Sales tax revenue collected in Houston was flat during the latest monthly distribution, reports the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The tally from a one-cent sales tax was about $58,134, which is up $381 from the same period a year ago. For the first 11 months of the year, retailers have collected about $603,000, which is up about 1.3 percent from the same period a year ago or $7,666.
Merchants also collect two, quarter-cent sales taxes earmarked for roads, sidewalks and utility work. Each contributed about $14,000.
An eighth-cent sales tax netted $7,004 for debt retirement on a fire truck.Â