Dec 24, 2020
City administrators boosted revenue projections for the fiscal year after closing the second quarter with sales tax revenue outpacing both earlier estimates and year-ago totals.
Data compiled by the Oklahoma Tax Commission show the city received nearly $2.15 million in sales tax revenue in December. That represents a 1.36% increase from the $2.12 million disbursed during the same period in 2019.
December sales tax disbursements primarily represent local tax receipts generated by October business. Totals include taxes collected on actual sales reported by businesses required to file electronically from Oct. 16 to Oct. 31 and estimated sales from Nov. 1 through Nov. 15.
The agency disbursed about $154.65 million in sales tax revenue this month to municipalities statewide â that was down $4.83 million, or 3.12%, from the $159.48 million disbursed in December 2019. Counties that assess a tax on retail sales shared disbursements totaling $25.05 million and u
Coleman
Mayor Marlon Coleman highlighted Muskogee s present and future in the annual State of the City address on Wednesday.
Coleman, elected in June as the first African-American mayor of Muskogee, said he felt his election was a testament to the people of Muskogee being rich with the spirit of unity and diversity.
He also went on to say that as mayor he is committed to building bridges that unite us, and together we will tear down the walls that divide us.
Coleman focused his speech, presented virtually by the Greater Muskogee Area Chamber of Commerce, on the economic impact to the city of programs in place and those in the planning stage.