Rich Flowers
The Athens Review
ATHENS —
The city of Athens began 2013 on a positive note with an increase in its sales tax allocation check from State Comptroller Susan Combs’ office.
Combs is sending Texas cities allocations totaling $349.3 million for January — a 7.3 percent improvement from last year. The allocations reflect sales taxes collected in November.
Athens’ $363,099.76 allocation for January 2013 is up by 7.12 percent over a year ago. Henderson County’s second largest municipality, Gun Barrel City, received a $243,047.10 allocation, which represents a 2.28 percent increase over January 2012.
The following is a list of Henderson County cities collecting sales tax, followed by its January 2013 allocation, the January 2012 allocation and the percent of change:
• Athens — 363,099.76 — 338,953.15 — (7.12 percent)
• Berryville — 976.60 — 943.53 — (3.50 percent)
• Brownsboro — 10,241.30 — 6,514.10 — (57.21 percent)
• Caney City — 2,614.55 — 4,468.35 — (- 41.48 percent)
• Chandler — 34,628.12 — 30,322.55 — (14.19 percent)
• Coffee City — 28,287.48 — 13,195.77 — (114.36 percent)
• Eustace — 5,362.17 — 4,279.51 — (25.29 percent)
• Gun Barrel City — 243,047.10 — 237,627.29 — (2.28 percent)
• Log Cabin — 1,810.88 — 3,107.08 — (– 41.71 percent)
• Malakoff — 29,881.95 — 25,095.85 — (19.07 percent)
• Murchison — 3,130.45 — 2,111.70 — (48.24 percent)
• Payne Springs — 6,761.00 — 16,683.94 — (– 59.47 percent)
• Poynor — 145.72 — 713.11 — (– 79.56 percent)
• Seven Points — 27,325.43 — 31,250.17 — (–12.55 percent)
• Tool — 4,761.58 — 3,982.78 — (19.55 percent)
• Trinidad — 11,995.52 — 7,040.66 — 70.37 percent)
• County Total — 774,069.61 — 726,289.54 — (6.57 percent)
