept pace with street maintenance costs: the city budgeted about $1.5 million for street improvements in 2025 but received only about $350,000 in gas‑tax revenue, prompting a large general‑fund transfer to the streets fund.
Councilmembers asked follow‑up questions about the recent dip in liquor‑tax collections, the bank interest rates used in city accounts and whether the Kansas interbank program (KIP) rates are being monitored. Sean said he would verify comparative interest‑rate information and provide more detail on the city’s capture of assessed valuation relative to county calculations.
The report was informational; no budget reallocation was proposed in the meeting record.
