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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />MALCOLM FLEMING <br />CITY MANAGER <br />DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 <br />SUBJECT: SALES TAX REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED JULY 31, 2010 <br />ORIGINATING <br />DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE <br />SUMMARY: <br />Attached are the revenue reports for sales tax, lodging tax, auto use tax and building <br />use tax for the month ending July 31, 2010. <br />City sales tax revenue for the month of July was down 5.6% to July 2009 and is 2% <br />below 2009 revenues YTD. Sales tax revenue is currently 9% above 2010 budget <br />estimates YTD. <br />The top 50 vendors ended July up 3.3% for the month over July 2009 and are currently <br />6% above 2009 revenues YTD. <br />YTD increases were seen in all categories this month including Hotels (1.44 General <br />Merchandise (6.24 Grocery (9.11 Home Improvement (2.33 Restaurants (4.76 <br />and Telecom /Utilities (8.06 <br />Lodging tax revenue for July 2010 was up 3.8% compared to July 2009 and is currently <br />3.8% below 2009 revenue YTD. Lodging tax is 1.7% above budget estimates YTD. <br />Auto use tax for July 2010 increased 11% from July 2009 and is 8% above 2009 YTD and <br />16.6% above budget estimates YTD. <br />Building use tax revenue YTD for 2010 is up 57% as compared to 2009 and is currently <br />40% above budget estimates. <br />ILE SUBJECT JULY 2010 SALES TAX REPORT AGENDA ITEM <br />c <br />