S T E A M B O AT
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JULY 16, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 169
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Grand champion
Restoration begins Work on Rehder Building will not affect Steamboat Art Museum operations Page 2
SPORTS
Lightning dominates Page 15
Corrections Sue Carpenter, shown chipping onto the green in a golf tournament, was misidentified in a photo caption on page 29 of Wednesday’s Steamboat Today. The photo was with the story “Rally for the Cure a hit.” Susann Singleton and her son Jeff Barnes have leased the Hahn’s Peak Inn for one year from owner Michelle Barnes. The story “Mother and son team up” on page 3A of Sunday’s Steamboat Pilot & Today incorrectly stated that Singleton and Barnes had purchased the property.
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Seven-year-old Kayla Wille won the supreme grand champion honor with this ewe lamb at a county fair last weekend in Bowman, N.D. For story, see page 3.
Sales tax collections fall 16.5 percent decline in May reveals dip in retail sales, overall drop in west Steamboat Blythe Terrell
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Steamboat Springs’ sales tax collections decreased by 16.5 percent for May, one of the city’s slowest months. April and May traditionally pull the lowest amount of
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sales tax income, city Revenue Supervisor Kim Weber said, so the decrease in May didn’t have a huge impact on year-to-date revenue. Total collections for May were $899,024, compared with about $1.08 million in May 2008. The city’s general fund is down about 12.4 percent for the year.
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“We still are falling within our budget, so we’re not overly concerned with that number because it is one of our smaller months,” Weber said. “We don’t have to make any additional cuts to our budget because of that fall in sales tax.” The city has cut its budget to align with an expected 18
to 19 percent decrease in sales tax collections compared with 2008. The May 2009 sales tax report released by the city Wednesday reveals that the biggest decreases came in the miscellaneous retail category and See Sales tax, page 12
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