If increases posted during the national retailer's first partial month of operation are a good indicator, gains could be substantial. And officials haven't yet received collection revenues for April, the first full month of the new super center's operation. Wal-Mart shouldn't be credited with the entire sales tax increase, Dumas said. Accurate sales tax revenue projections are especially important during budget time, as county commissioners try to determine how much income they can expect to flow in, and in turn, how much they can allocate to county departments. Making that determination is not easy.
Commissioners know to expect higher sales tax revenues around the fall, for example.
Continued growth at Banks Crossing will also increase the county's property tax base, another source of revenue. Maysville poised to make water decision Maysville should be able to approve Phase I of its water service plan as soon as the council's meeting Monday night. Mayor Richard Presley and council member Adam Martin Monday were the only members of the council present at Tuesday's meeting, so no decisions could be voted on. Precision Planning engineer Jerry Hood presented several feasibility options requested by the council for the town's water service that would reach the eastern part of the town, while supplying greater pressure to the industrial park. Hood also showed the council preliminary figures on the cost of buying new water tanks versus refurbishing the existing ones.