Revenue from a one-cent sales tax collected in Houston was up about 15 percent from the same monthly period a year ago, the Missouri Department of Revenue said.
The total was $53,863, which was an increase of $5,852 from the same period a year ago.
For the first seven months of the year, collections total $414,423, which is up about 4 percent from the same period in 2014.
Two quarter-cent sales taxes earmarked for roads, sidewalks and utility work — each totaled $13,165, up $1,752 from the period a year ago.
An eighth-cent sales tax that generates funds for fire truck debt repayment totaled $6,582.