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Committee asks staff for vendor-level sales-tax data, including food trucks
Summary
A committee member requested a breakdown of sales-tax receipts attributable to food trucks and mobile vendors; staff (Ruth) said vendor-level data exists and will ask sales-tax consultants to extract it for the next meeting.
During the budget review, a committee member asked whether the city could provide a breakdown of sales-tax receipts by vendor type, specifically requesting data on food trailers and trucks. The member said constituents had asked what revenue those mobile vendors generate and sought a reasonable, vendor-level estimate rather than an itemized list of every operator.
Ruth, the staff member handling sales-tax reporting, said the city receives vendor-level data and that she would ask the sales-tax consultants to "dig that out" and provide a breakdown between brick-and-mortar restaurants and food trucks. "I bet you I could dig that out," Ruth said, and she committed to follow up at the next meeting after consulting with the city's sales-tax contractor.
Committee members expressed interest in the figures to better understand local retail dynamics and the distribution of tax receipts across business types.
