Local Sales Tax Revenues
First Eleven Months of Year (Jan.-Nov.) Fayette County Cities Pct. Change Tax Rate 2024 2023 2022 2021 2022 to ’23 La Grange 1.50% 2,488,498 2,448,534 2,240,490 2,059,323 Up 1.6% Schulenburg 1.50% 1,239,035 1,334,030 1,166,343 868,168 Down 7.1% Flatonia 1.50% 426,764 430,666 401,324 367,360 Down 0.9% Round Top 1.50% 404,199 394,092 332,956 288,530 Up 2.5% Fayetteville 1.50% 122,042 193,116 116,186 111,501 Down 36.8% Carmine 1.50% 144,066 131,077 136,726 116,564 Up 9.9% Ellinger 1.00% 65,189 60,576 57,897 9 Up 7.6% Other Area Cities Bastrop 1.50% 11,523,527 11,254,473 10,388,260 9,147,956 Up 2.4% Brenham 1.50% 9,164,112 8,860,914 8,391,595 7,294,016 Up 3.4% Lockhart 1.50% 4,193,850 3,750,759 3,332,762 2,972,591 Up 11.8% Elgin 1.50% 3,865,474 3,509,771 3,276,500 2,809,274 Up 3.5% Sealy 1.50% 3,280,786 3,123,787 2,832,341 2,680,448 Up 0.1% Gonzales 1.50% 2,894,654 2,922,383 2,927,035 2,323,854 Down 0.9% Giddings 1.50% 2,716,499 2,610,174 2,300,474 1,885,173 Up 4.0% Caldwell 1.50% 2,002,125 2,028,939 1,903,791 1,581,720 Down 1.3% Columbus 1.50% 1,992,963 1,947,078 1,757,040 1,606,803 Up 2.3% Luling 1.50% 1,919,856 1,916,541 1,798,073 1,484,898 Down 12.6% Yoakum 2.00% 1,897,326 1,865,642 1,755,125 1,490,095 Up 1.7% Hallettsville 2.00% 1,342,427 1,367,198 1,324,447 1,276,919 Down 1.8% Bellville 1.50% 1,076,385 1,040,019 968,940 851,352 Up 7.3% Shiner *2.00% 1,055,457 521,412 501,009 368,869 Up 102.4% Weimar 1.50% 784,882 898,903 861,039 748,410 Up 4.4% Smithville 1.50% 819,933 803,886 828,827 704,238 Up 2.0% Lexington 1.50% 394,722 415,504 370,498 337,377 Down 5.0% Eagle Lake 1.00% 388,888 387,307 366,892 346,640 Up 0.4% County Governments Bastrop 0.50% 8,093,689 7,648,212 7,199,808 5,944,294 Up 5.8% Washington 0.50% 4,231,769 4,363,864 3,948,656 3,274,099 Down 3.0% Caldwell 0.50% 3,405,051 3,213,103 2,674,322 2,419,904 Up 5.9% Fayette 0.50% 2,955,477 2,981,836 2,760,390 2,128,483 Down 0.8% Colorado 0.50% 2,469,001 2,464,587 1,838,212 1,572,983 Up 0.1% Gonzales 0.50% 2,663,393 2,407,777 2,112,653 1,695,470 Up 10.6% Austin 0.50% 2,267,977 2,193,971 2,060,793 1,912,767 Up 3.3% Lee 0.50% 1,980,126 1,486,603 1,433,652 1,286,428 Up 33.2% Burleson 0.50% 1,322,362 1,455,334 1,477,790 1,062,860 Down 9.1% Source: State Comptroller’s Office * Shiner increased tax rate from 1.0% to 2.0% this year.
Locals Make Quilts For Foster Kids
Members of the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild, above, proudly showcase 18 of the 26 pledged quilts to the Day One Bags Project. Day One Bags is a nonprofit organization that provides new duffle bags and backpacks to youth in foster care instead of trash bags as luggage. One aspect of the project’s goals is to gift every foster child in Texas with a quilt when they graduate from high school. With over 600 quilt commitments and zipper pouches from all over the United States, for the 5th year, the incredible effort is wrapping these seniors in love as they celebrate their high school graduation.
Holiday Schedule
La Grange City offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28-29 in observance of Thanksgiving. The week of Nov. 25-30 is garbage and recycle week. Waste Management will also have a holiday on Thursday. If you normally get your garbage and recycle picked up on Thursday, it will be picked up on Friday. If you normally get your garbage and recycle picked up on Friday, it will be picked up on Saturday. For more information, visit www.cityoflg.com, City of La Grange’s Facebook page, or call (979) 968-3127.
