Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Page: 9 of 18
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TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
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Sales tax revenue still up
Continued from page 1
Combs stated. “Oil and natural
gas production tax collections
in the first seven months of fis-
cal 2012 were 55 percent higher
than one year ago.”
Sale tax revenue collected in
March is remitted to the state in
April and returned to the gener-
ating entities in May.
Rains County and two of its
three entities were up year-to-
date (YTD) in percent change
compared to the same month in
2011.
Point
In May, Point was down 15.51
percent, receiving $6,509.07
compared to $7,704.28 received
in May 2011. YTD however, the
city is up 7.91 percent. A total
of $30,187.45 has been received
compared to $27,973.01 in April
2011.
Rains County
Rains County followed the
state trend and was up 1.85
percent receiving $40,268.17
compared to $39,534.26 in
sales tax revenue received in
the same month in 2011. Year-
to-date (YTD), the county has
received $177,725.64 compared
to $161,811.51 in 2011, a 9.83-
percent increase.
East Tawakoni
East Tawakoni received
$7,083.57 for the month, down
17.61 percent in the monthly
comparison, and is down YTD
but has nevertheless received
$27,312.44 YTD.
Emory
Emory showed a 1.77-percent
increase in same-month compar-
ison. In March 2011, $80,521.16
was generated in the city com-
pared to $81,952.79 generated
in March 2012. This is the sec-
ond largest monthly amount
ever received. In August 2011
$84,078.83 was received. YTD,
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sales tax returned to the city this
year was $372,667.15. YTD in
2011, $346,093.89 was returned,
a 7.67-percent increase.
Rains, Hopkins, Hunt, and
Wood counties are all up in both
same-month and YTD compari-
sons.
Neighboring Hunt County
has received $1,310,452.06 YTD
and the city of Greenville has
generated $2,396,055.70 YTD.
In Wood County, the county
and all the cities were up YTD
except Yantis, which was down
2.19 percent.
Of the top 20 cities in amount
of sales tax generated, all 20
have increased YTD.
Approximately 33 percent of
the $2.07B in sales tax reveue
remitted to the state in April,
or $633M, was returned to the
generating entities in May.
MAY
’12 SALES TAX STATISTICS
County
%
Net pymt.
Net pymt.
%
’12 pymt.
Net pymts.
% chg.
City
Taxed
this period
prior year
change
to date
prior year
from ’11
Rains Co.
0.5%
40,268.17
39,534.26
1.85%
177,725.64
161,811.51
9.83%
E. Tawakoni
1.5%
7,083.57
8,597.74
-17.61%
27,312.44
41,733.76 -34.55%
Emory
1.5%
81,952.79
80,521.16
1.77%
372,667.15
346,093.89
7.67%
Point
1.5%
6,509.07
7,704.28
-15.51%
30,187.45
27,973.01
7.91%
Hopkins Co.
0.5%
155,971.03
163,152.47
■4.40%
698,575.31
658,503.50
6.08%
Como
1.0%
2,539.12
2,201.90
15.31%
10,809.43
8,566.73
26.17%
Cumby
1.5%
13,501.91
16,702.50
-19.16%
58,419.53
56,968.81
2.54%
Sul. Springs
1.5%
405,074.73
458,465.03
-11.64%
1,812,237.16 1,800,494.35
0.65%
Hunt Co.
0.5%
296,944.86
288,888.17
2.78% 1,310,452.06 1,259,148.81
4.07%
Caddo Mills
1.5%
15,288.10
14,141.13
8.11%
54,534.14
52,118.18
4.63%
Campbell
1.25%
3,858.17
3,141.00
22.83%
14,218.99
12,878.71
10.40%
Celeste
1.25%
5,170.28
6,041.96
-14.42%
23,253.64
23,346.41
-0.39%
Commerce
1.5%
107,115.63
96,127.59
11.43%
519,858.50
472,969.43
9.91%
Greenville
1.5%
538,573.58
543,450.07
-0.89% 2,396,055.70 2,357,393.03
1.64%
Hawk Cove
1.0%
292.72
517.60
-43.44%
1,155.25
3,331.23 -65.32%
Lone Oak
1.25%
4,872.05
4,673.19
4.25%
20,610.73
19,101.81
7.89%
Neylandville
1.0%
973.66
847.57
14.87%
3,966.68
4,651.06 -14.71%
Quinlan
1.5%
85,923.78
83,895.23
2.41%
390,103.29
371,342.34
5.05%
Union Valley
1.5%
994.67
874.23
13.77%
4,133.25
3,785.15
9.19%
W. Tawakoni
1.5%
15,271.61
17,125.51
-10.82%
55,703.30
56,406.70
-1.24%
Wolfe City
1.0%
9,436.09
12,964.22
-27.21%
36,789.70
37,607.50
-2.17%
Van Zandt Co. (does not collect sales tax)
Canton
2.0%
292,951.65
265,073.48
10.51%
1,320,287.36 1,240,088.72
6.46%
Edgewood
2.0%
21,312.80
19,412.29
9.79%
87,716.15
72,669.52
20.70%
Edom
1.0%
2,992.40
1,979.51
51.16%
14,213.31
11,217.16
26.71%
Grand Saline
2.0%
44,293.10
50,713.14
-12.65%
187,313.65
180,856.12
3.57%
Van
2.0%
73,385.99
52,573.55
39.58%
327,712.34
246,288.26
33.06%
Wills Point
2.0%
74,326.53
75,795.67
-1.93%
323,395.49
308,928.33
4.68%
Wood Co.
0.5%
136,177.00
117,880.38
15.52%
626,219.97
564,418.10
10.94%
Alba
1.5%
13,371.94
14,471.77
-7.59%
51,528.74
47,644.80
8.15%
Hawkins
1.5%
25,964.50
30,338.65
-14.41%
118,203.02
115,053.25
2.73%
Mineola
1.5%
156,158.30
132,590.25
17.77%
700,868.81
597,623.35
17.27%
Quitman
1.5%
45,145.57
41,681.99
8.30%
187,396.14
185,537.91
1.00%
Winnsboro
1.5%
79,146.34
76,560.65
3.37%
313,922.84
309,968.27
1.27%
Yantis
1.5%
3,985.81
4,415.58
-9.73%
17,693.01
18,089.49
-2.19%
POINT
School reunion held April 29
The Point School reunion was
held on April 29 with 50 pres-
ent. Everyone had a very good
time. The weather was good and
the food was wonderful with an
assortment of desserts. Those
who could not be there were
missed.
The 2013 reunion was planned
for April 28 with the Bass Cater-
ing Service to cater the lunch.
Fooking forward to everyone
being there in 2013. - Submit-
ted by Norma Grace Lanier and
Odessa Searcy
REILLY SPRINGS
Jamboree to honor
mothers on May 19
By DIANE EATON
Rains County Leader staff
The Historic Reilly Springs
Mother’s Day Jamboree is just
around the corner.
On Saturday, May 19, for just
a $5 admission you will be a
part of the “We Owe It To Our
Moms” showcase of local teen
talent.
The concert at the Reilly
Springs Community Center on
CR 1439 in Hopkins County, will
start at 7:00 p.m.
Teens Josh Davis, Elvis trib-
ute artist, and Skyler Sinclair,
local singer and actress, along
with other teen performers are
scheduled to appear. In addition,
Roger Reed and the Sunshine
Band featuring Enola Gay and
the Jamboree regulars will enter-
tain you.
Additionally, to commemo-
rate “Moms We Remember”
there will be a display of vintage
aprons, cake walks and a pie
contest. Bring your best pie or
cobbler and enter for prizes and
awards!
Supper can be purchased at
the Reilly Springs Kitchen start-
ing at 6:00 p.m.
For more information on this
event or the regular monthly
shows at the Community Center,
contact Roger Reed at 972-768-
9381, Enola Gay at 903-438-
3568 or the Website at www.
re illyspringsjamboree.com.
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BIG thank you to everyone who came out and helped us raise money at
the Playing For A Cure softball tournament!
Thank you for all the teams who played even though we had to improvise on
the fields because of the rain. Thank you Richard Kellam, Kyle Kirby Sr., Jimmy
Perez and Charlie Floyd for being umpires pretty much the ENTIRE day. Thank
you Jill Ferguson, Cheryl Hooten, Paullee Gowin and Britney Pitre for keeping
score the ENTIRE day (I know things started running together by the time it was
over with). Thank you Debbie Hooten for watching Kinsler and Greenlee while
Kyle and I put the tournament on. Thank you Beverly Bell and Sabra Daugherty
for running our booth. Thank you Tori and Katie Hooten for helping with Green-
lee and the tournament. Thank you to everyone who worked in the concession
stand; we were overwhelmed with the volunteers we have, if I tried to name them
I would probably leave someone out. Special thanks to Hometown Trophy and
Tee’s of Mineola for donating the huge trophy and printing our tournament t-
shirts and to Blakeman Transportation for the hot dogs and buns.
Special thank you to our sponsors, Hooten’s Lawn and Tree Service, Prissy
Parlor, Hooten’s Hardware, APEX Tooling, 3 Alarm Pressure Washing, Hall’s
Pharmacy and Pott’s Gas. And a very special thank you to RYSA for the use of
the baseball fields. Just know we are so very grateful for each and EVERY one of
you!
Congratulations to Shelly Hooten for winning the autographed baseball bat
and to Molly Lusk for winning the autographed ball!
The total money we made to donate at the tournament alone was $2,777.76
with a GRAND total of $5,892.51 not including t-shirts left to pick up. Our goal
was $5,000 and we exceeded it!
POINT CITY COUNCIL
FD titles released to ESD
By CAROLYN HILL
Rains County Leader staff
Rains County Emergency Ser-
vices District #1 (ESD) President
Ken Player and Vice President
Roy Franklin addressed the Point
City Council Tuesday evening,
May 8, to request the release of
Point Volunteer Fire Department
titles to the ESD.
The ESD board is working
to consolidate and refinance all
fire department debt into one
loan in the ESD’s name. A new
purchasing policy adopted by
the ESD board requires all titles
to trucks and/or buildings under
ESD financing be titled to the
ESD until the debt is complete-
ly paid off when the title can
then return to the respective fire
department.
In the past, when the Point
VFD desired to buy a new fire
truck or build a new station, the
fire chief approached the city
council to request that the city
co-sign with the fire department
on a bank note. The request was
always honored by the council;
however, it now appears that the
note, and therefore the title, was
placed in the city’s name.
Player’s and Franklin’s
request for the city to release the
titles to the ESD would facilitate
the consolidation/refinance loan
and free the PVFD from over
$190,000.00 in debt.
A motion to accept the offer
from the ESD was approved
unanimously by the council.
PD Radio
A lengthly discussion was
held on the need to upgrade
the Point Police Department’s
dispatch radio from analog to
digital.
The Rains County Sheriff’s
Department converted from ana-
log to digital and communication
with other emergency and law
enforcement departments was
hampered. Mayor Buk Aucoin
voiced his displeasure that the
county took action to switch to
digital without communicating
with the cities and their police
and fire departments.
A bid of $8,641.65 was pre-
sented by Police Chief Serena
Booth to purchase, install and
program digital communications
for the city.
City Secretary Billie Swope
advised the council on fund-
ing the purchase through this
year’s budget. She noted that
digital communications was not
budgeted but that monies could
be taken from council training,
street improvement and the PD’s
equipment to fund the purchase,
if the council approved.
Player asked if anyone had
asked the SO to return to analog
until all departments could go
digital. He added that the ESD
would be addressing the same
item at its Thursday night meet-
ing.
Following discussion of the
Federal Communications Com-
mission (FCC) mandate on nar-
row band and/or digital conver-
sion, the council tabled action
on the bid submitted by Chief
Booth.
Mobile Home
Ordinance
Mayor Aucoin addressed a
situation that recently occurred
in the city regarding the installa-
tion of a mobile home that didn’t
meet the city’s code ordinance.
He called for a five-year mor-
atorium on mobile home set-
ups in the city and noted that
the city’s ordinance requires
mobile homes to meet the 1976
HUD compliance and must be
installed in a mobile home park
in the city.
Following discussion includ-
ing mobile homes, mobile home
parks, manufactured homes and
RVs, a motion to table the item
for review by the city attorney
was approved.
Other Action
In other action, the council:
• Heard an update from Mike
Tibbets of Hayter Engineering in
Paris on the city’s current sewer
rehabilitation project.
• Took departmental reports
from the public works, utility
billing, municipal court, public
safety, fire department, Point
Economic and Park Development
(PEPDC) and city secretary.
• Received a proclamation
from Mayor Aucoin naming the
month of May as Motorcycle
Awareness Month in the city of
Point.
• Approved the minutes of the
city council and PEPCD meet-
ings and payment of accounts as
presented.
Mayor Aucoin presided at
the meeting with council mem-
bers Robert Ainsworth, Rege-
ana Walker, John Ellsworth and
Ted Romine present and voting.
Councilman Henry Gorman was
absent.
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