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Local Sales Tax Revenues

First Ten Months of Year (Jan.-Oct.) Fayette County Cities Pct. Change Tax Rate 2023 2022 2021 2020 2022 to ’23 La Grange 1.50% 2,247,494 2,025,401 1,856,525 1,666,161 Up 10.9% Schulenburg 1.50% 1,196,993 1,034,291 774,602 742,266 Up 15.7% Flatonia 1.50% 393,430 360,903 328,537 301,433 Up 9.0% Round Top 1.50% 361,933 303,811 265,328 171,248 Up 19.1% Fayetteville 1.50% 182,330 104,234 98,790 82,361 Up 74.9% Carmine 1.50% 118,810 125,009 105,738 81,506 Down 4.9% Ellinger 1.00% 55,029 52,315 0 0 Up 5.1% Other Area Cities Bastrop 1.50% 10,232,504 9,426,040 8,192,289 6,726,210 Up 8.5% Brenham 1.50% 7,972,256 7,570,134 6,512,277 5,750,722 Up 5.3% Lockhart 1.50% 3,370,725 2,992,049 2,648,481 2,494,231 Up 12.6% Elgin 1.50% 3,172,423 2,966,482 2,489,966 2,280,739 Up 6.9% Sealy 1.50% 2,835,978 2,559,200 2,392,558 2,232,339 Up 10.8% Gonzales 1.50% 2,663,084 2,663,084 2,078,786 2,236,741 Up 0.8% Giddings 1.50% 2,362,966 2,065,550 1,666,704 1,659,492 Up 14.4% Hempstead 2.00% 2,014,502 1,930,467 1,672,327 1,536,668 Up 4.3% Caldwell 1.50% 1,823,653 1,667,827 1,397,481 1,458,501 Up 9.3% Columbus 1.50% 1,745,837 1,580,535 1,434,281 1,474,481 Up 10.4% Luling 1.50% 1,787,112 1,633,710 1,334,339 1,140,47 Up 9.3% Yoakum 2.00% 1,690,925 1,567,504 1,341,918 1,321,966 Up 7.8% Hallettsville 2.00% 1,239,089 1,187,827 1,154,954 1,090,947 Up 4.3% Bellville 1.50% 936,147 860,491 752,328 667,397 Up 8.8% Weimar 1.50% 841,551 779,141 672,400 626,586 Up 8.0% Smithville 1.50% 717,652 739,515 619,151 531,252 Down 2.9% Shiner 1.00% 494,723 450,335 325,545 316,289 Up 9.8% Eagle Lake 1.00% 354,351 327,320 311,676 276,075 Up 8.2% County Governments Bastrop 0.50% 6,946,525 6,509,242 5,288,876 4,433,402 Up 6.7% Washington 0.50% 3,946,721 3,550,796 2,918,435 2,520,459 Up 11.1% Caldwell 0.50% 2,937,132 2,411,695 2,170,953 1,836,437 Up 21.7% Fayette 0.50% 2,728,931 2,516,217 1,911,943 1,744,636 Up 8.4% Gonzales 0.50% 2,197,587 1,900,408 1,533,044 1,809,204 Up 15.6% Austin 0.50% 1,970,568 1,892,394 1,763,726 1,587,206 Up 4.1% Colorado 0.50% 1,848,443 1,651,379 1,411,907 1,836,437 Up 11.9% Lee 0.50% 1,351,459 1,280,244 1,137,918 2,273,357 Up 5.5% Burleson 0.50% 1,329,648 1,298,358 944,715 1,248,095 Up 2.4% Source: State Comptroller’s Office .

Shelter Intake Averages 32 Animals Weekly

The Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter continues to take in, on average, 32 dogs and cats each week. As of Oct. 20, the total intake is 1,380: 640 dogs and 740 cats in need. As of Oct. 20, the shelter has 136 animals in care: 78 dogs/58 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner.

The shelter continues to offer a discount voucher program to the citizens of Fayette County for the spay/neuter of family pets. Call (979) 9660021 for more information.

Fayette Co. Fire Calls

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Oct. 15-21: Accidents - 7 Medical - 11 Fire Alarm - 1 Illegal Burn - 4 Structure Fire - 1 Mutual Aid - 1

Spooky Story Program Friday at Monument Hill

Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill will host its 3rd annual spooky stories program on Friday, Oct. 27. Stories begin at 7 p.m. Guests are encouraged to come early to watch the sunset from the Bluff, take in the fall weather, and enjoy BYO picnics. If weather and conditions allow, a campfire will be lit around sunset.

Spooky Story Program Friday at Monument Hill
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