Sales tax revenue collected in Houston dropped slightly in the latest monthly distribution by the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The tally from a one-cent sales tax was $57,753, which is down $1,234 from the same period a year ago. For the year, collections are nearly unchanged. The total is $595,391, which is up $5,104 from a year ago.
Merchants also collect two quarter-cent sales taxes for transportation, sidewalks and utility work. Each contributed about $14,077, which is down about $485 each. An eighth-cent sales tax for debt repayment on a fire truck contributed $7,039.