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The Fayetteville City Council convened on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The meeting covered a range of topics including financial reports, streamside protection amendments, conditional use permits, annexations, rezonings, the annual property tax millage levy, fire marshal towing authority, and a prohibition on automatic license plate reader (ALPR) systems. Several items were voted on, with notable decisions including the denial of a cluster housing appeal (thus approving the project), tabling of a streamside ordinance, and unanimous passage of a ban on ALPR systems.
Good evening, everyone, and I would like to call to order the Tuesday October 6th meeting of the Fayetteville City Council. Clerk Paxton, will you please call the roll? Ms. Bunch. Here. Ms. Turk. Here. Minister Jones. Mr. Stafford. Here. Dr. Jones. Here. Ms. Moore? Here. Mr. Weaker. Here. Mr. Berna. Here. Mayor Ron. Here. Please join me as we recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Okay, thank you. First up, we will have our sales tax and monthly financial report. Steve. Thank you, Mayor. This is the July sales tax report for taxes received in August of 2026. In July, we saw taxable sales in the city totaling approximately 285.6 million, which was an increase of 1.5% from uh July of last year. Retail trade was down around 1.1% or 1.7 million, and that is our largest source of taxable sales in the city. Um normally we're we're looking at around 150 million or so just in that category alone. Accommodation and food services, that was up around 13.8% or 4.9 million. Utilities was up 15.7% or roughly 2.2 million. And we noted that professional scientific and technical services, that category was up 35% or roughly 731,000. We also noted that wholesale trade was down around 11.3% or 2.7 million, but all in all, that's gonna put us uh up around 1.5 percent from July of last year in terms of total taxable sales. And looking at the actual sales tax collection results, um the city one penny was was up around 1.5 percent or 41,000 compared to last year. The county portion to the city that was down around 0.9% or roughly 21,000, resulting in a total combined sales tax collection increase of 0.41% or around 21,000 for the month when we're comparing month to month this year to last. Now, when we compare the sales tax revenues to what was budgeted, the city one penny was down around 1.4% compared to the budget for the month. The county portion was down around 3.8 percent or 89,000 compared to budget for the month for a combined total for the month of uh July down around 2.5 percent compared to budget or roughly 129,000. And cumulatively, that's gonna put the city on a year-to-date basis down approximately 1.4 percent or roughly 581,000 compared to budget through the month of July. Uh once again, we do have a couple of our biggest months uh coming up, so I do expect that to level out a bit, but all in all, the sales tax numbers are looking um you know a little bit off compared to what what we had projected for the year. So can I answer any uh questions on the sales tax report? Oh yes, Ms. Moore. Sorry, you didn't on when I looked at the yes, I didn't thank you, Mayor.