Newstreamz Video Update - 07/05/08
Welcome to the latest episode of Newstreamz Video Update.
Narvaiz campaign announces plans for a third term
Mayor Susan Narvaiz announced today that she will seek a third term in November. Elected mayor in 2004, Narvaiz ran unopposed two years ago and credits reform, engagement and progress for San Marcos as mainstays of her campaign. “This is a great time for San Marcos. We are making great progress and […]
Happy Fourth of July from the entire staff of Newstreamz San Marcos.
Striving to be better each day is one of our major driving forces at Newstreamz. As you have noticed, we are putting more and more audio content into our stories. Whether it is interviews with each of the school board candidates, chats with City Council members, or hearing from the citizens and business leaders in […]
Gregson and Miers Meet With Kiwanis
Thursday, the Kiwanis of San Marcos held their weekly meeting. The group led by President Pam Cook hosted speakers Scott Gregson and Helen Miers. They spoke about a grass rotes effort to raise $25,000 for a grand piano for San Marcos High School and other issues within the city.
Gregson and Miers have raised $7,000 […]
Hearings scheduled on Parks Master Plan
Hearings Scheduled on Parks Master PlanThe City of San Marcos Parks & Recreation Department plans a series of public hearings in July, August and September to take public comment on the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan.
“We invite both written and verbal testimony from San Marcos residents at these hearings,” said William Ford, Assistant […]
Revenues up, sales tax down
Posted on May 13, 2008 at 7:45 am • Print • Share
For the second month in a row, City of San Marcos sales tax collections showed a slight decline, although for the City’s fiscal year, sales are up more than 6% over the previous period.
The May 2008 report from the Texas Comptroller showed collections for San Marcos of $1,717,419, a decrease of $10,338, or six-tenths of one percent, from May 2007. The May report reflects sales that took place in March.
For the fiscal year the City has collected $10,858,407 or $648,430 (6.35%) more than the fiscal year-to-date last May.
For February and March reports, San Marcos received record-setting sales tax revenues, increasing 12% and 15.68% over the previous year for those months.
“We use very conservative budget estimates for planning revenue from sales taxes,” said Rosie Vela, City Finance Director. “We are still taking in more sales tax revenues than we projected in the budget. However, even the slight decline indicates that we must monitor revenues in the next few months very closely.”
The City’s fiscal year runs from October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.
By MELISSA MILLECAM
Communications Director - City of San Marcos
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Interesting side observation, in the last few days, two houses have sold in our neighborhood that had been on the market for a while. I assume our population growth is a net inflow.